I couldn't help but go thru these. For women you have to go here;
http://www.caring.com/articles/5-things-women-fear-about-aging
Men here:
http://www.caring.com/articles/5-things-men-fear-about-aging
#1: Impotence - I'm not sure about this one, after the divorce I'll find out. No biggee
#2: Weakness - You can't get any weaker than after a stroke, I survived that quite well.
#3: Retirement/irrelevance - Even when I retire, at least 10 years from now, I'll still have the stroke medical world to whip into shape. No one is going to accomplish that in 10 years.
#4: Losing wheels (and independence) - It took me 18 months to get back to driving and not being able to do it was quite emasculating. Now I'll drive anywhere for however long it takes.
#5: Losing your mind (or your wife losing hers) - I already did this once, if I lose it again I'll get it back.
I think I'm prepared for aging. Life is good.
Compared to stroke recovery, everything seems easy. I have become "super woman". I can do anything, but hopefully there will not be any more strokes or brain surgeries in the future. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm prepared for aging, too; what I'm not ready for though is my husband aging. The other day he was talking about doing something stupid - climbing on the roof or the equivalent - and I said, "Yup, that's just what we need ... you having a brain injury." He was very put out - he has put up selflessly with my brain injury, so what was I complaining about? My point was that life is challenging enough - would be even worse w both of us impaired.
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