OT Apology to FLEET and Y'all

[SDFan]

JUST the....uh....

get your mind out of the gutter Mav. He wasn't talking about the same kind of Aspercreme tip Kroenke will be giving Spanos when he reams him. :sheepfist:

[KNSD]

www.thepowderblues.com name has changed to www.oldmankneetherapyadvice.com

[Millionaire Wussy]

my wifes grandmother who lived to be 84 was told by her doctor to have a shot of whiskey and smoke a cigarette to relieve stress while she was pregnant at the time. i still get a kick out if that story.

OMG. There's a story floating around the webverse now that details a 34 year old woman having the mental/emotional ability of a 1st grader due to her mother's choice to drink while pregnant. Maybe it was moonshine?

[Millionaire Wussy]

I apologize.

I maintained for many years that you were putting on an act. Having just a tiny bit more understanding I can see that I was wrong.!

No problem. I hope you're doing okay these days. I know you were having terrible misfortune with people close to you dying. I can't imagine that.

[Millionaire Wussy]

I went with Orthoheel sandals from the Hammacher Schlonger catalog. They are great, and I take them everywhere I go.

Why sandals? I still wear my Good Feet expensive as hell orthotics. At least I haven't had any PF re-occurances since I started wearing them over three years ago.

[Millionaire Wussy]

Thanks for sharing Fleet, my brother John has BPD and he could never stay on meds so he drank himself nearly to death and got himself in big trouble. He moved to Seattle to have access to legal weed and he has been there for over two years and is doing great. He goes on lots of hikes also...he knows he has social anxiety so he pushes himself into social activities like billiard leagues and of all things, Contra Dance. He grows his own weed and they have it down to a science there so he grows strains that work best for him and his situation. He is alcohol and drug free, works 30 hours a week and is vigilant in maintaining his mental health....which has been great for my mental health

This is agonizing. Here we have a disorder that is notorious for it's difficulty in treating either medically or through psychotherapy and we have to move to bum-fuck Seattle to make our own damn strain to treat ourselves. It would be comical if it wasn't so pathetic.


Bone, I am happy for you and your brother. That is a great success story.

[Lightningwill_420]

Lego lie zit.

[Savage Lizard]

I (unfortunately) have a lot of experience with knee problems from mild to ready to get knee joint replaced but holding off as long as I can stand it and getting better medical insurance

The best thing I have found for everyday knee pain maintenance is Aspercreme. Actually, use the low budget Wal-Mart Equate generic- like $4 for a big tube that lasts a month. Also, when out & about, use 1 of those Ace or Mueller brand knee braces that wraps around your knee with a couple Velcro straps. Don't stay on your feet for more than 1 hour or so without sitting and taking the load off for a few minutes. Get some of those simple rubber insoles (not the Gel or orthotic over the counter kind) for your shoes to cushion normal walking around and/or exercising. I had to go 1 shoe size bigger to fit them comfortably. You don't need fancy expensive shoes. I've had the same Sports Med Dr. as my primary physician for 20 years now. 2 of the biggest factors affecting our knees are weight and exercise. 1 lb of body weight = 4 lbs of additional force directly on your knees. Over the years I've found my weight maximum where my knees really hurt everyday and aim to always stay under that. Not always easy, cause I really like good beer and food and dirt bikes! That's where exercise comes in: seems backwards that exercise would make the pain better- not worse- but that's how it works. I do 30 mins walking to start every day either outdoors or on treadmill using the Aspercreme 15 mins before I start. I also have to wear an orthopedic sports brace to keep bones from touching in my right knee (the really bad 1) , but you can really tell the difference with that target weight and 30 mins walking vs. not doing it....

I feel you! You'll note that right knee has no space, bone on bone. That's an x-ray from 2014, so I'm sure it's even worse now. I have an appointment next month to get the ball rolling on a replacement.

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[SDFan]

I feel you! You'll note that right knee has no space, bone on bone. That's an x-ray from 2014, so I'm sure it's even worse now. I have an appointment next month to get the ball rolling on a replacement.

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Nice. Right Medial Meniscus gone and bone on bone. Mine has been like that since I exploded my knee in high school Gym class in 1976. I actually had my Ortho surgeon go in there 15 years ago and grind away some bone off the tibial plateau to create an airgap so bones would not touch when I walked and made me a brace that pushed in from the outside of the knee to open the joint. Not really working anymore and knee joint is collapsed in like yours, so replacement is coming in next couple years. Kinda looking forward to have both legs the same length before my hips are totally ruined too.

[Savage Lizard]

Nice. Right Medial Meniscus gone and bone on bone. Mine has been like that since I exploded my knee in high school Gym class in 1976. I actually had my Ortho surgeon go in there 15 years ago and grind away some bone off the tibial plateau to create an airgap so bones would not touch when I walked and made me a brace that pushed in from the outside of the knee to open the joint. Not really working anymore and knee joint is collapsed in like yours, so replacement is coming in next couple years. Kinda looking forward to have both legs the same length before my hips are totally ruined too.

You've been living with it since 1976, that has to suck. Sounds like you might be a few years older than me, I'm 52. But I've had enough, I want to be able to enjoy myself a bit more by having less pain. I tore my knee four times, just kept getting worse and worse.

[SDFan]

www.thepowderblues.com name has changed to www.oldmankneetherapyadvice.com

maybe we can get it sponsored by Metamucil, Viagra and Ben Gay.

[SDFan]

You've been living with it since 1976, that has to suck. Sounds like you might be a few years older than me, I'm 52. But I've had enough, I want to be able to enjoy myself a bit more by having less pain. I tore my knee four times, just kept getting worse and worse.

yeah 58 in April. Had more than 12 surgeries on it to cope over the years. They kept saying I was too young and active for replacement. Had 2 cleanouts and ACL reconstruction on left 1 too ldmarine: