• I took the Smile Test and I passed!! This eye cream is amazing. I noticed a reduction in fine lines after three days and the deeper lines were definitely not as deep after a week. Other people started noticing and commenting on the difference after two weeks. The eye cream is rich and smooth and is absorbed quickly. It is scent-free and non-greasy. I will definitely keep using it because looking younger makes me feel younger. Thank you, Clinique and The Hoopla. - Merryl Donn
  • I agree with at least one or two of the statements (and if you'd seen my cousins, you'd be hoping it wasn't that one). The rest are hilarious. I loved Up The Duff and Kidwrangling. Now I'm just about to buy Girl Stuff for my daughter. What a gift that such a warm, clever and funny person has bothered to create these guides to our various stages of life. - Carolyn
  • You a past Labor member? That's a good one! So presumably you were once concerned about social justice. You railed against rampant materialism but because you perceive the ABC and its audiences believe in what you presumably once believed in, you want it slashed and burned and its journos tossed out into the streets? Huh? - Kel
  • Well what's your take on why the ABC PLUS the MSM refuses to investigate the Ashby affair; you know where a federal justice adjudicated that an LNP candidate in concert with Ashby conspired to bring down the government by fraudulently claiming sexual harassment by Slipper. Is this left wing bias? Who gains from non investigation of this issue? Furthermore why won't any journalist including our truth seeker Alberici, ask Pyne why he lied when asked about his dealings with Ashby. What about when Hockey denied meeting with Brough and Brough denied the number of times he had met Ashby. Gee this isn't about left or right wing bias, this is about the truth. Given that Limited News' 70% monopoly is dedicated to bringing down the government how does a citizen learn the truth about any issue confrronting this nation? - Kel
  • There is an issue with semantics regarding this article and Summers' thesis in general, which is the distinction between COURTESY and RESPECT. The social upheavals of the 1960s up-ended the notion that those in positions of authority were automatically entitled to respect. Whilst someone like Gillard shouldn't be subjected to threats, intimidation etc., few politicians have done more to undermine their own credibility. - Nathan
  • Well put, and I hope to see your documentary. I hate the idea of vaccinations and believe they can be harmful individually but we are part of a community and as such, we have responsibilities to each other, so my son'a vaccinations are up to date. The reality is that no one knows what will happen to us or our children, whether we are talking about injury by vaccine, or injury by preventable disease, or running in a marathon where a terrorist is in wait, or getting in a car and being wiped out by a drunk driver. We all do what we can for our kids and we can try and protect them as much as we can - but none of us escape misfortune. I have a friend whose son has shocking tumours and a limited life span. My own son has a platelet disorder which means we have to be constantly vigilant that he doesn't injure himself lest he bleed internally. Let's do what we can for our own - but let's not harm others in the process. - Alice Smith
  • What a fabulously challenging topic. Jackdan, very well delivered argument. I'd love to see your research. Publish it! Sonya, I look forward to tomorrow night's documentary. Thanks for taking (what sounds like) a rational approach. - Misty
  • Thanks jack... a very interesting response and, from my communications with Sonya I think this is exactly the conversation she's hoping for. Be very interested to hear your response after viewing the doco. - Wendy Harmer
  • As someone who doesn't follow the Australian Vaccination schedule, I already feel like I am risking ridicule and worse posting here. We have been hassled and hounded by doctors, nurses (one of us is a nurse) and other parents. Blamed for the resurgence Whooping cough and related deaths, etc. Our stance is that we immunise based on our own needs and intelligence. As a for instance, we are not convinced that our children needed to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B at birth, especially given that the vaccine contained Thiomersal when it was recommended to us. I'm not sure how aware you are of the Japanese experience with the DTP vaccinations in the mid 1970's, but as a result of many adverse reactions and over 30 deaths as a direct result of the vaccine, the schedule was altered and children were vaccinated later. I am aware that the vaccine is no longer a whole cell vaccine, however it is worth considering the delicate balance of the immune system in infants below 6 months of age. So we immunise roughly to the Japanese schedule. There is no Hep B or vericella. And MMR is given as MR and Mumps separately. We will make the call on Japanese when we visit next month. I note that the tone in the promotion of the doco appears to depict the non vaccination school as driven by emotion with the pro vaccination argument being driven by Science (which is a pretty broad concept). Our decision to vaccinate alternatively has been based on a lot of careful research and is based on risk mitigation considering that vaccinations do carry a percentage of risk, however small. We have the advantage of also being Japanese citizens, (myself a spouse resident) and can access the differently combined vaccines and scheduling. When recently discussing this on a facebook post I was branded an anti Vaccinator. Abused and blamed. My response is that I think there is a better way. A much better way. And the heavy handed pressure to Immunise to schedule, which then elicits a strong anti response from those who question, but are discouraged strongly and frowned upon for questioning, has created a climate of 'for or against', emotion or science, us against them. All pretty narrow reductive way to explore a whole collection of different diseases, risks, and vaccines (including their varieties of compositions, combinations and timing). So we have attempted to immunise the best way that we can ascertain. It's a tricky time consuming task to get all the info on each different vaccine from the manufacturers, to research each and every disease to ascertain the risks of actually contracting it and then what the risks associated with the disease are, but it has been worthwhile. I think that the community could benefit from a less doctrinal approach to the current immunisation schedule and regular review of disease risks and the vaccination schedule response. - Jackdan
  • I'm an E cup. When I was younger and skinnier I was only a C cup and could handle underwires. Then I got pregnant and discovered the bliss of maternity bras. Post babies and breastfeeding I went back to the wires only to find they poked me and now I've got 'birdseyes' in my cleavage. I cannot fathom the underwire. Obviously the person who designed it has never had to wear one. Having big boobs we're all encouraged to wear them, but now I'm old and fat they're far too uncomfortable to contemplate. I'm happy with my 'wirefree' bras. I figured that if manufacturers could make a maternity bra without wires that fitted perfectly and provided excellent support to lactating breasts, they could do the same for large, non-lactating breasts too. I found the perfect fit for me at a large chain store and bought the same type for years. Not terribly sexy, but comfortable and serviceable. Now I've discovered same large chain has a moulded cotton bra in large sizes. Better still, you can order them online when the sales are on and collect them from the store. Bliss! - BeansGran
 
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Categories:  Beauty, Style, Wellbeing

THE TRUTH ABOUT AGEING

By Kerri Sackville
August 22, 2012

“Oh, I embrace getting older,” the actress is saying.

“I feel so much more comfortable in my own skin now that I’m one hundred and four forty five. And I’m not at all scared of ageing. I feel more beautiful now than I did at 20. Growing older is so empowering.”

Yeah? Well, f*** you, Movie Star.

 

Madonna, 53… does she need to change undies after she sneezes?

I’m not embracing getting older at all, nor am I finding it empowering. It’s a total pain, literally.

And I’m not talking about the wrinkles, or the grey hairs, or the droopy boobs – I truly couldn’t care less about any of them.

I am talking about the gradual and total degeneration of my body, and the fact that it is never, ever going to be young again.

Getting old hurts. I am 43 years old, and almost certainly would have been dead by now if I’d lived a couple of centuries ago. Human beings just aren’t meant to live this long, and don’t without significant medical intervention. And even though I’m in relatively good health, bits of me are starting to crumble and fail, because that’s just what happens to your body when you’re ancient.

I don’t mean to whinge, because I’m far luckier than many, but I am in pain every single day of my life.

And really, there’s nothing seriously wrong with me. I just have a bad back (two protruding discs, on L4 and L5), and TMJ (jaw pain, as a result of clenching my teeth).

I’m not dying, but I hurt every day, to a greater or lesser extent. And managing the pain is incredibly time consuming. The time it wastes! I have to spend at least half an hour every day stretching my back, another 20 minutes or so massaging my jaw, and hours and hours every week schlepping off to physios and masseurs just to be able to stand upright and chew.

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  1. La Hola August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I so get this. My bipolar hit me at 33, so now I am constantly off to my psychiatrist because my brain is not playing ball at the moment.
    These are the health practitioners I have looking after me – psychiatrist, GP and exercise phsyiologist. I am a drain on the health system and I am just 38.
    Bugger off bipolar.

     
  2. Mrs Woog August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I cannot sneeze without emptying my bladder. There. I said it.

     
  3. gogirl August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    LOL

    Ancient – it’s such a relative term. 43! – my God. I’d hate to think what that makes me – are there degrees of ancient? I probably I stopped calling 43 ancient when I turned – oh I don’t know – about 38, and that was a good while back.

    Yeah, aging sucks – but it’s better than the alternative.

    Thanks for the giggle!

     
  4. On the toilet August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I suffer constant debilitating UTI, or overactive bladder, annoying eye floaters, tension headaches and many other very crippling unseen left over symptoms that have come on since menopause.

    But its my turkey neck that keeps me awake & from leaving the house some days….Helpppp

     
  5. Maxabella August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    God yes. Sadly I’ve felt this way for about 20 years now… it’s all down hill once you hit 21 I reckon.

    When I turned 40 and complained about my knees, my mother scoffed, ‘For godsake, Bronwyn, only YOUR generation thinks forty is young.”

    She was definitely onto something. x

     
    • Kerri Sackville August 22, 2012 Reply
       
       

      YES!!! That is SO true. A hundred years ago 40 year olds were nearly dead!

       
      • gogirl August 22, 2012 Reply
         
         

        Maybe we’d just like to think this was the case :)

        76 years ago my grandmother gave birth to my mother at the “seemingly” past dead age of 46, and went on to raise her to an adult. Even my mother says “what was she thinking”

         
  6. the*sparrow August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I don’t like the negativity in stories like these. I am 50, I am just back from the gym and no part of me hurts right now, in fact I feel great. Although of course there are changes in my appearance that are certainly not in my favour, and I can’t wear heels because my feet play up (actually I have never liked heels anyway) my body continues to do its job. I am sorry for all of your aches and pains, but truly it is not the same for everyone.

     
    • Kerri Sackville August 22, 2012 Reply
       
       

      So glad those things aren’t an issue for you! (Except for your feet.) But I wrote this piece because they are an issue for me and so many others, and it’s nice for those of us not so blessed to know we’re not alone in our aches and pains (and Light Bladder Leakage). K x

       
  7. Kylie L August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Great piece- so gald to know I am not alone! My left hip has been aching for a couple of months. I asked my Mum (a GP) for a referral to have it x-rayed or something. She replied “I wouldn’t bother. You’re just getting old.”

     
  8. Beth August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    AMEN!

     
  9. Debyl1 August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    So glad to read words telling it like it is for a change.I am in pain every single day as have a bad neck from geriatric nursing many years ago.Hip plays up when it feels like it and get migrains.Nearly everyone I talk to over the age of 40 has some complaint.When a group of women friends get together oh the hormone and bladder problems!
    Love how even though you suffer you still make us all laugh and we all know laughter is the best medicine so Thankyou Doc K.xx

     
  10. cate August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Those litres and litres of water are what comes out when we sneeze! It’s a vicious circle and I want to get off!

     
  11. Helen August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Well I am 61 next week and I feel great – no aches and pains, no grey hair, not overweight, no bladder problems, no meds…. Sure I have the odd wrinkle and there are plenty of other signs of aging but nothing that bothers me or my husband. Being old and `sick and tired’ is not inevitable so please don’t think this article is `telling it like it is’. It will help though if you have a healthy diet, exercise and give up alcohol and sugar – but not everyone wants to do that :)

     
  12. Tracey Hindmarsh August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Hilarious, I am not alone!

     
  13. Kerry August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I’ve just turned 54. I had my right hip replaced at 50 – osteoarthritis. No cartilage left at all so it was grinding away. Last year, my thyroid packed it in. This year they took out 1 parathyroid (which had a tumour and was sucking what little calcium is in my bones, out of my bones)….
    And yes, an occasional leak when I cough when my bladder is full… oh such fun
    @Kylie L – get that x-ray / ultrasound done please.

     
  14. Rivka August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I drink every night, not an ache not a pain and I look fabulous – and feel even better. Turned 62 last week, have grey hair which I love. Perhaps being unhappy when young helps, cos the only way to go was up.

     
  15. Sue August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Very sorry to hear about all the aches and pains, but I turn 68 next week can honestly say I don’t have a single ache or pain, and am as fit as,I have ever been.
    My doctor says I am healthier than I deserve to be, which is
    probably true, as I do enjoy a G and T every evening and a couple of glasses of wine. Being lousy at sport, I have never played tennis or any team game, unlike the rest of my family who have hip and knee problems. My solution–play no sport!

     
  16. Mish August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Oh the joys of being over 40! I lost my Mum two years ago at the age of 83. She had me when she was 39. I spent a lot of my life with her, as I lost Dad young. I’ve never married or had kids of my own. In the last two years I’ve suffered from grief & depression, then diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis last year. This year had surgery for a very large cyst & bye bye right ovary. I’ll be 47 in 8 weeks…it’s a ride we alltake I guess! Some just get a smoother one than others!

