J is for Joints

Seems all of a sudden
the damn things now ache
Some_times late at night
they keep me awake.

None are artificial
but the day is surely coming;
when I'm finally all bionic
I hope to resume running.

Credit for this one primarily goes to my spouse.

I is for Irritable - a bonus rhyme

I is for Irritable.

What is wrong with these drivers?
Some too slow, some too fast.
Being patient, it seems,
is a thing of the past.

I is for Ice

The bar has been raised. My sweetie contributed most of the first multi-stanza rhyme:

I is for Ice.

Cold packs in my freezer
I use day and night
On parts of my body
That don't feel quite right.

They ache and they swell
When I use them a lot.
So much inflammation -
And then they feel hot.

So now at day's end
Ice and I are good friends -
While it does me no harm,
Now I cannot get warm.

H is for Humor

H is for humor.

While at times it looks bleak
as we crest that old hill
we must laugh at ourselves
for others sure will.

G is for Grey

It's coming in faster
More and more I can see
Should I cover it up
Or leave my hair be?

(OK, I know - not my best.)

F is for Fuzzy

My eyesight and my brain
both leave me feeling vexed
It's sad to not remember
what I planned on doing next.

E is for Energy

I'm thinking I had pep,
sometime back when.
Now I'm wiped out and in bed
10 minutes past 10.

D is for Doctors

Which ones are good
and which ones are slugs?
We swap their names
like tips on good drugs.

C is for Crabby

Whether hormones or aging,
My patience is short.
It seems I've become the cranky old sort.

B is for Bottles

Blood pressure, iron
Each week a new set
I know that I'm aging;
I'm not Grandma yet.

A is for Aches - ABCs for the Aging

Stayed tuned (or follow me on Twitter) for ABCs for the Aging - An Alphabet for Boomers.

A is for Aches

They're everywhere now;
so many - who knew?
Our bodies are failing;
our memories are too.