Getting old beats the alternative, and there are only two choices.

 

After a conversation with friends this weekend, I've suddenly become quite excited about turning 50 next month. I think I've been subconsciously reflecting on my life thus far and now it's clear... It's been exceedingly satisfying..! I'll go forth with renewed enthusiasm into the next decade.

 

Fifty brought me doing something I always wanted to do - play the saxophone. So I said to my wife, I want a tenor saxophone for my birthday. A saxophone? was her amazed answer. Some men buy a Harley-Davidson when they get fifty, I said. Would you want to go and ride a motorcycle? she asked. No. I want to play the saxophone.

Too bad, six years later the horrible condition my joints are in, make it impossible to play it anymore. The shiny sax is sitting in its case and it won't come out to be played before I finally decide to sell it.

 

You might look into an elimination diet. Different foods can cause inflammation in different people. With the elimination diet, you go off all the foods that are the most common causes of inflammation for 3 weeks, including grains and dairy. It's a tough 3 weeks. But at the end of the 3 weeks you might find yourself feeling less pain. Then you slowly start adding the eliminated foods back into your diet and keep a food diary, paying attention to your pain levels and how you're feeling in general. I won't lie. The first 3 weeks is a bitch, but it could be worth it.

 

I'll be 35 in 9 days. I don't look it and sure as hell don't act like it, but if you ask me how old I am, I won't lie about it.