     
  17. VRog August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I hear ya Kerri – I have a bulging disc at L4/L5 too and I’m in agony most days and on masses of painkillers just to get through the day. I’m 39 :(

    Wish I could be one of the lucky ones who are skipping through life pain-free but it doesn’t seem to be my fate. It’s hard not to get down about it sometimes.

     
    • Heather August 22, 2012 Reply
       
       

      Kerri and VRog, I too have serious back issues as the result of a childhood car accident. After unsuccessfully trying all sorts of treatment I have been given back (excuse the pun) a completely pain free life by two small injections of steroids once a year. It allows me to get stronger and fitter and build up those crucial abdominal muscles that in turn help support my back. You need a specialist who knows what they’re doing and you need to take advantage of being pain free to build your core strength. But it’s amazing when you do! Happy to recommend my doctor if you’re in Sydney.

       
      • VRog August 22, 2012 Reply
         
         

        @Heather, I’m in Sydney and I’d definitely be interested in getting the details of your doctor. I’m willing to try anything at this stage!

         
  18. moiby August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    You look fabulous for 43!

     
  19. Caitlin August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Yeah, ageing sucks but it beats the alternative. Thankfully at 36, it’s only cosmetic changes I’ve noticed so far.

    Unfortunately, Kerri, you’ve bought into the myth that early 40s was dead or close to it a few centuries ago. It’s actually not true – the statistics give the wrong impression. The average life expectancy was skewed by the high childhood mortality. If you survived childhood, your chances of living to a ripe old age were very good. There is a reason the bible talks about a lifespan of three score yers nd ten, or 70.

     
  20. sami August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    My back gave in at age 15 due to high impact sports and I’ve recently developed a dodgy knee at age 28 which may be the onset of arthritis. My sister has such bad arthritis that she has had to give up her career as a chef and is only 24 years old. Imagine what we will be like when we are officially old! Goodness ;)

    As I don’t have kids (and no urge for them) I’m hoping I’ll dodge the ‘LBL’ as I hear it called on the ads (has that caught on? Is it a thing now?).

    Anyway as I’ll be turning 30 next year and my health and fitness has been in major decine throughout my 20s I have joined the gym and am hoping to reclaim my body and it’s fitness. I’m excited to see how well I do. So far I have made it my life’s mission to not stress about stuff, and to have a happy life. It’s working so far, and my health is the last thing on my list to whip into shape (yes yes it should’ve been the first!).

    Cosmetically I’ve only noticed a couple greys and some little lines around the eyes but frankly I don’t really care. Mum looks alright so far at 50 and she is a smoker, so I know I’ll look even better because I’ve never smoked anything in my life! As long as I end up with smiley lines and not frowny lines it’s all good.

     
  21. Van Essa August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I have just (and I mean only this week just) turned 50 and I too am in pain for most of the day. But this has only just started. At 46 I was rowing surf boats and competed in the Australian Championships. I was fitter than I’ve ever been in my life. I’ve played sport all my life – basketball, waterpolo, hockey, rowing, swimming, trampolining, weight lifting and now lawn bowls and perhaps this is why I am now in so much pain. Perhaps playing sport is not as good for you as we think.

    And after a bout of whooping cough last year, I now have the wonderful cough – wee thing happening. I couldn’t leave the house for a while because of the embarrassment.

    I love to read about anything to do with aging because we just don’t get to read anything in the papers or magazines. We usually only have our girlfriends to talk to.

    And why is Menopause never spoken about in polite circles? I try to engage people all the time on this subject but am closed down very quickly. Perhaps my husband and 15 year old son are really not the people to talk to it about. I did once mention it to one of the lady’s at bowls and she said, “oh love, I can’t remember menopause…it was too long ago.”

     
  22. Lisa Lee August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Thanks for this Kerri, all too true! As for LBL, there’s nothing “light” when I sneeze, and husband and daughter think it’s hilarious.
    Migraines and bad back? Yes and yes, glad I’m in good company.

     
  23. Kris August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Oh yes – LBL. What fun that is – particularly when combined with hayfever! Add in the dodgy back & knees and the occasional hot flush – good grief. And I’m only 41, heaen help me. Ah well, at least I’m in good company by the sounds of things :)

     
  24. Leonie Smith August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Doing my Kegel excersises as I’m reading…..1 hold 2 hold 3 hold….

     
  25. boushead August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    All you ladies with “wee” problems would do well to get in contact with your local Continence Nurse Adviser or physio who can help you tackle your stress incontinence or over-active bladders. LBL is a term that the manufacturers have devised to convince all us women that small amount of incontinence is “normal” thereby ensuring their sales remain on the up and up. A “little bladder leakage “is NOT normal and there is help! Your friendly continence nurse adviser MK.

