When do we get old

I'm 53. Doc is telling me I NEED a shoulder replacement. Going in for a 3 level lumbar fusion this fall. Have enough pseudo gout and arthritis in my hands that I have to have straps on the sides of all my cameras simply to avoid dropping them. I no longer have the high level of drive...nor aggression...that I once had.

There have been many nights that I hope for it to be my last.

Doc that will be doing the fusion has told me that I am so tore up because I lived my life...

I played hard.....and worked even harder.