42 here. . .and my knees are shot. . .bone-on-bone. . .tkr's in my future
my close-range (reading) eyesight went to hell exactly two weeks after my 40th birthday
had to have a small hernia (over top of my belly-button) repaired at 41
i have off and on bouts with tendoinitis in my left shoulder. . .boogered it up in the 10th grade when i took a major league digger while bashing moguls. . .broke the "ball" off the top of my arm bone just below the joint. . .tore up my rotator cuff. . .pins, screws, rods, yada-yada
my hair is turning grey. . .shit. . .some of it's turning white. . .and not just on my head. . .if you know what i mean
i can't breathe through the left side of my nose. . .deviated septum from rugby in college. . .i got it fixed once (after it had healed) and i refuse to do it again. . .way to painful. . .they screw head into a vise more or less, so you can't move, insert a tuning fork-looking device in your nostrils and. . .well. . .you can guess the rest. . .bad news
on the flip-side. . .i have a beautiful wife, beautiful twin daughters and i got a son for my surprise 41st birthday present (he was born 3 days before my birthday). . .i have a nice career. . .i work a LOT but I don't want for much. . .all-in-all i'm pretty content. . .i have more than i ever expected and more than i deserve, and i thank god for it everyday. . .