--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_y..., Edward Fox <noneyet10_at_c...> wrote:
> The big 3-0 huh. Hehehe. Your body is giving you hints what is to
come now.
> Over the next 4 years, you will notice that your eyes will be
losing their
> ability to focus from a distance back to reading distance. You will
> eventually need reading glasses. If your vision is normal, try 1.25
reading
> glasses when it starts. If you have been thin all of your life, I
have good
> news and bad news. Hehehe. The good news is that you are going to
find it
> easier to gain weight and you will have control of it for about 4
to 5
> years. The bad news is that after 5 years, your weight will get a
lot
> harder to lose and you will have more of it than you want to have.
Hehehe.
> You will be depressed about your youth slowly slipping away from
you at 40.
> At 50 you will decide that its too late to worry about it. Hehehe.
I just
> turned 50.
To be honest, I'm not too worried about getting older. I'm just
worried that I won't be able to get everything done that I need to do
before I buy the farm.
My vision is still good. Close up vision is unreal, probably due
to all the detail work I do. The only problems I have with my vision
is that I damaged the outer covering of my eyes (I've had both
carb/choke cleaner and paint thinner sprayed into my eyes. That shit
burned really bad, and messed up the outer lining of my eyes. It
sometimes affects my distance vision, but not always). Also, I had
gone to the hospital when I was 18 because my blood sugar was nearly
1000, and I was a few hours from slipping into a coma. My pupils
were completely dilated, and when I was carried outside (to get in
the car to go to the hospital), the bright daylight did something
weird to the insides of my eyes. Whenever my sugar gets too low or
too high, my vision flickers in spots. Whenever it's too low, any
light (even something as small as a Christmas tree light) appears as
a 5000-watt flood light. It kinda whites out my field of vision.
Weight-wise, I don't think I'll have a problem. Both my parents
are thin. My metabolism is cranked up to the point that I have to
eat 4000-6000 calories a day just to keep from losing weight. In
order to gain 10 pounds, I had to eat until I was in pain, every day,
for a month. I essentially had to overload my guts with food, in the
hopes that my metabolism wouldn't try to keep up. But I'm also
pretty active. I weight-lift, practice Tae Kwon Do, and do other
physical things.
Too many people fear death, and by doing so, they fail to actually
live. Speaking for myself, I'm going to continue doing things I
like, and if that causes me to die by the time I'm 50 or 60, then so
be it. But at least I'll have had an enjoyable life.
This is a rather grim post. Lemme get back to the Skunkworks stuff!
--JMH, who believes you're only as old as you feel
Received on Mon Apr 01 2002 - 07:01:17 CST