who else sleeps dressed?
 

This started around 2012 arthritis so bad to hell with getting undressed for bed,wife followed too.Too painful to put socks and crap on in the morning.

I don't but the Romans did. They'd be ready for action by throwing off the blanket they wrapped around themselves.

All I know and can understand. If there was real pain involved in removing clothes and getting dressed. We are talking real misery here. I would not want to dress and undress any more than really needed either. It would be like self torture.

I know a lot of us members find this different like I do. Yet what other option is possible? Perhaps having someone else dress and undress you is about it in my mind. Fortunately my wife is still in pretty good shape but that is not always the case. So her assistance might be welcome.

Special designed clothes if practical also might be an option.

I try not to, dead give away I did not take the short cut home from work.;)

Sleeping Dressed
 

Sorry to hear others have to do this too .

I mostly sleep in a recliner for the same reason ~ too much pain involved in undressing and getting under the covers .

Getting old and crippled is no fun .

Yes,guess part of getting older,but if house caught on fire,all I need is keys,and shoes.

Yeah Nate sorry you have that trouble too,I was in a car wreck once and had fluid on my lungs,and could not lay down for pain. A bottle of Hennesy's and two qualudes was the only way I could sleep.Next morning fine,the fluid was gone.
Then I started comfrey root with applesauce.

For me, swimming is the most critical element of my life to reduce pain and stiffness.

Life Over Time
 

Fluid in the lungs, even a tiny bit, is a serious thing indeed :eek: .

In case of FIRE screw it ~ a chair through the window and out you go ~ smoke inhalation overcomes most who die in house fires, one breath and you're not likely to make it to the door much less the hallway, porch or other safety .

I'd go out starkers if I had to, better to be freezing my bum in the street with the neighbors laughing than dead or on oxygen for the rest of my miserable days .

For those who don't know : in house fires, the heat and smoke starts at the ceiling and comes _down_ rapidly ~ one of our teenage Foster boys burned us out of our house December 20th 2017, we're still in a rental, they're working on the house, no burn damage just heat and smoke ruined _everything_ in it, in less than 5 minutes .

Luckily they listened when I'd told them to grab the baby and GET OUT ~ the house was full of heat & smoke in about two minutes, melted everything from 5' up .

We had to open it to the studs for repairs .

SAFETY KNOWS NO SEASON ! .

I depend on VA healthcare,so I'd grab my medication first,then family. The VA will not replace medication,even if you have a police report.

Veterans Care
 

Don't get me started on how the V.A. cheats Veterans thanx to one particular political party that loves to wrap itself in the flag...... :mad:

I believe you can find shirts and pants with velcro instead of buttons and zippers. Supposed to work pretty well.

Now if love making were to occur,I go thru the pain,of dressing,have to bathe anyway.haha. But maybe once a year if lucky.

Try cutting toenails,in your 60s with bad spine. Now thats fun

I have taught myself to trim the left foot toenails with my left hand (I am right handed). That has been a boon to me!

OUCH
 

I gave up and treat myself once a month to a very gentle and sympathetic Korean Lady who does my feet including trimming my corns, bunions and so on, for $20 ~ money hard to set aside but worth every penny .

my doc would do it, at the VA,but my nails go flying,as their thick.Last time shot in his hair,but he would cut into the quick.Now I won't let them touch my feet,I was wondering if they can be removed preminate?

Damaged one toenail on the large toe so bad so many times. It grows in very thick. I use a small dremel tool with a grindstone to cut it down to reasonable size periodically. There is quite an odor created but there is no other alternative I can think of. Too late in life to consider having the nail and root removed.

The youngest daughter ruined her usual Christmas suprise component for me this year today. She told me she was going to buy me some clothes for all those poor women on my computer. The members have helped me once again. I can now tell her there in no point in doing it. They remain undressed because it is too painful for them to put on garments.

At my age if I had pain. I have heard smoking weed helps. I would probably try it. If it helped or not I would want to know. At his point I just hope I still am in good enough shape to continue doing the same things the next year. I did in the last one. Symptoms of aging are pilling up on my doorstep.

Not that bad yet but obvious to me. Today for example the wife gave me a list of things she wanted picked up. Not only did I not mind doing it. I actually enjoyed it. Anyways the season is just about upon us.

I observe the excitement growing in children. At we age we both remember how fortunate we are. Others we know are far less so.

