How about a little ditty? Hope it gives you a chuckle.....

Perks of reaching 50 or being over 60 and heading towards 70!



1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.



2. In a hostage situation, you are likely to be released first.



3. No one expects you to run-anywhere.



4. People call at 9 PM and ask, did I wake you?



5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.



6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.



7. Things you buy now won't wear out.



8. You can eat supper at 4 PM.



9. You can live without sex, but not your glasses.



10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.



11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.



12. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the room.



13. You sing along with elevator music.



14. Your eyes won't get much worse.



15. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.



16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service.



17. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.



18. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.



19. You can't remember who sent you this list.

ZZZ the ditty is cute.. and true :-D

Deb,
Can you get away for a day or so ? Or go for a massage ? Maybe you need to talk to your Dr about yourself for a change.

I've been feeling a little dumpy since they started talking Hospice.. but
not a serious dumpy... kind of reflective like.

Call up a couple buds.. go drink a pitcher of something cold.

I don't know, I feel like I need human contact and everyone seems so busy with their lives and I feel like they don't want to hear about mine.

The ditty did make smile though, thanks.

Hang in there Deborah, maybe invite some friends over for tea or nibbles one night, maybe a girls night out, but in. I do hope you feel much better soon. Thinking of you Deborah and sending happy vibes your way. :)

Deb, email me at mescites@verizon.net and I will give you my phone number and we can chat if you would like to.

Hubby is doing sooooo much bettter now. Is getting very mobile and almost back to pacing.

Hope things get better really fast for you. This has got to be the hardest job in the world and so many people just don't understand.

((((((((((Hugs)))))))))))

I know exactly what your taking about .

Put the saddess movie in and just cry nothing more healing for the soul then a good cry. You can blame the movie when you really just needed to cry and let it out ...
Otherwise I found vitamin B stress tabs seem to help that and D are the happy vitamins ..

I think you might be in the dumps after your high of several good events that just occurred. I'm bipolar. I know this. Take the big boy (your dog) on an extended walk and try to sweat up some good endocrines. That'll help some.

I just got back from one with my 2 little maniacs who were off leash. Crazy!!! But their antics made me laugh and I'm over wanting to cry. Hate that! When I want to cry but can't.

I know what you mean. I had to go on an anti-depressant. I also have to get out each day for a walk. Another thing that I have to do is convince myself each morning that it is going to be a good day, when it isn't, I tell myself that tomorrow will be better. I try to have a project, something I can get excited about. I have never made a quilt before, but my daughter has many fabric scraps, so I decided that I am going to make each of my grandchildren a quilt for Christmas. I am putting the blocks together and then my neighbor is going to quilt them on her quilting machine.
Somedays, the slump is so bad, I just have to sit in a corner and hate the world.
I love the ditty! Sometimes I wish a kidnapper would take me. I hope he is good-looking!

LOL!!!!!!!! I hope he finds me too!

Deb is a quilter. Maybe we should all get together and beg for advice.

Thanks guys, I am feeling better and you know what I did? Well, a friend called my daughter and asked her if I was ok and she said, no not really, so he called me and I talked to him, I cried to him, I blubbered, I just let it all out and I don't think half of it was even coherent but when I was finished, he said, feel any better and I said, Yes! I do as a matter of fact! I really do feel better, man, I just didn't realize how much I had kept inside and it is much better on the outside than it is on the inside.

Thanks everyone and yes, I love to quilt, I'll back working on mine tonight!

We all need a big ole cry once in a while. So, good for you and good for your fiend helping you out.

Glad to hear your feeling better.

The Ditty is terrific.had to put a smile on everyones face. Debbie you are only 48(don't you love hearing only??) Most of us are 60 or better and we think thats too early for all this. To deal with all this at your early age you have even more of a right to become unglued every once in a while. Sounds to me like you are one heck of a trooper and you should be very proud of yourself for all you do. A good cry now and then really is good for the soul. Don't know if you have any LIVE support groups near you but you might want to check that out. There is truth in misery loves company and somehow you don't feel so alone.everyone really understands, just like they do here. When we were out of town I went to one for the first time and I hated to leave. haven't found one at home yet (with respite care) but they do exist and maybe you have one near you. If so please try I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Good luck and hang in there.......Hugs Sherbear2

I am about to turn 50 next week and so sometimes I think a part of it for me is that I am young to have to deal with this. There is a face group in town, once a month but so far I ahven't been able to make it, I intend to get there one of these days.

You know, I would love to all get together. I would love to see Deb's quilts. What a wonderful past-time. Quilts are such great reminders to leave behind. I have 2 of my grandmothers; made from her old aprons, and they are so special to me.

Let's have a great week-end!

So glad your feeling better and how wonderful that you have a friend who will just listen and let you get it all out. That is one of the things lacking in my life. Which is why I give thanks for this site and all you wonderful people here., Before I found this I was very depressed and just barely walking through my life. Each of you has done so much to make me laugh, cry, vent and know that even though we are seperated by many miles we are still very close because of the things we share.
We may not be the sisterhood of the traveling pants (more like the sisterhood of the poopy pants) but we are all family brought together by AD, see even something as horrible as this disease has a silver lining.