     
  26. linton August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    God am I really responding to this cry? Great piece Kerri. I’m a guy, a lot older than you, and not a day goes by (mostly first thing in the morning) when I don’t curse feeling my aching joints, right through the hour of exercise – aches are still there, but oddly, the hubbub of the day starts to drown out the rumble and creak of my joints. How do we keep put up with this, day after day? At least I don’t have to worry about LBL – yet.

     
  27. Serin August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    As my 84 year old mother has said to me since I was a young gal- “Don’t complain about getting older- some never had the luxury.”

    And there is Bette Davis-

    Growing older is not for “Pussies”.

     
  28. Jo-Anne August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Happy Birthday Van Essa & may you have many more happy ones…. I began hot flushes this winter during the night and thought …. “oh cool! it’s winter just roll back the dooner until I cool off” then I got another period and no more hot flushes… I’m 52! I love to see all the comments on ageing…We have similarities yet we are all so different. I have a 10 year old daughter who I want to be around for for a while to come yet & after what seems a lifetime of keeping moderately fit … I realise that you can’t stop or you go downhill. I first saw the writing “Desiderata” when I was waging school once @ 14 down the Mall (gotta laugh) & really loved it then…. I think it applies today. Genetics play a huge role but our attitudes directly influence our whole being…. good luck everyone. OH and as much as I love the sweet things…. sugar has the secret of ageing your cells, faster! :(

     
  29. Margot August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I turned 56 last week, although I don’t really want to scream it from the rooftops – what’s that phrase from Oscar Wilde? Something about a woman who tells you her real age will tell you anything? Anyway, I digress. While the ageing thing does kind of suck, I refuse to let it get me in its bony clutches. I go to the gym 4 days a week. I have ‘fillers’ done on my frown lines when need be, I have my hair styled and dyed, my nails and toes done regularly, etc etc. What’s more, I do it for ME! I’m vain, I still think I look attractive and I don’t give a stuff what anyone else thinks I SHOULD be doing. I also have rheumatoid arthritis (kept in check by good meds and a great doctor), get the odd hot flush and need to make a quick dash to the loo occasionally but so what? I wouldn’t want to be the gorgeous 20-something I used to be for quids. I was pretty unhappy person back then. Yes, I know I need constant maintenance to keep it all together but at this stage of my life, after kids and a very full-on career, I enjoy it. And my husband thinks I’m fabulous.

     
  30. Patricia Murray August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    There are a lot of things you can do to feel better than this. In a practical way, do pelvic floor exercises, no one can see what you are doing! Do them in line at the supermarket checkout, whilst at red lights driving, anywhere, any time.
    A company called Savvi have Kegel balls to help train your bladder response too, so there’s no excuse to suffer and if wary, use panty shields until you feel confident.
    I am a nurse, midwife, mother and 20 years older than you Kerri, but I don’t pee when I cough because I have trained my body.
    As for the other aches and pains, physiology follows psychology, the brain does what you expect it to do, expect better results and you will get them. Be positive, instead of drinking poisonous caffeine and complaining with your friends, do some charity work, see how real people cope with real pain in hospital wards as I have seen for decades and you’ll soon be glad you have a bladder, and a jaw to ache. Lots of people I have nursed have neither. What message are you giving your children? Tough love but it had to be said. It is not how you look but how you look at the world that counts.
    I am still working as a nurse and have 2 other part time jobs too, I have my knees injected with my plasma for arthritis and have grown new cartilage, shown on MRI s. plus other joint replacements for arthritis. I spent 10 days in a wheelchair following a botched operation, so I have known pain but decided to overcome it, by getting up at 5am and training my body every day to be stronger with yoga and exercises. No time to feel sorry for myself.

     
  31. Mel August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I am disturbed by the sighing noise I make when sitting down and then the semi wailing that comes from my mouth when i stand up. I have to get out of bed slowly to ease the muscles into movement and crossing my legs when I sneeze is as instant a reaction as covering my mouth. My skin looks tired, my hair looks tired and bloody hell…Im always tired.
    In saying all of this, it wouldn’t hurt to have a couple of alcohol free nights a week but that would assure me of a night of no sleep caused by my forever racing mind going through the daily check list needed to ensure my kids are all in order for the following day, (me on the other hand am never in order). Oh, Im 41 and reasonably fit, (according to me). Oh how I wish valium wasn’t bad for me…

     
  32. sleybell August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Hi boushead…where would one find such a nurse…and what type of things might be suggested ….other than pelvic floor exercises…

     
  33. sue bell August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    performed a women’s health issues some years back. The last part of the show was about incontinence. We did our little dance “squeeze and sneeze, cross and cough” at the end we were delighted when one of the women stood up and announced that she had laughed so much she had wet her pants – literally. All you can do is laugh at what life throws at you. After 40 years of continuous pain from an accident, laughing is the thing that gets me through.

