But, say, when you break your back because you have osteoporosis and suddenly can’t manage the stuff you’ve been doing for the past 75 years anymore, that isn’t really life anymore. Or when you start sundowning because of a UTI. Or everything hurts all the time. And all your friends are dead. You can no longer drive so you’re stuck at home. Your scoliosis finally catches up with you. Your ears go haywire and you get permanent vertigo. You have a stroke and end up half paralysed. You go blind. You end up with post viral fatigue because the world doesn’t take viruses seriously. Etc.
Better than the alternative
A lot of older people disagree. There’s a difference between being alive and living.
just because i age doesn’t mean i have to mature.
Of course not.
But, say, when you break your back because you have osteoporosis and suddenly can’t manage the stuff you’ve been doing for the past 75 years anymore, that isn’t really life anymore. Or when you start sundowning because of a UTI. Or everything hurts all the time. And all your friends are dead. You can no longer drive so you’re stuck at home. Your scoliosis finally catches up with you. Your ears go haywire and you get permanent vertigo. You have a stroke and end up half paralysed. You go blind. You end up with post viral fatigue because the world doesn’t take viruses seriously. Etc.
I have an elderly family, can you tell?
you know how bad UTIs can get, so yeah.
My poor aunt had a year from hell after a UTI and nobody thought of prescribing HRT.
Aging backwards?
Not really