In sickness and in health
Anonymous, Almost 70 I have had a few health scares of late…one of them possible Glaucoma….but not tested yet due to a terrible reaction to some medicine prescribed for eyelid dermatitis by one...
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Diana, Age 72 I discovered 70candles.com about six months before I turned 70. I was so grateful to have found both the book and the website, because as I approached 70, although I felt a measure of...
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Monica, Age 71 This is the first time I’ve been on a blog. Since turning 70 last year, my health dramatically changed. In October, I fell and ended up with 2 injured shoulders. I am currently...
View ArticleSummertime at almost 78
Emily, Almost 78 I am up in Walton in my little house enjoying the beauty of the area, and my friends up here. After mowing the grass and doing violence to some invasive weeds, I sat outside reading a...
View ArticleForgotten, not gone
Here’s an article of interest from the-tls.co.uk by Carol Tavris, Age 74 “Age only matters while one is ageing”, said Picasso, at the age of eighty. “Now that I have arrived at a great age, I might as...
View ArticleEmbracing Old Age
By Amy Bryant “Oh, Amy, you don’t look your age. I would have taken you for _______ (here they insert a number 15 years younger than my number),” and I beam with pride over the compliment. We live in a...
View ArticleLipstick Won’t Do It This Time Sister
Judi Meirowitz Tischler, Age 73 You look like crap! This is what my best friend said when visiting me a few days after my unplanned hospital stay. The Monday night episode had not been my first but it...
View ArticleDoing what I can
Anonymous, Age 69 Hi- I’m a 69 year-old southern Californian. I retired at 61 and I’m enjoying it. I did return to my old job back in 2018 to work part-time (less than 10 hours a week), which is...
View ArticleBroken bones – 76
Noel, Age 76 I’m a mental health counselor and I still ride my horse and feel 56 even though my physical self has a lot of metal in it. I’ve been through two bouts of breast cancer, all early thank God...
View ArticleSunny Days Are Here Again
Sherrill Pool Elizondo, Age 74 I’m 74 and live in Texas. Summers are brutally hot and becoming hotter and the sun more intense. Several years ago I began seeing a dermatologist to remove skin tags....
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