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maleficent · 11-23-2005, 02:59 AM

When was the last time that he went to a doctor for a checkup?

Some of the stuff you mention isn't worrisome unless it's a change in behavior (I'm not sure it's written in stone that grandparents have to dote on the rugrats...

My father is 73 and is in better health and more 'spry' than when he was in his 50s and 60s. He tried the retirement thing for about 2 years and thought it was making him old. He didn't like the old people who were retired -- all they did was complain about their health problems and talk about the grandchildren. He went back to work andnow insists he'll be taken out in a box... he's not retiring again.

Our society tends to put older people on a shelf and expects them to live out their years in arocking chair watching life, when they actually want to participate. Your father sounds like he needs something to really get him motivated...

BUT he also sounds like he needs a checkup... that driving thing is the biggest concern. The forgetting luggage - I've done... It happens...

11-23-2005, 02:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	When was the last time that he went to a doctor for a checkup? Some of the stuff you mention isn't worrisome unless it's a change in behavior (I'm not sure it's written in stone that grandparents have to dote on the rugrats... My father is 73 and is in better health and more 'spry' than when he was in his 50s and 60s. He tried the retirement thing for about 2 years and thought it was making him old. He didn't like the old people who were retired -- all they did was complain about their health problems and talk about the grandchildren. He went back to work andnow insists he'll be taken out in a box... he's not retiring again. Our society tends to put older people on a shelf and expects them to live out their years in arocking chair watching life, when they actually want to participate. Your father sounds like he needs something to really get him motivated... BUT he also sounds like he needs a checkup... that driving thing is the biggest concern. The forgetting luggage - I've done... It happens... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.