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bbfan1991 15-09-2013 01:49 PM

Do you worry about getting older?
 
I don't, age is just a number to me and I am determined to live life to the full.

Josy 15-09-2013 01:54 PM

Not really.

No point worrying about something that can't be changed.

Lee. 15-09-2013 01:56 PM

I don't worry about getting older.. But I do worry that I've not seen most if the things I want to see before I die!

smudgie 15-09-2013 01:57 PM

Not so much about getting older, more about health issues as I am getting older.

Niamh. 15-09-2013 02:59 PM

I worry about Ben getting older

King Gizzard 15-09-2013 03:03 PM

I worry about 24 for some reason

Livia 15-09-2013 03:05 PM

Considering the alternative.... no.

Benjamin 15-09-2013 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 6381951)
I worry about Ben getting older

:laugh:

Ammi 15-09-2013 03:43 PM

..no, I'm cool with it, I've liked every age I've been...

Black Dagger 15-09-2013 03:50 PM

I want to be older and settle down already and ****, I'm like an 30 year old trapped inside an 18 year old's body :laugh:

Ammi 15-09-2013 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Dagger (Post 6382048)
I want to be older and settle down already and ****, I'm like an 30 year old trapped inside an 18 year old's body :laugh:

...it's better than being 18yrs trapped inside a 30yr old's body though Lucas...

Tozzie 15-09-2013 04:04 PM

I try not to think about it too much but these days I'm reminded a lot of my deteriorating health, the mind is willing and the body's not, I wouldn't say I actively worry about it though. I do tend to worry about my husband more than myself as he has developed diabetes and other health issues and I cannot contemplate life without him!

Verbal 15-09-2013 04:21 PM

As someone with life long health issues it does concern me. As a child I was lucky enough to have my parents around to basically do anything that I couldn't. As you get older, not so much.

Ammi 15-09-2013 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CynicalHermit (Post 6382089)
As someone with life long health issues it does concern me. As a child I was lucky enough to have my parents around to basically do anything that I couldn't. As you get older, not so much.

..do you manage ok by yourself atm..?...

AnnieK 15-09-2013 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by CynicalHermit (Post 6382089)
As someone with life long health issues it does concern me. As a child I was lucky enough to have my parents around to basically do anything that I couldn't. As you get older, not so much.


Sorry to hear about your health issues. Do you get help?

Natalie. 15-09-2013 07:58 PM

I worry I'll run out of time

Verbal 15-09-2013 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 6382108)
..do you manage ok by yourself atm..?...

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Originally Posted by anniek76 (Post 6382119)
Sorry to hear about your health issues. Do you get help?

For the most part I get by ok. There are certain things I am unable to do, something as mundane as changing a light bulb is out of the question as I have no balance whatsoever. Its quite humiliating when you have to call a relative to simply screw a lightbulb in, i've gone weeks without a light in my bathroom before now...that was fun:joker:

I'm not able to lift and carry things that are much bigger than a bin bag either, so for example if I wanted a new desk. Getting rid of the current one and getting a new one up my stairs is impossible unless someone helps, which to be honest nobody apart from my father is ever willing to do, and he's a busy man anyway so I don't really bother asking. I get no official help, don't think i'm entitled to it.

hijaxers 15-09-2013 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CynicalHermit (Post 6382635)
For the most part I get by ok. There are certain things I am unable to do, something as mundane as changing a light bulb is out of the question as I have no balance whatsoever. Its quite humiliating when you have to call a relative to simply screw a lightbulb in, i've gone weeks without a light in my bathroom before now...that was fun:joker:

I'm not able to lift and carry things that are much bigger than a bin bag either, so for example if I wanted a new desk. Getting rid of the current one and getting a new one up my stairs is impossible unless someone helps, which to be honest nobody apart from my father is ever willing to do, and he's a busy man anyway so I don't really bother asking. I get no official help, don't think i'm entitled to it.

