A for arthritis,     
                   B for bad back,
                          C is for chest pains.  
                                  Perhaps cardiac? 


                    D is for dental replacements
                                          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 high blood pressure (I'd rather have low)

              I for incisions with scars you can't show.

       J is for joints, that now fail to flex

                   L for libido--what happened to sex? 

                               Wait! I forgot about K!     
           K is for my knees that crack when they're bent     
           (Please forgive me, my Memory ain't worth a cent)  

N for neurosis, pinched nerves and stiff neck

                O is for osteo- and all bones that crack  

          P for prescriptions, I have quite a few

                Give me another pill;  I'll be good as new!

                                      Q is for queasiness.  Wine or flu?    

          R is for reflux-- one meal turns into two       

                 S is for sleepless nights, counting my fears          

           T for tinnitus--I hear bells in my ears   



                         U is for urinary: difficulties with flow    

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



                  W is worry, now what's going 'round?  

        X is for X ray-- and what might be found.  

                            Y for another year I've left behind

             Z is for zest that I still have my mind! 

        Have survived all the symptoms my body's deployed, 

          And kept twenty-six doctors gainfully employed!!!

   


                           Ain't being a "senior citizen"  great???
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