Blog : HAVE YOU MELLOWED WITH AGE?

Blogs > shuel2002 > Speak Your Mind

shuel2002 65F

5101 posts
4/12/2016 9:59 am

HAVE YOU MELLOWED WITH AGE?

I try not to let things get to me as much as they used to. I don't think that I have mellowed but there is still time for me to do so.

What about you?

I won't be around tomorrow at least not early in the day. I am having a colonoscopy and a scope. Yes, it's a day that I am really not looking forward to. However, a colonoscopy may have saved my dad's life so it is important.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/12/2016 11:40 am

Thanks for your well wishes, ET.

I am anxious to see if other responses are similar, regarding getting mellow with age.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/12/2016 11:41 am

Thanks for your comment, _JKH54.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/12/2016 11:42 am

Here there is one day of prep and that's what I have been doing. Good luck with your physical tomorrow, Ranger.

Elaine Shuel

spiritwoman45

4/12/2016 12:41 pm

No. Mentally and emotionally I am pretty much the same as always but my body has other ideas so I can't do nearly as many things as I used to..

Spiritwoman ^i^

Maudie1 74F

8151 posts
4/12/2016 1:02 pm

I'm pretty much the same as I always was, in spirit anyway lol. Easy going and slow to anger.

Good luck tomorrow, Elaine

Rocketship 80F

18567 posts
4/12/2016 1:03 pm

I no longer tilt at every windmill. I pick my battles more carefully now.

...... and I laugh a lot more!!

GLUMO 89F

9730 posts
4/12/2016 1:03 pm

I think maturity mellows us in any way...

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/12/2016 2:54 pm

One of Merriam_Webster definitions : "made gentle by age or experience".

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/12/2016 2:55 pm

spiritwoman45

Fair enough, Spirit.

Thank you.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/12/2016 2:55 pm

Maudie1

Thanks Maura.

Sounds like you have always been pretty mellow.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/12/2016 2:56 pm

Rocketship

I no longer tilt at every windmill. I pick my battles more carefully now.

...... and I laugh a lot more!!

Sounds like you have mellowed, Rocket.

I wonder if it's retirement that mellows people versus age. Thanks for your response.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/12/2016 2:57 pm

GLUMO

That's true in theory, Lucy. I wanted to see if it actually is true in reality. Thanks for your comment.

Elaine Shuel

frenchsalsa2 77F

7809 posts
4/12/2016 7:32 pm

No, I don't believe I've mellowed with age; I've just become less tolerant of idiots LOL.
Good luck with your procedure. Yes, it is absolutely necessary, I agree!!

bijou624

4/13/2016 11:18 am

Hi Elaine: I think I'm less mellow now than when I was younger. Hope your procedure went o.k. Did they put you to sleep? I had it done when I lived in New York and was wide awake through it.

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 10:13 am

This is how things start here. Lulu made a comment and then it got turned nasty. No need for that.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 10:16 am

I don't think I have mellowed though there are things that I try to now dwell on. I guess that means I have mellowed a touch. I may mellow out more as I age.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 10:21 am

My dad died of colon cancer so yes, I do feel a colonoscopy may save your life. I had 2 polyps again. I seem to get them every time I do one. Anyhow that's really the point. They cut them out before they can cause damage. I slept throughout the test so I was happy about that.

Those things you said you try not to do are things I have always tried not to do. Not letting things get to you is a good thing. I have improved a bit on that but still have a far way to go. Thanks for your comment, RosesLady.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 10:22 am

Great answer, moondoggie.

Thank you.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 10:24 am

frenchsalsa2

Interesting how some mellowed and others have become less tolerant. Then again, I think one could be both. If I am honest with myself, there are times I don't have the patience I used to have regarding certain things. In other things, I have let things pass that before would have gotten to me. Thanks for your reply, FrenchSalsa.

It got me thinking and I like that.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 10:30 am

I call that mellowed, Pat. It is good because it makes things less stressful so that's healthy.

I am very sorry about your friend. Yes, the point is that most colon cancers begin with polyps. They found 2 polyps yesterday and got rid of them. Ever since my dad was diagnosed, we were told to have them and I usually get polyps and have to go again in 3 years. Unfortunately when my dad was alive, we didn't realize how important it was and neither did he. Those who avoid them, might one day be wishing they could go back and have them.

Thanks for your important comment, Pat.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 10:31 am

Thanks for the laugh, dakota.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 10:32 am

bijou624

Hi bijou. You are less mellow now? Thanks for your candid answer. Yes, I was asleep throughout.

Thanks for your response.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/14/2016 6:07 pm

Everyone is different. Some seem to mellow out but others don't. Thanks as far as the colonoscopy but I hope you decide to check about having it done. It's not to late to take the test or to go for a physical at your doctor. Thanks for your comment, JustAFewAgn.

Elaine Shuel