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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1376968" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I also said 5 years ago, that I would be working well past my retirement age of 66. But years of pounding on hard floors, concrete, both as a waitress and then in milking parlours both as a milker and as a milk tester for 25 years, has done a number on my joints. Add to that a head on car wreck in 07, the guy pulled across in front of me and I got some torn cartilage and meniscus in the knee because I wasn't going too fast right in the little town, and in 18 months it is so painful to walk some days I just want to sit and cry. Replacement of the knee has been talked about for 5 years, but the ankle is really bad and fusion is a last resort. I told my son the other day as I hobbled to the barn when we got some cows in, did he ever think 2 years ago that I would be unable to run after a cow to get the gate closed behind her. It is frustrating and makes me so mad that I could spit wooden nickels some days, and nearly cry from the pain others. The therapy that I am trying now will take some time although I know someone who has had it done with VERY good results. The dr. that founded this clinic told me that he didn't know how I was even walking with the condition that my joints were in. Said my pain tolerance was beyond most he'd ever seen or dealt with. But what do you do, just sit and give up?</p><p> So believe me, you are not in control of when things might just jump off the planned track. And you are not totally without a plan; if you look at what you wrote, you are planning to be as self-sufficient as possible, could sell the surplus off the farm, and retiring from a "paid job" is not the same as just quitting and sitting doing nothing. As long as I can get around some I will do whatever I can to help on the farm and raise a garden on stuff like that. So it is working of sorts, I also cannot just sit and "retire" to a rocking chair. But I do need to be able to have enough money in some form or fashion to pay the taxes, electricity and such. That is where some form of planning needs to be put in place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1376968, member: 25884"] I also said 5 years ago, that I would be working well past my retirement age of 66. But years of pounding on hard floors, concrete, both as a waitress and then in milking parlours both as a milker and as a milk tester for 25 years, has done a number on my joints. Add to that a head on car wreck in 07, the guy pulled across in front of me and I got some torn cartilage and meniscus in the knee because I wasn't going too fast right in the little town, and in 18 months it is so painful to walk some days I just want to sit and cry. Replacement of the knee has been talked about for 5 years, but the ankle is really bad and fusion is a last resort. I told my son the other day as I hobbled to the barn when we got some cows in, did he ever think 2 years ago that I would be unable to run after a cow to get the gate closed behind her. It is frustrating and makes me so mad that I could spit wooden nickels some days, and nearly cry from the pain others. The therapy that I am trying now will take some time although I know someone who has had it done with VERY good results. The dr. that founded this clinic told me that he didn't know how I was even walking with the condition that my joints were in. Said my pain tolerance was beyond most he'd ever seen or dealt with. But what do you do, just sit and give up? So believe me, you are not in control of when things might just jump off the planned track. And you are not totally without a plan; if you look at what you wrote, you are planning to be as self-sufficient as possible, could sell the surplus off the farm, and retiring from a "paid job" is not the same as just quitting and sitting doing nothing. As long as I can get around some I will do whatever I can to help on the farm and raise a garden on stuff like that. So it is working of sorts, I also cannot just sit and "retire" to a rocking chair. But I do need to be able to have enough money in some form or fashion to pay the taxes, electricity and such. That is where some form of planning needs to be put in place. [/QUOTE]
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