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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWow! Today's my 79th birthday! Simply impossible to believe!
I always hoped I'd reach 60--I wanted to see the 'new milenium'. As soon as I was old enuff to know what that meant, I checked to see if I would see it. My mom(1913-2005), in her later yrs, made seeing in the yr 2000 a major goal. After reading about the '
prophesies around 2012 she hoped to see that yr in too.
still_one
(92,526 posts)redwitch
(14,954 posts)Hope its a great day!
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)Lefta Dissenter
(6,623 posts)79 is a cool age, and I hope that we ALL celebrate your birthday with a year of positivity, truth and justice.
LAS14
(13,792 posts)We organize our retirement budget based on living to 100....
efhmc
(14,743 posts)Just curious, in what state were you and your mother born?
Delmette2.0
(4,178 posts)efhmc
(14,743 posts)What state is he in?
Delmette2.0
(4,178 posts)bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)efhmc
(14,743 posts)1840's. My Mom's dad Was born in the OK Territory as it was known then and was a pony express rider. We are all connected.
JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,222 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)I will be 30 years behind you on Friday
efhmc
(14,743 posts)nt
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)so a bit of an early birthday present haha
efhmc
(14,743 posts)My daughter kept going to emergency for "stomach" problems and getting released because everything was ok. Well she ended up her first year of college with a burst appendix. That was not good.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)actually saw my appendix was abnormal via a hip MRI for hip pain.
colonoscopy was normal, so the prevailing thought is they go in there, snip it out, don't find anything in the area, and when they check it out, it's not cancerous...but even if it is, if it's contained within the appendix, no worries. If not, there might be some individual cells possibly somewhere but it's a slow growing/nonaggressive type of cancer if present so just got monitor it.
I'm looking at it as a fortuitous finding.
badhair77
(4,227 posts)Check in when youre feeling better.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)look for me typing something like argfhafot aareoujn boour as I am under the influence of the anesthesia. haha
efhmc
(14,743 posts)sound all too familiar. I asked about an MRI but was told that the DR said if he could jump up and down he was okay. Really???
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)they look at everything...twice sometimes.
Quality of the military docs varies widely but I'm lucky to be assigned to one of the premier Army medical centers in the country.
If only all healthcare were like that.
efhmc
(14,743 posts)We can get it to all but choose not to. That is just morally wrong.
efhmc
(14,743 posts)And as we used to sing as the end of that song "and many more".
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)blm
(113,136 posts).
sinkingfeeling
(51,498 posts)KT2000
(20,605 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)🎂
JudyM
(29,294 posts)Lots of those years here on DU with us, buddy!
🎂 🎉 🎈
JDC
(10,152 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,687 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)rzemanfl
(29,585 posts)RestoreAmerica2020
(3,439 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,230 posts)Solly Mack
(90,803 posts)Karadeniz
(22,607 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)Ohiogal
(32,196 posts)Enjoy your day!
mecherosegarden
(745 posts)May you reach many more!
LyndaG
(683 posts)Make it a good one !!!
livetohike
(22,172 posts)Different Drummer
(7,681 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)yonder
(9,687 posts)ailsagirl
(22,909 posts)Best Birthday Song EVER!!!!!
Dem2theMax
(9,661 posts)Wishing you an upcoming year that is filled with everything you want. And what we want too. Because we all want the same thing. LOL!
mountain grammy
(26,676 posts)at140
(6,110 posts)Just like you I did not want to croak before the new millennium arrived!
If I knew I was going to live this long, I woulda taken better care of myself.
Hahaha
If someone makes fun of my age, my retort is "if you are lucky, you might make it to my age".
Anyways happy birthday and stay healthy! Let us aim for 100!!
slumcamper
(1,608 posts)Next year is a BIG one. Hope you're feeling strong and ready to take on the next decade!
Jim__
(14,096 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)But I certainly don't feel this old. I'll often catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and wonder "who the hell is that old lady???"
efhmc
(14,743 posts)Yikes, whose hands are those anyway?
MLAA
(17,375 posts)INdemo
(6,994 posts)bluestarone
(17,128 posts)8 years behind ya!!!!! Hope you had a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,804 posts)Alliepoo
(2,238 posts)And many more! Hope your day was wonderful!
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)Moostache
(9,897 posts)May you continue circling with us for many more to come!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Is YOUR goal seeing 2100?
lucca18
(1,246 posts)And many, many more!
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)badhair77
(4,227 posts)I hope you have a special day and a year filled with love, sunshine and laughter. ☀️
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Happy Birthday!
argyl
(3,064 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)Pluvious
(4,348 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,827 posts)justhanginon
(3,290 posts)"easy eighties". Been there for two years and I will admit you have to ignore a few aches and pains etc. but if you keep on truckin', as they say, lots of fun still to be had although at a slightly slower pace I've found.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)APPRECIATE every extra day I get SO MUCH!
akraven
(1,975 posts)Thank you for being you.
catbyte
(34,546 posts)orleans
(34,098 posts)HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I HOPE YOU HAVE CAKE!!!
Glamrock
(11,803 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,270 posts)"Many Years In Health and Happiness!"
Hekate
(91,039 posts)I am 71 and hope to still be posting here at 79 too.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,501 posts)Let's all grow older here on DU as good friends and companions for the progressive cause!..... ........
GeoWilliam750
(2,523 posts)With many happy returns.
Irishxs
(622 posts)Tanuki
(14,931 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)From one, born in January Aquarius, to another!
🎂🎁🎈
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Hope you had a great one!
Fla Dem
(23,887 posts)Last edited Thu Jan 24, 2019, 02:33 PM - Edit history (1)
My Mom passed at 62. When I reached that age, I realized how really young she still was and I'm thankful for each year I've had since.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Happy Birthday!