I got bad news, and I got bad news

[smokeythecat]

First, forget doctors. 100% of their patients eventually die. So, as you may have guessed, har har, from earlier threads, I have the arthritis bad enough my 3 day digs are now maybe 3 hour digs.

So I goes to my doc, and she had ordered a cat scan, and the cat weren't none too happy about it and YES! I was right, I got a lot of arthritis.

So doc says metal detecting was not good for me. So I.....











Went out and bought a canoe to go more places detecting and..... wait for it....












dug a 60' ditch by hand to put some pipe in to drain a spring in the morning.














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If you quit doing stuff you die! Right now I'm too busy and cranky to do that!

But that Deus under 2 pounds is my freedom!

 

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[creskol]

I have it bad, too. But I just accept the pain and move on.

 

[smokeythecat]

If we don't, we're done. I know someone who just stopped and it took about 2 years and she died in her 60's.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Sorry to hear, but you seem to be doing what's right for you and keeping very busy.

 

[smokeythecat]

Like digging ditches? Hope this is my last ditch. I'm going to hire out on the next one.

 

[Argentium]

I like your attitude Man ! Keep moving (sitting is the new smoking )

 

[Peyton Manning]

right you are smokey, never give up never surrender!

 

[Mudflap]

Just keep movin!

 

[Holyground]

Mr. Arthur Ritous is sneaking up on me too. I just don't want to see Lou Kemia coming up the road.

 

[smokeythecat]

God has it under control, I'm just afraid of the dark, snakes, bugs, monsters, doctors, cougars and bats

 

[Phishfarmer]

I think it was Joan Baez that said, "action is the antidote for despair". Positive thinking will get us through a lot. Carpel tunnel is working me, I've avoided the surgery but some day when I'm old (I'm 60 now) I might look further into it.

For me the first step of a project is always the hardest; after that whatever brain I have starts looking at the task (or hunt!) in front of me and suddenly whatever was keeping me down slips into the background.

Good luck!

 

[Red James Cash]

Guys get some glucosamine pills and take them everyday.They work wonders on your joints.I take them every day.

 

[Red James Cash]

Also just because a doctor says something doesn't mean they are right.Theres no money in curing somebody.

 

[dirtlooter]

I didn't buy into the glucosamine at first but my 83 year old father has it super bad and takes about 15 of them a day. you should see his knuckles, fingers etc but he is very active and does a lot. So, when I take them, about 12-15 a day, they really help me. most people don't take enough of them to do any good. it also takes about a week for it to kick in with the higher dosages. lower dosages can take a lot longer if ever to make a difference. my father told me that the recommended dosages are for little thin people and I have to agree that when I tried the lower dosages that it never did me any good at all. my doctors after a cat scan, can't believe that I am not on pain pills all the time. I use the Glucosamine Chondroitin with MSM....total life saver for sure

 

[Red James Cash]

I started taking it after my right elbow was starting to hurt.sometimes in the morning I could barely straighten my arm out.Now it doesn't bother me one bit.

 

[claypile]

sorry to hear that. But just keep moving

 

[aa battery]

you just inspired me to keep going. Yesterday i did yard work in 104 degree weather. Was it the beer or the wife complaining?

 

[Duckshot]

Arthritis sucks! Sorry to hear you got it Smokeythecat.

Do you know about the gin and the golden raisins? People around my parts use golden raisins immersed in a bit of London Gin for two weeks, then eat ten or twelve gin raisins a day. They can't be regular raisins, gotta be the golden ones.

No, I am not making this up. And, it helps the joints.

 

[Rookster]

Keep going Smokey, I'm in the same shape. Some days are good and some bad. These 10 screws in my Rt. Hip and lower back just seem to get in the way. But you are correct, the Deus makes it a lot easier. I'm new to it (about 6 weeks now) but it's a back saver. Good luck to all the guys and gals that hurt.

 

[chatterbait]

Another guy from my old man's mold.Smokey you are the man.Keep it up.My dad's 78 and works with me everyday.We do masonry.20-30 yard pours 300 400 block a day foundations.Had both knees and hips done in one year and caught him welding his front railing with his walker.Funny now.