Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby View Post
Now he's go no muscle left on his legs, he's diabetic,
has high blood pressure, his bones are a mess.

He has taught us the most awful life lesson. STAY active.
WOW! Sounds like my Mother. She is only 60 (or 59?), but I keep thinking she is around 65. For her, going on a trip or driving more than 30 minutes is just too much for her to handle. I wanted her come to a tri of mine, but getting up at 6:00 AM was just too much and then having to sit outside for 2-4 hours was going to be too much as well.

She retired about 2 years ago and ever since then she has turned into a couch/bed blob who never moves. Doesn't clean the house, doesn't cook (never really did!), just eats out (gaining 5 lbs a month, up to 170 lbs at 5'1"), and sleeps.

Her retirement came around because she broke her arm. Once that happened, she was useless for about 6 months. I was there right after it happened, and she decided to take a bath. Yea, bad idea. She should not get to standing position from being in the tub, because she needed both arms to push herself up. I tried to help her and her legs had no muscle to speak of. I basically had to lift her dead weight out of the tub. I seriously though I was going to have to call someone to get her out.

Like you said... I got taught a lesson... on how NOT to live. One needs to stay active and keep that muscle tone up!

Now days, every phone conversation eventually ends up with us talking about "when she dies". Seeing how she smokes, never works out, can barely walk anywhere, and can't do anything anymore... unfortunately it might be sooner than later.