Besides the wives work and effort to prepare an extensive dinner for Christmas day and some family company. I find a certain tranquility in it and wish all people well. Is by far more than enough for me.

I realize in some ways it never ends. The wife just informed me the dog threw up on her shoes in the hallway. The snowplow also just went by a few minutes ago. I know the garbage alongside the road is no longer where it was for tomorrows very early morning collection. I can only hope it is still in the plastic bags.

The wife wants a nominal item for Christmas. Simply a clear Pyrex kettle to keep her tea warm on a stove element. I do not really know what they actually call them. Yet I will know one when I see it. I went all over town as well today looking and there where none. So I better go look at Amazon. It occurred to me they might not make them anymore. They had a stainless steel strap around the perimeter. With a glass handle as well.

Then there was the year she told me she wanted a wheel barrow. I have heard it mentioned on occasion for over twenty years. My husband actually brought me a wheel barrow for Christmas once. Followed by the woman she has related this gem to looking at me. Usually snickering or trying to conceal it.

I wanted to post my perspectives on the near future reciently. Perhaps my mind such as it is has not failed too much yet. I spent quite some time in researching. The problem is what I surmised. It would take a book to describe. There just are so many variables to provide reasonable explanations for. I was able to reach some probable conclusions though.

I found it an interesting exercise in itself. Unfortunatly if you look back in my posts. I may have prepared and not actually posted because it was going to be so ugly. I also forcast serious issues in the stock market very soon. Actually just before they occurred. Plus mentioned we were getting out. Nobody can really time the market. I have managed the wives investment account for decades. We got it all out in time. The sell off continues. It should take massive support to stop it. At least that is what my research had indicated if what I suspected occurred.

Pain Management
 

In the early 1970's I learned to meditate upon pain, when it becomes everything, then you can control it .

This may or may not be a wise idea but since alcohol, weed and other drugs cannot be 'turned off' when you decide you'd like to read a book, drive your car or simply not be a fool anymore, I have to use meditation .

I spent this afternoon wrapping gifts for the family, Foster boy and so on, you're right it makes me very happy to be able to make others happy.....

The Pyrex pot you want is a Coffee pot, I'm sure most restaurant supply houses have them in stock, various sizes and configurations .

I have heard one can become semi conditioned to pain. Even if so it remains as pain. I have heard the German doctor working at our hospitals pain clinic is very good. Fortunatly I have not needed her services.

Actually our family doctor has expressed more than once. An important primary function of any doctor is to remove pain. On my hospital visits in Canada and probably in America. There are many signs.

If you are in any pain we want to know. People in pain recover slower. Then there exist doctors that raise serious questions. Claiming really suppressing pain in terminal cases. May result in addictions. Thankfully if the amount of medication needed to suppress it finished you it is welcome by most. In those situations.

I experienced enough pain after being involved in an explosion. I hoped I would pass out from it. They put me to sleep fortunately first. . I remember them in loud voices telling me you are resisting the drug. My vision would tunnel and open up again. Yet I know there is even pain worse than that. I would not wish even the level of pain. I experienced that time on anyone. You forget it with time yet can still remember a little about it. In my case it was about thirty years ago.

Ha ha. Let us know what she says.

One like this:

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https://www.amazon.com/Medelco-12-cup-Stovetop-Whistling-Kettle/dp/B00TG50ILQ/ref=asc_df_B00TG50ILQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309812307299&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2522256577151928078&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hv qmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010429&hvtargid=pla-592054764238&psc=1

Never tie your shoes again.

https://www.locklaces.com/collections/store?gclid=CjwKCAiA0uLgBRABEiwAecFnkyDsLlT5spLlK5Adu8hx5EOYkinrx9rFsjpgVXNVvwvRXeno7Lc69RoCEtIQAvD_ BwE

I fell and ripped my ulnar collateral ligament right off my thumb, and am still healing. Anyway, I couldn’t tie my shoes, and came across these.

They work great.

I've been buying my own chinese predisone for pain.I take 10 mg a day,and 30mg the day before a contract.I have a pint of pennicillin VK for cattle I inject when I get strepth,from grandson bringing home from school.

So they work something like a zipper?

No, more like bungee cords.

