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mopinko

(70,347 posts)
7. boy howdy.
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 09:11 PM
Aug 2014

hoping for a divorce for my 60th birthday.
i love my farm. i hope to do it forever. but i never planned to do it alone.
just had carpal tunnel surgery, and tried to line up help. sheesh.
my kids have been complete jerks.

i could take the money, and retire anywhere. or i can keep my farm.
i feel like this is the right thing for me to do, but have battled illness in general this spring, and realize how fast the whole thing can go bad.

i am mostly healthy and strong. i had a bad right arm the whole time i had this farm. but i accomplished a shitload anyway.
but how long will i get to enjoy all this??
a broken bone, and how much does it cost me?
will me gallbladder wait till winter?

oh for a crystal ball.


for you

HI, ellenrr, think we're related??? elleng Aug 2014 #1
Oh, my Dear Ellenrr! NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #2
I have had arthroscopic surgery for torn meniscus in both knees. (Not both at once.) enough Aug 2014 #3
May I ask how long it took you to recover from each surgery? I am in line to Nay Sep 2014 #29
thanks all, ellenrr Aug 2014 #4
Regarding things to do post-retirement... NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #5
Great to hear of the work you're doing, SKP! elleng Aug 2014 #6
super! We must have meaningful things to do, or we just wait to die... ellenrr Aug 2014 #11
Meaningful things to do, or bingo? No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #18
boy howdy. mopinko Aug 2014 #7
oh, mopinko, thanks for the group hugs :) ellenrr Aug 2014 #12
Hi ellenrr. Ain't it fun? justhanginon Aug 2014 #8
yeah, accepting limits... ellenrr Aug 2014 #13
i dont know my limitations, at all mopinko Aug 2014 #16
Definitely aging but not particularly frail. No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #9
Hey, not too long at all. ellenrr Aug 2014 #14
DUers are very supportive of personal problems as well as No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #21
Far be it from me to tell you what to do, SheilaT Aug 2014 #27
I tell my "younger" friends" - the 60's are good years. No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #28
I'll be 66 in a couple more weeks, SheilaT Aug 2014 #10
Sheila T, remind me in 2045, and I'll celebrate yr birthday with you! ellenrr Aug 2014 #15
More about cataracts and the surgery. SheilaT Aug 2014 #17
I had cataract surgery in March on both eyes. RebelOne Aug 2014 #19
Yes. You should have been given several choices SheilaT Aug 2014 #20
Hi ellenrr Crewleader Aug 2014 #22
thank you crewleader. good luck with your knee. when the time comes. nt ellenrr Aug 2014 #23
Hi ellenrr ReRe Aug 2014 #24
thank you rere ellenrr Aug 2014 #25
Yeah, I started using those motor carts too... ReRe Aug 2014 #26
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