Just joined so I'm introducing myself.
Watch this postI will be 67 next month and retired from the many different jobs in my working life. I guess that I didn’t ever find my calling. I went to university at age 59 but when it was over it was too late to launch a new career. I wanted to lecture but students don’t want to listen to old fogies, so sadly I put aside that idea and settled into life as an eccentric dog owner.
I live in a beautiful Lancashire valley surrounded by hills that demand they be walked/climbed, how could I refuse?
I would like to do a bit of cycle touring but a recent diagnosis of spondylosis and some hip pain means that I may not be doing a world tour anytime soon!
I’m keen to make some friends as I have been on my own for a very long time now, my daughters don’t bother much with me and I don’t have a partner.I didn’t expect to be so isolated at this time in my life, isn’t it strange the way family and friends seem to forget us when we get past 60?
I will pop in regularly and hope to strike up some friendships.
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I live in Cumbria and my husband has recently gone into a care home having had young onset Parkinsons disease for a long time. I am working full time in a hospital
Just want to say hello.
Welcome to Silversurfers - we are a friendly crowd and I'm sure that you will soon find your way around the site and join in with topics which interest you. Has it made it easier or harder for you now that your husband is in a Care Home? I realise that you won't have the day-to-day chores associated with caring for him at home but, having had both parents in Care Homes and juggling a full-time job with running a home as well, I know that it can be very difficult trying to prioritise the jobs which need to be done.
I had early onset PD diagnosed at the age of 47 & I am now nearly 70 & struggling to lead a decent quality of life.
I am sad to hear that hubby has gone into care. I can relate to your situation having deteriorated considerably since downsizing to a flat 3 years ago.
It would be helpful for me to bounce questions off of you if you feel able
I dread the thought of being parted from my wife of 47 years, but am still with it enough to realise the heavy burden o liife with me
best widhes
PD is an awful disease, my hubby became hyperanxious with it and that was the cause of a lot of his problems. hope you can manage in your flat.
Best wishes
Bye
I've given you a thumbs up so it's cancelled out the down vote! 🙂 Most of us are friendly on this site and willing to chat about anything/everything so don't be discouraged. Look at the topics in the Forum and join in with the chat and if there's nothing there that interests you - post a topic of your own. Do you live in the UK or further afield? I'm guessing from your reference to college football that you live in America or Canada.
As a newbie i have no idea what i'm doing and when i mess up let me know so i can do better next time, i admit i have a touch of first day nerves, a bit like starting big school all over again, lol.
i am a lifelong plant && garden lover, having been wowed by CHELSEA in 1962, the year SUPERSTAR the rose was launched.
I am interested in local & family history. More later
It all seems very positive
I am disabled with long-term Parkinsons disease (25 years so far) but I get most things done in the end
Although I wanted to be a nurse, I narrowly missed it and instead ended up in a quasi-medical field, then as a Hospice coordinator, trainer, etc... and starting a group for grief and bereavement. I moved from that to chaplaincy work working with disaster relief and special training in grief and trauma. Now you see why I took a second look at your intro.
I am widowed and happily single now for many years. I have 2 children and 3 grands... I am still very active in several things and volunteer at the hospital in spiritual care. I love music and teach piano lessons. At the present moment I am working on my certification as an aromatherapist. Not a lot of spare time, but would not want it otherwise. Would love to chat anytime.
I am in Canada and would enjoy meeting some new friends.
Hope you find lots of interesting topics to comment on.
Just join today and I am looking for a friend either man or lady to have lunch with or dinner. I live in the Northern Virginia area so I your interested ...just let me know.
Marsha