Gordon Reed

Hang in there Mike. If you keep working with the physical therapy you will get there.

It took me months of rehab to get past my triple bypass surgery but these days I feel better than I did right before the surgery. In my case one of the heart arteries was about 90% blocked so I was running on borrowed time. Once I had a good blood supply it just took some work to get back to feeling spry. Here I am 11 years later and seldom even think about it.

Richard Maurer

Mike, I am most sympathetic about the sciatic nerve pain.  I had sciatica for a while and when the pain would hit, it was just completely disabling.  The pain would often wake me up at night and could hit anytime during day.  I often thought that if someone saw my grimacing in pain, they might think I was having a heart attack.  I was fortunate that a program of hamstring and other stretches basically cured me of the sciatica.  It does seem possible that your sciatic pain might diminish as the inflammation from the surgery goes away and physical therapy could also make a big difference.

Michael Elliott

Sounds like a difficult road right now, Micah.  But hang in there.  Your classmates are behind you with thoughts and prayers.

Mitch Wise

Hang inthere with thr PT.  I too had some back issues several years ago,  The PT really worked out.  It is not a quick recovery at our age.  Remember the paper cut as a kid, alost cured the next mirning,  We just need longer to heal at our age.  Best wishes

Greg Cook

AND I can get a home loan and not have to make monthly payments!

Mitch Wise

Great post Greg.  i guess we are all in the same bracket.

Michael Elliott

Love it Greg!

Linda Wonn (Carpenter)

This is great, Greg! Never thought we would have so much fun being Seenagers :). Thanks for posting this!

Jack Fiskin

I guess we are all seenager, boy is it ever fun.

Linda Marks (Bird)

I love being a Seenager too!!

Greg Cook

Tired of being referred to as a "baby boomer", I'd like to think "we are the people our parents warned us about"Spent most of my life trying to live up to that standard.

John Vash

I just thought it was going to take longer to get to this age.  Oh well we're here, let's have some fun.

Will Bailey

Greg

I think most of us stayed kids at heart!

Will

Kathleen Daulton (Dacey)

This is so cute and so true for many of us!  I love being a Seenager,too.  Thanks Greg for the peom and the video.  

Tom "Skip" Johnson

I am, most definitely a seenager, actually an adolescenager if you talk with my wife.  Thanks for the post Greg.

Lloyd Gladden

Isn't it great being a seenager !  Having fun and don't care if I piss off the young people doing my thing.

Gordon Reed

Greg, I don't expect to live to 135 so it is not mid-life for me but I do ride. I don't ride in groups much though.

Love the "We are the people our parents warned us about" video.So many things in that remind me of former and even current activities.

Greg Cook

Thanks for all the GREAT comments!

Skip, I like to think I'm growing older but not up!

Bobbie Bechtold (Ryan)

Hi Greg,

I, too, love your "Seenager" sayings!  And as I just had another birthday, I have been reciting them all week.  I also added another line,  "I don't have to ask for permission to go where I want to go"!

Thanks for the laughs.

John Vash

I just saw on one of the Savanna pages on FB that Tom Peacock (class of 66) passed away.

Greg Cook

Greg Cook

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD:

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.

4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.

5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.

6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

Any other GREAT TRUTHS out there?

8) You know the answer to Final Jeopardy but can't remember it within the 30 seconds

Linda Wonn (Carpenter)

Great story, Greg. Was that by any chance Mrs. Buchanan???

Greg Cook

It could have been Linda, but my memory is getting so bad I could plan my own surprise party

Greg Cook

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?”

~ Satchel Paige