KNEE ARTHRITIS - General principles of managing Osteoarthritis of the knee :
Today's rant--arthritis stinks... - - Posted by enuff81020 (enuff81020), 8 March 2003
I am really getting fed up with this. My arthritis is a constant reminder of unpleasant experiences--moving from less than tolerable to intolerable and back. I want off of this roller coaster cause I don't like it. I get one knee under control and the other is wild. the surgery on my arthritic foot gave me relief for a year, but is now getting progressivelt worse again. This new thing--deQuervain's tendonitis in my arthritic wrist and thumb is driving me insane. I'm sick of splints, braces, NSAIDS, pain, sleepless nights and heaven knoiws what else--oh yes, ice bags and lots of them.
I'm not really looking for anything except a blowing off of steam because our weather is changing--freezing rain and wind and cold again--so I'm starting to hurt more and more. I just want a break...
OK, Enough--Thanksfor letting me get that off my back, Sylvia
Posted by lam651 (lam651), 9 March 2003
I'm sorry to hear about your pain. I know about pain being way too much of a topic in ones life. If there was any justice we would all live long enough and be lucky enough to spend time on a tropical beach with a margarita, listening to Jimmy Buffet to offset some of the misery we have been unjustly sentenced to. Just want you to know I care and you are in my prayers. Larry
Posted by enuff81020 (enuff81020), 9 March 2003
It is so cold again...we were fortunate to have winter pass us by for week after week with the warmest December and most of January that I can remember, snow going all around us in a little safe valley or something.
But we have now had two extreme snow storms in the past coiple of weeks, ugly winds, cold, freezing rain and yuck. I'm really thinking now that it is mid-March, I want it to be spring. I need for it to be spring. My body wants the respite.
My arm, in this splint--6 more weeks, ugh! I tried taking it off, I'm sweating and tired of it, but the pain in the hand kicks in and I know why I"ve been given the thing. My new knee is a bit achy and my other knee is wild.
I guess I have to quit wanting what I can't have, but I don't know how to do that...Sylvia
Posted by jathib (jathib), 10 March 2003
Ugh, to think we almost moved back to Vermont this year. Glad we didn't. It was a sunny 73 degrees in Georgia today. 
Course I know that's not going to make you feel better. But I rode my mountain bike for the first time since shoulder sugery last September and elbow surgery in December. Even without meniscus in my knee I can still pedal. I really believe that all the biking over the years has prolonged the life of my knee. It might be too late for you to do anything but I strongly encourage anyone that has arthritis to keep as mobile as possible. I know it's only a matter of time before the osteotomy and TKR but I will keep riding as long as I can.
Posted by enuff81020 (enuff81020), 10 March 2003
Hi--my little brother lives in the Atlanta area and made his daily phone call to me to say, "It's 79 degrees here, I just mowed my grass, and I only have 2 kids, ha ha ha." Tee Hee. My hubby shoveled some more snow here...
Actually, one of the places I do get some knee relief is on my stationary bike--that is some of the time, low resistance, high seat--but that movement sometimes just soothes the stiffness...
I also agree to keep moving as long as you can because when these things start freezing up, things are less fun than when they hurt...Sylvia
Posted by jathib (jathib), 10 March 2003
Hi Sylvia,
I live about 50 miles north of Atlanta near the Blue Ridge Mountains. Just a big cooler. Even my brother in Vermont is sick of the winter this year and he usually will never admit to that.
I have to walk a lot at work so sometimes it's hard for me to push the pedals on my bike or even to get motivated to try. At the end of the day things are pretty sore. I'm probably my own worst enemy because I will push through the pain just the same. Ah well, pool season is just around the corner and swimming is a lot easier.
Posted by enuff81020 (enuff81020), 11 March 2003
Hey I understand both pushing myself too hard and too long and the frustration. I jiust got jammed up in a two hour traffic jam and had to take pain meds when I got home because I can't sit in that position for that long. Now I will probably not be able to do much else tonight.
That kind of frustration is what started this thread in the first place. It is making me crazy to have my life interfered with in every corner...Sylvia
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