C'est la vie...........

...The ABC's of Aging...

A's for arthritis,

B's the bad back

C's the chest pains, perhaps cardiac?

D is for dental decay and decline

E is for eyesight; can't read that top line!

F is for fissures and fluid retention

G is for gas which I'd rather not mention.

H is high blood pressure, I'd rather was low.

I's for incisions with scars you can show.

J is for joints out of socket, won't mend

K is for knees that crack when they bend.

L's for libido; what happened to sex?

M is for memory (I forget what comes next).

N is neuralgia in nerves way down low.

O is for osteo; the bones that don't grow!

P is prescriptions, I have quite a few;

Just give me a pill and I'll be good as new!

Q is for queasy; is it fatal or flu?

R is for reflux, one meal turns to two.

S is for sleepless nights counting my fears,

T's for Tinnitus, there's bells in my ears!

U is for urinary, big troubles with flow

V is for vertigo, that's "dizzy," you know.

W's for worry, NOW what's going 'round?

X is for X ray and what might be found.

Y is another year I'm left here behind

Z is for zest I still have-- in my mind.

I've survived all the symptoms my body's deployed

And I'm keeping twenty-six doctors fully employed!

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