Do you not have something like WECIL in your area ? My daughter works for them locally and she has helped a lot of people i know with these sort of problems - WECIL is a registered charity in England and Wales - which is where you live i think, have a look on line for them - I think you probably qualify for help< they have recently been challenged with finding funding but comic relief etc.. support the charity a lot. Please let me know if there is anything i can ask my daughter for you - she's great for getting you in touch with the right people.

hijaxers 15-09-2013 08:26 PM

It just happens we got no choice ! we hear horrendous stories every day and just think ourselves lucky ! We just gotta get on with it and hope we don't become one of those poor elderly people failed so badly by the health service in this country , even more so if relatives are few on the ground.

Verbal 15-09-2013 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hijaxers (Post 6382648)
Do you not have something like WECIL in your area ? My daughter works for them locally and she has helped a lot of people i know with these sort of problems - WECIL is a registered charity in England and Wales - which is where you live i think, have a look on line for them - I think you probably qualify for help< they have recently been challenged with finding funding but comic relief etc.. support the charity a lot. Please let me know if there is anything i can ask my daughter for you - she's great for getting you in touch with the right people.

Thank you for that, that's very kind. I had never heard of them. Looking on http://www.wecil.co.uk/ though it seems to be focused on Bristol and the surrounding area, i'm in Wales. I am a member of ASBAH (Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus) which obviously, is what I was born with. They have like Area Managers who are supposed to keep check on the people in their areas.
When I first joined the guy was great, he came to see me when I joined and would call me at least once a fortnight to see if he could help with anything. He left, and apart from a few emails I have had no contact with his replacement.
I was in my 30s before I had even heard of ASBAH, and that was only as a result of a chance meeting with an old school friend, who has the same health issues. Unless you cause a fuss and chase and chase, and know who to chase, nobody seems to really give a toss.

hijaxers 15-09-2013 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CynicalHermit (Post 6382652)
Thank you for that, that's very kind. I had never heard of them. Looking on http://www.wecil.co.uk/ though it seems to be focused on Bristol and the surrounding area, i'm in Wales. I am a member of ASBAH (Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus) which obviously, is what I was born with. They have like Area Managers who are supposed to keep check on the people in their areas.
When I first joined the guy was great, he came to see me when I joined and would call me at least once a fortnight to see if he could help with anything. He left, and apart from a few emails I have had no contact with his replacement.
I was in my 30s before I had even heard of ASBAH, and that was only as a result of a chance meeting with an old school friend, who has the same health issues. Unless you cause a fuss and chase and chase, and know who to chase, nobody seems to really give a toss.


Well i've just looked at the quarterly newletter Wecil sends out and it says in Wales it is registered charity number 1053515 - see if that helps and i will ask my daughter re Wales when we speak and see if i can glean any more about help if you should need it - what part of Wales are you - generally ?

Verbal 15-09-2013 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by hijaxers (Post 6382659)
Well i've just looked at the quarterly newletter Wecil sends out and it says in Wales it is registered charity number 1053515 - see if that helps and i will ask my daughter re Wales when we speak and see if i can glean any more about help if you should need it - what part of Wales are you - generally ?

South West - Swansea.

Thank you, very much

Ammi 15-09-2013 08:41 PM

..I know you've probably already heard of the Shine charity for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus..but they have a team in Wales...maybe if you contacted them, they could put you in touch with someone in your local area that you could talk to because it doesn't seem right that you don't get any help..or even that you have to look for it and don't have it offered to you...here's the link anyway..

http://www.shinecharity.org.uk/

hijaxers 15-09-2013 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CynicalHermit (Post 6382663)
South West - Swansea.

Thank you, very much

may be a couple of days but i will def get back to you on this.

Verbal 15-09-2013 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 6382669)
..I know you've probably already heard of the Shine charity for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus..but they have a team in Wales...maybe if you contacted them, they could put you in touch with someone in your local area that you could talk to because it doesn't seem right that you don't get any help..or even that you have to look for it and don't have it offered to you...here's the link anyway..

http://www.shinecharity.org.uk/

Thanks Ammi, they are ASBAH that I mentioned, they've changed to Shine over the last 18 months or so. When I first joined they were ASBAH and they were great. Since the change, they are worse than useless.

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Originally Posted by hijaxers (Post 6382685)
may be a couple of days but i will def get back to you on this.

I really appreciate it, thank you.


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