I am wearing out

37 chief · May 16, 2023

I seam to run out of steam in the afternoon, I do fairly good until the afternoon. My heart doctor had me wear a heart monitor for three days. I got the results today. The doctor said he could see nothing wrong. He said he saw one monetary spike. It could have been when a car slammed on his brakes in front of my pickup hauling my tractor. So at 80 years I guess I am just slowing down in the afternoon, and will live with it. Stan

2x4 · May 16, 2023

Works for me except I don't start until the afternoon.

wore out · May 17, 2023

''he saw one monetary spike''

Must be when you got paid for the job?

Traditional Farmer · May 17, 2023

Think you are doing better than almost all 80 year old people I know and better than a lot I know 20 years younger.

Majorman · May 17, 2023

I do not get going until about 10am in the morning now and finish around 5pm in the afternoon. I am putting small components in circuit boards or working on the computer, so not doing physical work but it is enough for me. In the past I have been known to work nearly 24 hours when doing a rush job, but no more. The need for two new knees and a hip has slowed down my outside work too. Just turned 80. Old age sucks but the alternative could be worse. :0)

Geo-TH,In · May 17, 2023

Have your Dr check your vitamin B12 and D3.
I have to get a B12 injection monthly and take 50,000 units of D3 weekly.

My Dr told me some old people can't get the B12 they need out of food.

B12 charges my 12v battery.
Towards the end of the month, my battery is almost dead.

I've been getting my battery charged monthly for the past 3 years.

Bruce from Can. · May 17, 2023

I have always had more ambition before lunch than afternoon. And if I want to be able to work all day, I skip lunch, just stay hydrated. Eating makes me drowsy, and I have to take a nap, or I could fall asleep at the wheel of the tractor

rick n ohio · May 17, 2023

I guess you will be cutting firewood in the morning from now on lol.

BAnNC · May 17, 2023

So, Bruce, how is that different from the Brilliant folks using Self Drives on the road now?

FBH44 · May 17, 2023

Drink water. TRust me, DO IT!

AzPeapicker · May 17, 2023

Good Morning Majorman I am 83 & I still can do pretty good until about 2 or 3 in the afternoon . I just drove from AZ . to Mo. last Monday & Tuesday ., I left home at midnight Monday night , drove to Greesburg Kansas , stopped for some rest . Left there at @9 pm arrived in Mo, at 3:15 Am on Tuesday morning . I still can do it . It s 1444 miles .Have a Great Day , stay out of trouble .AZpeapicker

Tim PloughNman Daley RIP · May 17, 2023

DOC should have ordered bloodwork and tests, CBC & Diff; Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, Blood Pressure, and A1C. Blood will tell a lot.

Tim Daley (MI)

John T · May 17, 2023

Hey 37 dont feel different or bad, I'm a bit younger than you but also loose steam and ambition in the afternoon grrrrrrr I DO NOT feel bad or have any pain just not as much energy or desire to go after it lol.. I get any harder work done IN THE MORNINGS

Hey, what's great about this site is you can get Medical or Legal or Electrical or Mechanical advice and opinions mostly lay perhaps a bit professional. Take or leave it at your own peril lol

John T

ADB-Ia · May 17, 2023

Several years ago I told my doctor that I get tired quicker that I used to. He told me to take a nap. So every now and then I do. Just following doctor's orders. ;-)

504 · May 17, 2023

At 80 he is doing better than a lot of 20 year olds

geok · May 17, 2023

This post was edited by geok on 05/17/2023 at 04:31 pm.

Geo-TH,In · May 17, 2023

Steam locomotive required a lot of water or they would run out of steam.
Good idea, add lots of water to your boiler. LOL

37 chief · May 17, 2023

The doctor did all that. Nothing serious. Stan

teddy52food · May 17, 2023

If I drink a lot of water it makes my legs swell up. Happens every summer when the weather gets hot.

Goose · May 17, 2023

Good luck!

Last year, our family doctor insisted I had no cardiac issues. A couple of months later I had open heart surgery with 5 bypasses.

I sometimes think small town general practitioners get in such a rut treating the same people for the same issues that when something different comes along they don't even pick up on it.

I am wearing out

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