Hey Buzzman, I hear ya and have told some youngsters the same thing. 2 yrs ago at 61 had to go in for 4 hr surgery to repair and open up and grind out bone spurs and put in spacers and titanium plate to keep my neck vertebrae stable and away from my spinal cord. I had already went numb in both arms/hands and legs were starting. It was 10 yrs coming on slow it was mis-diagnosed many times. Finally sent me to neurologist and did MRI and ordered a collar immediatly and emergency surgery. Once you damage nerves they usually don,t recover. Swelling from surgery even damages them more. When out of recovery/anesthesia my whole left side was parralized. 2 days I was walking with walker,4 mos of PT to learn how to walk,tie shoes button shirt etc. Just about the same as a stroke but different causes. Being self employed most of my younger life, I did have my fun/toys along with working my a$$ off but I told my ridiculers back then that I'm going to have my "fun" while I can. Good thing I did. I still have to re-learn how to ride my bicycle again this summer. Left arm still only 50% , walk funny , very slow reflexes to catch myself. Am enjoying retirement but I am having to live a different lifestyle than I had planned on. Main problem is all my nerves are "crossfiring" and making all my muscles work against each other so in 1/2 hr I am so exhausted I have to stop and rest or fall over. No fun. Point is, it's good to plan financially for retirement but to work every spare hour forsaking "fun and family" is not the way to get there. You will have your motorhome and be ready to travel but there will be nobody to go with you and nobody to go visit and your best friend will be your money. My one Grandpa who farmed made it to 65 1/2. Out of my graduating class of 200, 35 of them are dead.No one is saying don't work and support your family,that's first,but you aren't going to have a lot of fun at retirement if all you are able to do is sit at home alone gloating over your portfolio.
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