Unwelcome change is the problem

with growing old. Things don't work so good; whether it's a knee or the little gray cells, it's disturbing.  With my aches and pains from arthritic joints and strained muscles, I thought I had plenty to contend with. 

Now teeth are falling out.  OK, technically they're not my natural teeth (not many of those left).  Having a bridge drop (literally) out of my mouth this morning is causing me to contemplate the frailty of the human body and the shelf life of add-ons. 

I've always been pretty sturdy; no exceptional physical traits or abilities, but strong. I've had physical challenges and have overcome them (well, at least I could adjust and keep functioning). 

 It's one thing to lose a possession (like the blasted cell phone!), but when you start losing body parts it seems potentially serious.  Yes; the bridge is replaceable and it's not an eye, a finger, etc.  I've known people who had few teeth and the lost teeth had not been replaced; so I'm not in terrible place. 

 This past week I had one of my recurring, not infrequent appointments with eye doctor.  Another case of things not working so good. Doctor has described for me in some detail the condition of my eyes and the effect; the short version is a congenital condition resulting in loss of acuity.  Result is treatment for potential disease that I don’t have (yet?).  That’s all been okay since I see well enough to function.

Lately, though, I’ve had blurry vision and decided in the two weeks prior to most recent appointment that I was going blind. Clearly, that was what was happening.  I prepared myself for that news, deciding how I would take the information presented and how I would proceed.

Ha! Well, my vision has been blurry because it has changed and current lens prescription no longer fits/works.  Well, just so I wasn’t nervous or worried or anything. 
 
Anyway, vision specialists did tests and will do some more next week to confirm the change in prescription. Then we’ll get new lenses.  Funny how you stop worrying about something and it doesn’t seem as bad as it seemed before.

So parts decline in functionality, some things fall away and overall you just feel and look older.  Guess it ain’t so bad and could sure be worse.