I once took a class in Artic survival and got frostbite.
Since then, my fingers hurt sooner, harder, and longer.
I had one kneecap replaced many years ago with teflon.
This week it hurt in the front and the "good knee" hurt in the back.
Sort of felt like an extension problem.
My neck has an intermittent problem on the right and left.
It takes turns, depending on how I sleep, I guess.
I walk on 6 inch on center rebar all day, that rips the calves and the bottoms of my feet. So they hurt. And, hell, the ankles, too.
I broke three toes on my left foot about two months ago.
That hurt for quite a few days.
I have had two open heart surguries, seems to be no problem at all. Go figure.
Doctor gave me some pain killlers, but I don't take them unless I have the next day off. I was never a "pill" sort of guy. I just powered through.
Tonight, I will take the first painkiller and, hopefully, put in a few extra hours sleep.
Damn. Sometimes I feel old and sometimes I feel used.
Funny thing is, I have never in my life, had a headache that required any pills.
I feel your pain.
Welcome to the club.
If I had known I would live this long, I would have been much more kind to my body.
Tinitus (seems to be common).
Right side of my neck (old injury) comes and goes.
My right calf sometimes feels crampy on hot days especially climbing hills. Again old injury.
Knees are pretty good, thankfully.
Frostbit my ears when I was young and dumb so now they are more sensitive to cold.
One thing I have noticed:
When I was 20 something, if I was huffing and puffing up a steep hill I would think, dang this is steep. The tendency now is to think, geez I'm an old man. I try to remind myself, it's a steep hill and it is a warm afternoon, don't worry about it.
Middle aged men are allowed to grunt loudly; its in the rule book. That's one of the advantages of getting older.
With me it's the gout... 🙁
I'm with ya, bad knees and hips thanks to inferior genetics exacerbated by squatting down to drive nails, coupled with tendonitis in both shoulders. It takes me longer to arrange pillows at night than it does to take a shower, so I don't roll over on the right side, will bring me out of a dead sleep.
I'm just thankful I still get dirt under my boots most of the time, can't take prolonged work on concrete or it screws up the muscles in my lower back.
Not whining, just commiserating.
> I once took a class in Artic survival and got frostbite.
Sounds like a C+ effort.
The first time I threw my back out I said, "oh, now I know what all the fuss is about."
I learned a lesson on that one; if you feel a twinge, back off and take some Motrin (to reduce the inflammation).
For me its 40 years of carrying legs (theo/ TS 😉 ) over your shoulders.
Hasn't don't the neck and shouder area any favours.
That was also added to be being a fast bowler in cricket.
Yeah - pillows at night, rings a few bells with me too!!
But I still go back for more - great life.
To quote Indiana Jones...
“It ain't the years...it's the mileage!”
To quote Indiana Jones...
At the 10 year reunion of your high school class you chat with your peers about your young children's activities and such. By the 40 year reunion, it is more about surgeries and presciptions.
To quote Indiana Jones...
At the 50th, you wonder who all these old people are, and what are they doing at your reunion.
> Knees are pretty good, thankfully.
Yes, so far so good.
Whenever I start to feel a little unlucky, well, there's some good luck, big time.
My 8-year-old Golden started limping a bit(old age or maybe he hurt himself). Anyway,
the vet prescribed gycoflex for dogs. After a couple days, he was jumping around like a puppy. I'm thinking about taking a few myself.
Some days 70 seems like the new 50; other days like the new 90. . . .
Swinging hammers...
done it for over 45 years...small hammers and eight or ten lb. sledges...now my wrists are shot. I never realized slamming hubs could be such a shock to your joints.
I put a 40d in a tree the other day and had tears in my eyes.
You young guys take note...get an air hammer. I can't open a new pickle jar now without yelping.
Swinging hammers...
Paden...
It's my right elbow that got "hammered". I can open the pickle jar just fine. I can't pick it up, but I can open it.
My right knee and right hip are shot from hopping up and down setting hubs. I should have used one of those knee protectors...and lost 50 pounds years ago...
Swinging hammers, bending over, & hand digging
...after my 36 yrs the hammering is tougher but manageable. It's the bending over to scoop out the bottom part of a modest 12" deep hole to make sure it's the right monument, and that it's not disturbed. That's getting to really suck, and is likely attributable to the extra 30 lbs of swelly belly.
Frostbite - moved from MI to AZ to fix that. Fingers still don't like it below 30 or so though. But my broken ankle with 6 screws & plate sure do appreciate the move, along with those unfrozen digits. Still gotta figure out the transitional glasses vs bifocals though, especially on those loose rocky 40% downhill slopes.
Swinging hammers, bending over, & hand digging
Has a fence to get over the other day. Mind was confident but the body was not willing. Landed on my brains. You know, the brain above the knees and below the waist.
Advil helps the pain go away and what is one more pill in the morning anyway...
Swinging hammers, bending over, & hand digging
Not in bad shape, a few spots get sore while doing some things but I was lucky. I was doing hard work at a young age and doing the 12 hour days on the ranch. Went into boot camp at 105 pounds and ran circles around all the big tough guys and gained weight while doing it. I believe it was the stress my body was going through as a kid that helped the endurance and my reasonable good shape now, smoking did not help my lungs. Seems that those that worked hard and long hours as kids hold together better than the rest, some exceptions. My biggest hurt is from loading a 400 pound rebar shear into a pickup by myself. It was on a 4 foot 4 X 12, I put the light end on the tail gate and lifted the other end, had it up and level when the left elbow went pop, finished loading because dropping the thing would have hurt me worse, that elbow never got over it but does work with protest. That injury was not a design flaw, it was a self inflicted reminder. I guess my point is that it does no harm to your kids to have them working hard for long periods, as long as it is done daily, might even be doing them some good they will enjoy later in life.
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