to think that your body falls apart at 40?!

[Bogeyface]

9 months ago I was 40. Since then I have...

developed arthritis (doc says I had it earlier, I dont believe him)

started farting ALL THE TIME and (this is the important bit) being able to identify what made me fart "Oooh, sorry, that'll be the cauli"

started pulling up and placing my boobs in my bra, something I havent had to do since me breast surgery 13 years ago

waking up with a bad hip and saying "ooh that bed is going to do for me"

saying "I'd better not, I'll be up all night" if someone offers me a cup of tea after 8pm.

I hate being 40, its shit.

oh sex is the absolute best it's ever been.

Well I don't know - I think I was worse in my late 30s than I am now, tbh. But that is possibly to do with the fact that I've been taking a (roughly) daily dose of multi vit/mins and fish oils since 2006. Had DS1 at 40, DS2 at 45 - am still heavier now than I was in my late 30s, which I'm mostly trying to address via BIWI's boot camp, but apart from that, am mostly in better nick than I was then, joints/pain/stiffness wise.

Eyes though - bah, they're getting way worse. But I'm already very short-sighted (-8 style of very bad) so I can get away with moving my glasses up and down my nose to read sometimes, or taking them off.

Sex is not better for me at all, but that might still be post-pg libido-through-the-floor stuff (DS2 = 16mo).

Hi yip I turned 40 last june . Before that I could go out with my friends stay up past midnight without looking at the clock and thinking god i need to be tucked up in bed and i hope i remembered to turn on the electric blanket before i came out. And another thing no told me that once you hit 40 your ability to drink alcohol just up and leaves you, no word of warning it just went now .After 3 glasses wine i am done i HATE this i used to a party girl now i fear i am a tired mostly cold and always sober old women

Well this is bad news. I'm only 35 and everything is falling to pieces, I need my own chair/bed at the hospital I'm there so often and most of the outpatients staff know me by name!
If it gets worse at 40 I'll be well and truly buggered. I'll make the most of the next five years then…..

Thanks for the very kind words from people here. I'm having a particular ly bad few days and don't want to bring others down. I have a friend that trained me to run marathons (before the dreadedvirus) and she is in her 50's and active and amazing as ever. My grandad is 91 and still gardens all day long! I have my good days too and am still very interested in sports and healthy living, it's hard not to be able to participate aa I used to but I think a healthy diet, an acfive body and a positive outlook MUST help! Thanks again xxxx

46 this year..

i wear readers
i get out of bed and it takes me the length of the landing to stand up straight
i am so many pills i rattle (high bp, hypothyroid, restless legs, high cholesterol)
my hips and knees hurt
my coke bottle figure has changed into a beer barrel figure
i have to wear inserts in my shoes to protect my fallen arches
i find hair where hair never used to be
i like a nice cardie (in black of course - still an old goth)
i piss myself....(on list for scaffolding to be applied to lady garden area)
i chose restaurants on the comfiness of their seating

knackers yard for me!

40 last year.
Droopy eyelids, so you can't actually see if I am wearing eyeshadow.
Getting fatter and fatter.
Hairier with chin hairs popping out if nowhere.
Pelvic floor has given up the ghost and I now have to wear a daily pad.
Bad back and shoulder.
Everything aches.
Pilates has done nothing for me.
I am sure I look 50 rather than 40!

yabu.

it falls apart at 30.
Literally to the day, everything broke

I was coming on to say that I'm only 32 and my memory is going. Then I remembered that I'm actually 31.

45
Have the tricky hip after nary an ache or pain, ever. I have to do feckin exercises to ease the pain, like geriatric yoga
I can't sleep longer than 4 hrs before I have to get up and pee. Serious difficulties in holding my water too
I am never out the hairdresser dealing with the white pubes sprouting overnight and the black ones growing out my chin
My eyesight doesn't know if it's long or short sighted any more. I'm going to have to invest in one of those chains that go round your neck soon.
However, apart from the above, I feel better than I ever have. Age has it's compensations

But apart from that, we are all fighting fit right?

Bloody piles decided to rear their ugly heads today, I always get an attack of arse grapes after my period, like just my period isnt enough. On the upside, my periods barely last 2 days now, but on the downside, that means I am definitely peri, thought I had a few more years before my bones crumble to dust and I start saying "is it hot in here or is it me?!" :o

there are changes, grey hair and I'm a little longsighted but those aren't signs of disease, failing organs/tissues or poor health.

I think the damage caused by bad diet/drinking/smoking/lack of physical activity/too much stress/not enough sleep accumulates imperceptibly at first but can snowball once it reaches some critical tipping point.

Oooh dear, I am 40 next week.
I thought life was meant to BEGIN....?!!??

Happy birthday, DRUNKEN

If you don't do maintenance yes your body will fall apart. Go to the gym, lift weights, eat like your body is a temple (paleo?) no drinking smoking drugs. Always wear suncreen. I am almost 40 have three kids even gym instructor thinks I look like I am 27. I have more muscle mass than I did at 18 and I am fitter too. Easy to tell which mums at school go to the gym and who doesn't.

How will going to the gym help my eyesight, grey hair or teeny tiny bladder?

long sight grey hair and reduced bladder capacity are of no importance compared to all the other stuff that can go pear shaped!
Don't sweat the small stuff

I am 40 on Thursday so am hiding this thread( although seem to have developed asthma this year already!)

I had an operation 6 weeks ago which plunged me into instant menopause.
I have reacted by eating better, exercising everyday (DVD) and massively reducing alcohol intake.
I have lost some weight and I feel better than I've felt for ages and have had no meno symptoms apart from being a tad hot at night.
There is a lot to be said for lifestyle, and I say that as an ex hard drinking party girl

I'm loving the positive comments from the older ladies! Go, ladies! I'll be slowly bringing up the rear.

44 this year - I am fit and healthy - I work out at least 3 hours a week, ride and have no major health issues

My thyroid is dicky but thats all

I have all my own teeth and no fillings

No your body doesnt fall apart at 40 , it is infact held togther with more hair

I'm 43.

Since 40 I've been through a prem menopause, developed rheumatoid arthritis and got a nasty neurological illness.

Yes, I fell apart!

YANBU my body is fucked and my brain is following fast behind.

There's an 80 year old woman who goes to my gym. She lifts the same weights I do and is very fit. I plan on aging like her

YANBU

My sodding teeth. Honestly I'm a mess. I've only been 40 6 months and I've aged so much. My eyelids have started sagging, my memory is so screwed I can barely spell or help DS with his year 4 homework.

I want to exercise more - it's my only hope but I'm caught in perfect storm of two preschool DCs, commuting DH and no time or sleep.

I'm contemplating snail slime

snail sperm drool