Hey, where’s MY age waiver?
For those of you who are not aware of our situation, my husband recently earned an age waiver and joined the Army. He will be an Officer Candidate, hence being “knee deep” versus “ankle deep” in the Hooah! So, when Bryan went through the physical scrutiny for his age waiver he was told that he is in better shape than some of the 20 year olds coming through! He will be 41 this year, so he just barely made it age wise. He scored very high in all areas of his APFT, and of course he passed his interview with the Board and was accepted. He is amazing.
So, this leads me to ask… where’s MY age waiver? I am getting old too, and I am slowly falling apart. Seriously, I have aches, pains, and creaks that I never thought would happen to me. I have been having some pain in my shoulders and now I have “impingement syndrome” which is just a fancy term for “a sore shoulder because you are getting old.” I have just been diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, which is an inner-ear disease that causes severe ringing in the affected ear accompanied by some lovely vertigo spells. Nice, eh? I will definitely be the old lady saying “Speak up Sonny, I can’t hear you!”
When I was pregnant with Emma (and she is nearly 3) I had “Advanced Maternal Age” written on my chart. After she was born I went through 3 surgeries to straighten out things that the pregnancy messed up and threw out of alignment. Seriously folks, I am ready to ignore my medical problems and sink deeply into denial. :)
Until the next ache, pain, strain, or memory lapse… take care!