The Damn I'm Old Thread - Putting Up With Being a Geezer

[Camelogue]

Fairly severe arthritis in hands and feet. 3 operations on hands with not much benefit.

[Supersonic Scientist]

Turned 60 back in July...been quite healthy for all of that time. (I'm not on ANY medication what-so-ever)….this past weekend, I awoke and had all of these painful blisters on my neck...turns out I have Shingles. Painful as crap...got some medication and hope that it will clear up fast.

[Dave (in MA)]

I have become a white noise addict and can’t sleep without it anymore.

We had a Sharper Image clock radio with a white noise option that we used for over 20 years, but a while back it would start making random non-white noises once in a while, so we gave that up and now we use a LectroFan which is considered by many to be the best available, but it's not expensive.

[SteveSly]

We had a Sharper Image clock radio with a white noise option that we used for over 20 years, but a while back it would start making random non-white noises once in a while, so we gave that up and now we use a LectroFan which is considered by many to be the best available, but it's not expensive.

I have a Marpac Dhom Machine. This is the second one I have owned. The first one lasted about 10 years before I burned it out. People make fun of me when I travel with mine, but then the next day when they are complaining about all the hotel noise, I have slept like a baby.

[SteveSly]

Turned 60 back in July...been quite healthy for all of that time. (I'm not on ANY medication what-so-ever)….this past weekend, I awoke and had all of these painful blisters on my neck...turns out I have Shingles. Painful as crap...got some medication and hope that it will clear up fast.

I had Shingles a few years ago. I got it on the right side of my torso. It was kind of the same thing for me, I just woke up one day and had this rash. I thought it was an allergic reaction to something, but it persisted and kept getting more painful. Finally I got it checked out and diagnosed. The doctor gave me an oral medication and a topical. It cleared up fairly quickly.

My wife had an even weirder experience with shingles. One night we were out somewhere and she kept complaining about her lower lip hurting. She thought she had burned it on some hot food or something, but it didn't go away. Finally she went to the doctor and found it it was shingles. The only place she had it was on her lip, and you couldn't really see anything, it just hurt. Neither of us had ever heard of anyone getting shingles on a lip before, but that is what it was.

There is a shingles vaccine now, although I have not had it.

[progeezer]

I've got enough uncomfortable shit wrong that as soon as I was made aware of the shingles vaccine I got it.

[Gruno]

We had a Sharper Image clock radio with a white noise option that we used for over 20 years, but a while back it would start making random non-white noises once in a while, so we gave that up and now we use a LectroFan which is considered by many to be the best available, but it's not expensive.

When my daughter was born we slept with a fan in our room to have air circulating. We got used to the soft noise from the fan, and now if it's too quiet I can't sleep. I researched and found that pink noise is softer on your brain than white and brown noise. I created a 1-hour mp3 of pink noise in Audacity, and made an iTunes playlist with a dozen of the same pink noise tracks. I then have it play on my iPod via a little iPod speaker gadget. Works perfectly, and I have that mp3 with me when I travel.

[SteveSly]

I've got enough uncomfortable shit wrong that as soon as I was made aware of the shingles vaccine I got it.

My doctor keeps telling me I should get it. He says that unlike chicken pox, shingles can return even if you have had it. I will probably get the vaccine next time I am in for a physical.

[SteveSly]

When my daughter was born we slept with a fan in our room to have air circulating. We got used to the soft noise from the fan, and now if it's too quiet I can't sleep. I researched and found that pink noise is softer on your brain than white and brown noise. I created a 1-hour mp3 of pink noise in Audacity, and made an iTunes playlist with a dozen of the same pink noise tracks. I then have it play on my iPod via a little iPod speaker gadget. Works perfectly, and I have that mp3 with me when I travel.

What is pink and brown noise? The noisemaker I have basically sounds like a fan, just a bit louder and I can set it right next to the bed. We have a ceiling fan at home as well.

[moecurlythanu]

What is pink and brown noise? The noisemaker I have basically sounds like a fan, just a bit louder and I can set it right next to the bed. We have a ceiling fan at home as well.

Pink Noise is a 70s porn soundtrack played at low volume.

[JKL2000]

I've never had any of the infectious diseases like Chicken Pox, Mumps, Measles, even though my parents exposed me to them before those vaccines existed. Thanks for trying! But I've also never had a reaction to Poison Ivy even though I know I've been around plenty of it and other kids were getting it, so I seem to be immune to a lot of those things. (A guy I worked for had shingles around his eyes, which sounds pretty miserable.)

Also, noise has never bothered me when trying to sleep. The most prevalent daytime noise where we live is leaf blowers, and also chain saws - near constant most days, but it's almost like white noise I guess. Even though you read noise complaints in lots of hotel reviews, I've never been bothered by it. Of course, I can fall asleep while my wife is watching TV - I just don't think about the noise, and also I've never had insomnia. Always able to fall asleep easily, which differs from person to person.

[spellbound]

I had shingles twice. It was painful and there was no effective treatment at the time. I absolutely got the vaccine when it became available.

I can usually sleep without a white noise generator, but when there is enough outside noise to keep me awake, I turn on the air filter. It supposedly cleans the air we are breathing, and generates white noise as a side effect of being on.

Leaf blowers are far and away the worst invention of the 20th century.

[NogbadTheBad]

Jed, I think you're dead.

[moecurlythanu]

If it wasn't for leaf blowers, I'd have to hire landscapers every year.

[JKL2000]

Jed, I think you're dead.

But if you guys can see me...we're ALL dead!!

Well, that explains a lot.

[Vic2012]

I've had these weird looking, reddish,, raised blemishes around my abdominal area for a few months now. I haven't seen a dermatologist yet because the blemishes don't bother me at all. No pain or itching at all. Not sure if I should get the shingles vaccine yet. If it is shingles is it too late to get the vaccine?

[hFx]

What is pink and brown noise? The noisemaker I have basically sounds like a fan, just a bit louder and I can set it right next to the bed. We have a ceiling fan at home as well.

http://www.rainymood.com

Does wonders at night to distract me from my tinnitus.

(pedal my tricycle out of the thread)

[mogrooves]

random non-white noises

When I listen into the noise, I hear barely-audible patterned anomalies--short, repeating pulses--a different one every night. It's difficult to tell if it's actually there or just some psycho-acoustic thing. It becomes distracting to the point where I have to turn it off.

[Vic2012]

You know you're old when your cologne smells like Ben Gay. I got this huge Icy Hot patch for my shoulder. That, and Cannibis has alleviated the discomfort. But I smell like Ben Gay.........

[NogbadTheBad]

That's how I could always tell I was at an O40 soccer match, the smell of Ben Gay and the sight of knee braces being put on.

[Jerjo]

You know you're old when your cologne smells like Ben Gay.

I would imagine that to women of a certain age, the smell of Ben Gay could be a calling card.

[Vic2012]

I would imagine that to women of a certain age, the smell of Ben Gay could be a calling card.

Lol. If only it was an aphrodisiac.

[moecurlythanu]

I would imagine that to women of a certain age, the smell of Ben Gay could be a calling card.

Only if they are licensed medical personnel.

[Jerjo]

I'm so old I spent two hours watching the NBC Christmas special and thinking about Savanah Guthrie's leather-clad legs.

[bigbassdrum]

I only use for medicinal purposes.

I only holding it for a friend ....