Get someone to thread them through the eyeholes in your shoes, thread the lock down and the cords stretch when you put your shoes on yet remain comfortably tied.

https://www.locklaces.com

got a 100 pound barbell today for grandson, going to use it,as I heard weights help support the joints by building muscle around them

Personally I do not think exercising with that 100 pound weight on an old problematic body might be wise. At least consider working your way up to it. Or get an opinion from somebody that really knows what they are talking about. As that is not me.

My first limitation was and is I can no longer lift and walk with more than about thirty five pounds now. Or my knee joint flairs for several days after. I feel if I push it might flair up even easier. Or become constantly problematic.

\ I have no issues tying my shoes still. Yet I tend to buy shoes with no laces generally. I will remember the elastic shoe laces though as they are a good ideal. I really am surprised that someone has not marketed them.

Anyways this aging is no fun in reality. I cannot even remember the last time I had sex. I have misplaced my watch unfortunately.

The vet put me on two pills a day to limit or treat the onset of early diabetes as well. If you thought you had occasional episodes of gas. This is something else with those pills. Besides the normal odors present to let people with hearing issues know what you have done. The odor now is something else. A friend of the wives told me they created bowel changes but did not spell them out just before I got the prescription filled. No wonder she did not.

There was a gentleman just after the turn of the last century that was on tour blowing candles out from a signifigant distance. Really there was and he drew substantial paid audiences. A new career path for an old fart? As I now know his secret.

I should almost have a sign cautioning people not to approach me with cigarettes or open flames. As the gasses might be flammable. Although I really cannot see anyone walking into the cloud. It has to be like hitting a brick wall.

The wife has also been more than gracious about this. Never has said a direct word about the issue. Only has asked a couple of times what bathroom I used last so far. Come to think about it she had also mentioned we should set the power treadmill up again in the basement recently.

Perhaps it is time to find out just how the wife really feels about the situation. I will casually mention to her the doctor may increase the dosage of those pills on my next prescription.

I may be lighting a fuse on a bomb though. I can see remarks like I am going to report you to the EPA if he does.. Or that she did not sign up for this. For better or worse is one thing. This was not on the list.

At least now there is less chance of her mentioning downsizing of the house at our ages. We really do not need five bedrooms. We had considered it a while back yet decided we liked it as it is.

At least I can hold it back. So I can still use elevators and frequent situations where there are other people present. Perhaps my metabolisim will adjust with time. I have heard that certain situations will peel wallpaper. I am in shape currently to test the expression out other than we have none.

That exact glass item Sunedog posted is far better than the ones I found. Also is available from Amazon Canada. On occasion items on the American amazon are not available in Canada but this one is.

Thanks as it was not listed on the Canadian Amazon site where I expected it to be.

sex what was that,was it fun?No starting at 50 pounds.knee's,curls,and raise above head for now.Need arms built

You're killing me! Seriously neither me or the Mrs. has gas all the time but we each will have episodes from time to time. Pretty endurable so far.;)

I am happy to report. As well as would any people that could have be in my vicinity reciently . My metabolisim seems to be coping better with those pills now.

Even the family dogs will now join me in a room again. It really almost was that bad for a few days.

Now on to the rectification of the next issue. I believe I had heard that as we age our testicles sag. Never thinking that would become a problem for me. As I am not that well endowed to start with. At first I though it was my imagination they were hitting the water In the toilet bowl.

It was not too bad as usually the water was at room temperature. Yet I found if the toilet had been flushed perhaps a few times in the last hour.That water was really really cold.

The only thing I could think of. After one periodic examination for my bladder cancer issue. I got this infection. It impacted the mind to the extent . I got undressed in the cottage bedroom. Yet even with the skylight although it was a dark night. I could not find the bed. I did not want to disturb the wife by turning on the light. Yet the mind was still intact enough for me to decide. If I cannot find the bed in a 11 by 11 foot room. My chances of finding the wall switch approach zero. I still did not want to wake the wife explaining why I did. Anyways I eventually located the bed and went to the emergency ward at first light. By that time one testicle was the size of a small orange and very firm. Antibiotics got everything right again. But my uroligist still otdered up an MRI.

That is when they found the severe abdominal anurisim. So they installed a two part custom made artery lining from the leg arteries up past the kidneys.

So I wonder if there was some testicle sag remaining after the substantial swelling with the prior infection. Or in reality we all just sag somewhat with age in that area as well. I have noticed some flab and sag in the muscle areas of my body in the last two years s well. Anyways just another issue to resolve.

