tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post7726289048527582142..comments2024-03-19T14:26:28.047-05:00Comments on Mildred Ratched Memoirs: MENTAL HANDCUFFSMildred Ratched http://www.blogger.com/profile/04705394337558739078noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post-56053900077805295172010-02-24T22:45:17.779-06:002010-02-24T22:45:17.779-06:00Yes, that and those of us who suffer from various ...Yes, that and those of us who suffer from various conditions. Some things only get worse with time/age and no amount of therapy, medications or anything else will reverse the effect of the illness/disease/condition. Will the nerve damage caused by diabetic neuropathy miraculously disappear someday as if someone waved a magic wand over my feet? Is there a magic wand?Mildred Ratched https://www.blogger.com/profile/04705394337558739078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post-47543930854083023862010-02-24T22:34:28.915-06:002010-02-24T22:34:28.915-06:00mind over matter (as in age is merely a number) be...mind over matter (as in age is merely a number) begins to take a back seat to reality as we approach our—shall we say—senior years. we are talking specifically about the ravages of time, are we not?jnutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06348848857787520233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post-53132714803229973292010-02-24T21:11:35.099-06:002010-02-24T21:11:35.099-06:00Bitter, yes, age is just a number most of the time...Bitter, yes, age is just a number most of the time except when you feel like shit and then it becomes an unescapeable reality. I agree with you about tackling boundaries...guess that's what led me to the yoyo inspector.Mildred Ratched https://www.blogger.com/profile/04705394337558739078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post-76563856710204808932010-02-24T19:13:22.155-06:002010-02-24T19:13:22.155-06:00Age is merely a number.
Yes as you do age there ar...Age is merely a number.<br />Yes as you do age there are bound to be more physical boundaries, but these boundaries had the potential to be there for you at any age really.<br /><br />What counts is how you tackle such boundaries.Bitter_Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575126047702158106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post-84903472590441263392010-02-24T17:30:04.068-06:002010-02-24T17:30:04.068-06:00You mean we aren't 25 anymore? Please don'...You mean we aren't 25 anymore? Please don't burst the bubble...let me fool myself into thinking that I'll wake up tomorrow and the last 25 years or so have only been a bad dream.Mildred Ratched https://www.blogger.com/profile/04705394337558739078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post-55715637730298433232010-02-24T16:09:39.635-06:002010-02-24T16:09:39.635-06:00in my case, the ills that started after turning fi...in my case, the ills that started after turning fifty are extremely hard to accept, because in my mind, I'm still in my thirties...and my generation was never going to get old.<br /><br />it's been hard realizing that not only is my body turning against me, but that all of the idealistic goals that we baby boomers aspired to (in the way we wanted to change the world with love and not war, for example) didn't really amount to a hill of beans.jnutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06348848857787520233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post-23873295584021835352010-02-24T16:04:31.759-06:002010-02-24T16:04:31.759-06:00the answer is yes.the answer is yes.jnutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06348848857787520233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346548.post-90770305411164831502010-02-24T14:58:54.233-06:002010-02-24T14:58:54.233-06:00The lightbulb just went off...do you suppose going...The lightbulb just went off...do you suppose going blonde had anything to do with becoming a lab rat? Did the dye eat my brain cells? Just a thought!Mildred Ratched https://www.blogger.com/profile/04705394337558739078noreply@blogger.com