     
  34. jazzy100 August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Something worth remembering:

    In 10 years’ time you’ll wish you had the body/looks/health you had 10 years ago.

     
  35. Margaret August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Just tucked my 89 year old Mum into bed. Her bladder is better than mine, but poor vision, osteoporosis and a dodgy heart slow her down. She is sharp as a tack, especially after her nana nap. She says if you can’t laugh you may as well be dead! She has more class than most people I know. She doesn’t complain (much) and I just hope I have plenty of her genes, more importantly so do our kids! So far my bladder is good. I’m 50…ish :)

     
  36. Cath August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I just turned 48 and my knees creak when I go down stairs and my hip hurts if I lie on that side for too long. Please don’t get me started on the LBL – coughing or sneezing is hell. then there’s the ‘urgent’ need to pee. Having said all that my dr tells I have good blood pressure, no signs of older onset of diabetes and low cholesterol so not too bad.Both sides of my family lived to late 90 s so I hopefully have some time to get it all seen to.

     
  37. boushead August 22, 2012 Reply
     
     

    @sleybell most community health centres should be able to direct you to one, there are Continence Nurse Advisers in metropolitan and regional areas. CFA helpline will be able to give u contact details:
    http://www.continence.org.au/pages/national-continence-helpline.html
    As for what can be done, many simple strategies can make a big difference to overactive bladder, and yes pelvic floor exercises will help for Stress Incontinence, but other strategies can assist as well. Take advantage of their expertise, they are there to help ;)

     
  38. Louise Smithers August 23, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Geeze gals! Grow up! This constant ‘problem’ with aging is a manufactured new age complaint! My dad has no legs and is 84, now HE has something to complain about ! and does he? NEVER
    GET REAL!! or get help!!

     
  39. oldybutgoody August 23, 2012 Reply
     
     

    are you serious or taking the micky? you are 43 – thats only middle age – cant imagine what you will feel when you are in your 60′s.
    from all the comments we know we are not alone. i refuse to let any of the things described affect me. i just get on with it and enjoy all the things i can do. we are all aging but you are growing old.
    chin up you will soon be dead.

     
  40. What Sarah Did Next August 24, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I’m 46 and while not everything in my body is still in perfect working order (dodgy right knee, so I don’t run any more) I still feel pretty good. People tell me all the time I don’t look my age so I guess that means I must be doing something right! For me, I’ve always thought age is just a number, it doesn’t really mean anything – your attitude toward life is more important, IMO.

     
  41. Jacqueline August 25, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I say… count yourself lucky to have the time, access and resources to visit physios…perhaps while you’re there you could enquire about pelvic floor exercises to assist with that LBL?

     
  42. Juanita August 28, 2012 Reply
     
     

    The responses to this post have made me laugh out loud (of course I have to keep my legs crossed, but hey, small price to pay …) I just want to put in a small plug for yoga – hot or warm, whatever you can handle – practice three times a week and I guarantee you’ll feel like a 30-year-old.

     
  43. Rhoda August 28, 2012 Reply
     
     

    You gave me a laugh, Kerri.

    I can’t complain of much – fitter than I’ve ever been although I’m on the wrong side of 60. I walk and take vitamins. Had a torrid time at menopause but came out the other side in ok condition. My only complaint is I can’t bend from the knees very well but am onto it.

    The thing I dread the most about old age is losing my teeth and having to wear dentures. It would be the unkindest cut of all LOL

     
  44. erko March 20, 2013 Reply
     
     

    It’s great to read that some women are without pain past the ages of 40,50,60. Fantastic for those women.

    I’m in the group that is in pain everyday. Sometimes it’s so minor I can manage to pretty much forget about it for hours at a time. Sometimes it’s so major I’m incapacitated and on the lounge feeling like hell. It all started to fall apart in my 40s and now I’m 57 it’s not getting better — and won’t according to docs because, as they told me, “i’m getting older.’ I’m just so glad to hear that I’m not alone.

     

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