Went Thursday for my 65 year
old check up. The Medicare kind
of pays for a so called free check
up, if you do it within 6 month of your
65th birthday. So I was poked, and
prodded and weight and measured for
height. And that is the kicker...
I have SHRANK a half inch. Now don't
laugh. This isn't funny. Sure it is funny
to you gals who are 5 feet and 7 or 8 inches
tall. But I don't have any to spare
I walked out of high school at
5 foot 3 inches. I stayed there for a few
years. But some where along the way
something happen and I was 5 foot 2 inches.
Now my eyes aren't blue, but I was
satisfied with 5'2". Had a nice sound to it.
I feel like a flaming building. Am
I settling? Like an old building. Now
granted, I am kind of build like a block.
And a lot of it is settling in the lower
half. But I was proud to be 5'2". I stood
up when I walk, not slouched. I can't
be 5'1" and half. All my kids will be
taller than me. At least I was taller
than most of my daughters,
(no wonder I had to look up higher
at my sons when they visited two
weekends ago).
Coming from mostly short people,
I expect this. Kind of...But dang, I thought
I was done shrinking.
Have to rethink this.
Slightly Wet, Quiet Saturday AM in Selle
21 hours ago
3 comments:
Hey there good buddy!
Shrinking at our age is NORMAL!
You stand tall and tell 'them' to swallow and pay for the fosamax! Oh yeah!
A half a inch? You have to be kidding! Get on the scales next time with your platforms. I guarantee you -- they won't notice!
Only a half inch. I have you beet, I lost one hole inch. I am now a wapping 5' tall.
a few years ago I had a bone density test done because I had broken my ribs by coughing and the dr wanted to confirm the brittle bones arthritis factor, they measured me and I had lost 1 inch from my height. I too think as I get older I'm "settling" like some old buiding. Maybe like the leaning tower of pica, but both sides????
Unfortunately I think I now can be discribed as "squatty"...
oh, these are our golden years..
love you
maureen
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