As time went on, some older people began to ask themselves tough questions. Not dramatic or obvious questions, but silent doubts that appear in front of the mirror, in a shorter walk than usual or in a tiredness that was not there before.
It is not about natural aging, that process that we all know and accept, but about subtle, slow changes, difficult to explain. Changes that many people over 60 feel but that they rarely dare to express out loud for fear of not being taken seriously.
Several years have passed since the first mass vaccination campaigns, and while society tries to leave behind those complex years, some older people continue to deal with new sensations, which appeared months or even years later. They are not always evident in clinical studies, and are often automatically attributed to age.
Below are five changes that many older adults report, not to generate fear, but to better understand their own body and learn to listen to it.
A deep tiredness that does not resemble that of before
Margaret, 72, was always an active woman. He would get up early, tend to his garden and enjoy long walks. His energy was part of his identity.
Months after her second vaccination, she began to feel different. He slept the same, ate well, moved, but the tiredness did not disappear. It was not exhaustion from exertion, but a deep, persistent fatigue, as if the body was running on less energy than usual.
