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Getting older in life is, of course, not a new concept to the world at large. However, getting older is a newer concept that many cystic fibrosis teams are dealing with. Life expectancy has risen to the mid-50s for the average person with CF!</span>
How do you feel about getting older? Does it scare you or have you embraced it?
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There was a time when I believed I would not see another day. I was wonderfully wrong.
So each night before I go to sleep, I offer a prayer of thanks for the gift of another day. I believe that maintaining a grateful heart is critical to living a positive life.
Regardless of the uncertainties, I am ecstatic to grow older.
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I think I fall somewhere in the middle. I jokingly say things like “I can’t wait to retire” and how much I look forward to “kicking back and letting people take care of me. While I imagine that experiencing things like that later in life will feel wonderful and restful, I don’t like to think too much now of the different seasons of life to come – like new and unexpected challenges, changes, stressors, and loss.
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I’m quite sure I will never retire in the classic sense. I have always needed a mission to be happy and fulfilled. Fortunately, the need in our world is great and opportunities abound for someone who is willing to lend a hand. The main difference is I won’t need to be paid for my labor. My new mission will truly become a labor of love. I’m very excited to find this new place.
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I never thought it would scare me, but it kind of does! I just turned 40. Lungs are in gray condition thanks to Trikafta! I have developed anxiety on it, and maybe that’s part of my fear of getting older. Problems arise. I hear others saying that growing old sucks, your body falls apart, you’re limited in things. I’m trying to focus on the here and now and be thankful for the blessings I have right now that God has given me!
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I just had my 69th birthday on 12/29 and I feel great aside from the usual aches and pains. Still working and still living. God’s plan for me is still ongoing because he hasn’t called me home yet. I do look forward to each day as a Blessing and CF is part of that Blessing. It has changed me and brought me closer to my faith and so I do delight in getting older each and everyday.
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It’s certainly better than the only other option! I will hit 60 in October this year and have decided I will be doing 60 new things throughout the year to celebrate! They may only be small events; new food, new restaurants (food figures high on my radar) or venturing to new places.
I thought 50 would be my last decade but am so happy to say I was wrong, in the main due to Kaftrio. I encountered a neurological problem in 2015 and had to learn to write, walk, drive and even walk again. It’s the only time I didn’t get snide looks for using my blue badge! I now work part time as I found not working at all to not be conducive to my own good mental health. It was a nightmare and as I was treated at a different hospital to my CF made me appreciate the team all over again.
When I was much, much younger I heard a Dr describe me as like a car engine without oil, how wrong was he….. I am now most comfortable in my old skin, and would tell the 5 year old with dark teeth (antibiotic staining), that was always picked on that life would be good, always hard work but I would have the last laugh. Never give up.
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