Castration is out of the question. Too close to my brains. I cannot go to the moon where the vastly reduced gravity is present. Every time I want to sit on a toilet either. I can put spacers under the rear two bolted seat supports.Plus increase the spacers near the front of the lid perhaps. The reality is I could get a partial face lift type thing if I talked to my urologist.

I could of course also ask the wife for suggestions. Other than she would have a field day with this one I suspect. Before any reasonable suggestion. I do not want to hear well womans breasts sag as well with age either. As the two different issues are not directly related. Yet even if they are in reality. They do not result in similar consequences.

I have always believed in the force of gravity. I did not need it verified on this personal a level. I have never really totally accepted Einstein's theory either. That bending light photons creates gravity. Rather than open up a can of worms. I preffer to just let sleeping dogs lie.

Other than in simplicity gravity bends the photon beam. You have time to sit and contemplate these issues with your testicles dangling in the water. It also kind of bothered me that this brain stimulation effect occurred this way.

Old Age Changes
 

You're making my days very happy ~ I enjoy laughing whenever I can .

I'm apparently not as old as you but I too have notice that gas is increasing as I age ~ SWMBO isn't happy about it one bit :rolleyes: .

At least no contact with that chilly water yet ! :D .

since my wife's knee and hip surgery,she uses a toilet riser.I love it for diaherra,no splash back on my balls

I had to equip mine with water wings.

seriously if I lean to one side I can keep them dry.

The worst problem is if room temp and not noticed it makes for soggy u trow.

first home I rented in tn,had a wpa outhouse,I loved it for those runny times.

Curious : was it wood or brick ? .

WPA projects tended to be very well done .

cinder block,with concrete system.It was big enough for two

I figured as much .

I can't say I miss trudging across the back yard in the middle of the night in January to use the long drop..........

Worse of course in a howler .

The old fashioned out houses were an adventure! I never minded them except in winter.

In the day there also where chamber pots. People could use them at night and dump them in the outhouse the next morning.


I remember the wife mentioning her brother fell down the stairs from the second floor. While carrying a fairly full chamber pot one morning. That could have been a trip to remember.

running it close to the top,then trip on rug. In England they tossed the crap out the window

When I lived in Guatemala in the mid 1970's some still used chamber pots, I was appalled that my then young wife used one and expected me to carry it down stairs for dumping ~ there was a toilet downstairs, why not just walk to it like I did ? .

One more red flag I missed :rolleyes: .

ewee,I do it if wife's sick thou

wonder about toilet paper

Had diaherra bad,think my Jewish blood hates ham.New trick,I vasaline,whole ass,and nuts,to make it water proof,like a waxed windsheild.

Fortunately on only a very few times in my life. I felt the urge to emit some gas. Unfortunately it had lumps in it at the time when I did.

People have perished in blizzard conditions when transiting the distance between houses and outhouses. Just getting disoriented and totally lost in the process. I suspect ropes may have been strung between the two structures in some locations to prevent this.

The thought of getting out of a warm bed in sub zero temperatures to go out to an outhouse. In the middle of the night. Is an experience I have thankfully missed.

I have also heard of people being trapped in them when pranksters pushed then over so the front door was on the ground. Forcing them to climb out through the seat hole on occasion. Had to also have been a wonderful experience.

There is probably an element of truth that in hard times some people used sears catalogues and such to clean up with.

Reminds me of an ancient corny joke. The traveling salesman stopped by a place to use their outhouse. The farmer said if you do not mind that the wife takes salts go to it. He emerged covered in stuff. Asking what the hell. The farmer told him he had warned him the wife takes salts. Summer saults.

don't get it,whats summer salts

somersaults.....a tumbling move? Barry was correct when he mentioned corny!;)

Sleeping naked best for health?
 

Sleeping naked is the best thing you could do to improve the quality of sleep you get every night. This is because medically speaking, clothes and layers get in the ay of your body attaining thermogenesis naturally. The core body temperature should be slightly lower than your environmental temperature for your brain to go into sleep mode.

However, there are other more effective ways of getting those snoozes much sooner. One of them is consuming melatonin-rich foods - banana, turkey, chicken, milk etc.

Second is to refrain from consuming tea/coffee/alcohol after 6 pm. This interferes with your actual sleep cycle.

And third, is to shut down all electronic devices and unplug yourself from the digital world.

If you are think you arent getting proper sleep, you can try out some more science-backed tips mentioned here.