Post by: Tedd on May 31, 2006, 10:55:00 PM
Got my blood pressure below the "critical" level
Sprained my ankle something awful right before a hunt to Wyoming last fall, finaly got over that.
Now my knee has been bothering me, been running 6.5 miles 3 times a week.
Got the MRI done and the doc asked me if "that hurts"? What I said? He says... "you've got a fractured leg bone man"!
I must have done it when I hit a hole in the ground running or something, apparently it is kinda common.
It's too far along now to do anything, just limp around till it's better.
If this comprimises my hunting I'm gonna be hot!
It defintaly hurt my shooting when the pain was bothering me.
I'll be forty next month, I feel like a kid, cept for this stuff.
Tedd
Post by: Frenchymanny on May 31, 2006, 11:03:00 PM
F-Manny
Post by: D. Key on May 31, 2006, 11:06:00 PM
I hate to "bust your bubble" but pain only begins at 40. I'll turn 57 this month and I live with constant pain. Sprain/broke my ankle last year on June 17 and still have problems. Arthritis in my shooting hand (thumb) and the pain never ends. Constant nagging pains only gets worse the older we get.
Hope you heal soon. Huntin'n season is not that far away. Look at the bright side...You woke up breathin' this morning. What more can we ask for???
Post by: bear1336 on June 01, 2006, 08:59:00 AM
Dave
Post by: Hot Dog on June 01, 2006, 09:17:00 AM
Post by: Al Snow on June 01, 2006, 09:18:00 AM
Hope that leg heals soon, Tedd!
Post by: Shakes.602 on June 01, 2006, 10:59:00 AM
Post by: Tedd on June 01, 2006, 11:16:00 AM
Sounds like we all have workin man's pains! I spent too many years hanging on extension ladders. I started heavy construction work for my old man at 12 yrs old.(before safety was much of a concern around here) We never even wore ear plugs, and rarley safety glasss. My left ear has about 80% hearing loss. Now I've got eveything modernized, using scissors lifts etc. My guys don't know how good they have it!
Tedd
Post by: Peckerwood on June 01, 2006, 05:22:00 PM
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Bill
Post by: TexMex on June 02, 2006, 09:53:00 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Frenchymanny:Yeah, just a kid. :bigsmyl:
Chin up, it will be better soon! 40? You're still a kid! ;)
F-Manny
Pray you get better soon.
Post by: Shakes.602 on June 02, 2006, 09:58:00 AM
Post by: Tom Leemans on June 02, 2006, 11:24:00 AM
:bigsmyl:
Post by: Tedd on June 02, 2006, 12:02:00 PM
Shakes, Sounds about right. I remember my old man saying "if you fall...your fired on the way down"!
Or his most inspiring/motivating saying,"when your dumb...you gotta be tough" Boy that used to ____me off! No wonder my grades were so poor in school, jeez, he told me I was dumb right off the bat!
I tell my guys when they are having a hard day..."work smart...and you won't have to work so hard" Kinda the same thing with a positve twist.
Tedd
Post by: Silverfox on June 02, 2006, 12:19:00 PM
Post by: N. Naiden on June 07, 2006, 01:22:00 PM
If your leg is fractured rest it. Don't run, don't beat it up, bones only heal with rest.
There are options for arthritis pain - they aren't perfect but they can make a huge differece.
Go to www.healthyaudio.com (http://www.healthyaudio.com) and look for Michael Mahoney's series of pain. He's a hypnotherapist in the UK; his research has been published in medical journals. It's a CD set that lasts 100 days - when you're done you'll be able to modify your pain and bring in under control - it doesn't get rid of it but the impovement is more than worth the cost of the CD's. I've found it totally remarkable.
Other options for pain - if asprin/IBU's hurt your stomach or if you just want something in addition, try MSM. You can get it in pharmacies - it's a compound our bodies make when we're young but not as we age. It's an antinflammatory agent but is not a prostaglandin inhibitor like asprin and similar drugs. It won't give you a stomach ache. You can use a lot of it - I've taken six caps a day with no problem when I had a bad day. It's about as effective as asprin or IBU's.
Another option for arthritis pain only is to talk to a doctor about biological replacement levels of cortisone. Oral cortisone must be done with care, but low levels that mimic what your body produced when it was younger aren't likely to be as fraught with problems. Prednisone or medral can be given at very low doses and make a huge difference in inflammatory levels.
Last but not least testosterone is a powerful inhibitor of inflammation. Guys, get your blood testosterone levels checked - it too declines with age. You never know till they check it where it might be. Testosterone can be prescribed as a skin cream and small supplementary amounts can help mediate overall inflammation and darned near everything else. A doctor friend of mine said once, "Everyone feels better with a little extra testosterone." He is correct. (Oh I can hear the jokes now about this one, but I'm serious...and many men never dream of it needing to be checked or how lousy you feel - in ways other than the obvious - without enough of it.)
Tedd be kind to your leg for a while. If you get it inflammed it will be sore when hunting season begins. Far easier to rest it now. Perhaps a second opinion is in order as well - or a consult with a physical therapist.
At 40 aging really begins...and it's a wild ride.
Post by: Tedd on June 07, 2006, 02:07:00 PM
Post by: Killdeer on June 07, 2006, 02:26:00 PM
Heehee! When I was growing up, the mantra was, "Don't bleed on the rug!!"
Tedd, I have broken my ankle, both wrists, a rib, maybe my coccyx, my nose and a little finger. I sprained the other ankle. You ARE just a young thing, and a bit before I got to your age I wised up and stopped breaking things (for the nonce).
It does end, eventually we all croak. :saywhat:
In the meantime, find less jarring ways to work out. Running is bad for you. Look at poor ol' Jim Fixx. If God had wanted us to run, He would have given us more natural enemies and four legs.
Killdeer~comfortably pudgy. :wavey:
Post by: TexMex on June 07, 2006, 03:27:00 PM
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Post by: Roadkill on June 07, 2006, 05:29:00 PM
Post by: Doc Nock on June 08, 2006, 08:18:00 AM
Noel shared some interesting insights... stuff I'd not heard. Soon as I get insurance again, I'm gonna check out some of those things with the doc...being that the Arty flowing at me on both sides of the family tree, has slowed me down and made pain my daily companion!
Then there is that "Getting older ain't for sissies" thing that really makes more sense at 58+!!! Might be the Creator's way of getting our attention that we'd better start gettin it right, too, huh? :) Whatever I get hit with, better'n a dirt nap. I got some deer to kill somewhere ifn' I can just find em! :)
Txmx..never heard anyone googlin their coccyx. Fracture, bruise...but never google... :knothead:
Post by: RayMO on June 08, 2006, 08:37:00 AM
Anyway, running miles? You can't be in that bad of shape. Don't push it too hard the body has to last (ditto what Noel said).
Post by: Walkingstick on June 19, 2006, 07:49:00 AM
Post by: Shell on July 22, 2006, 10:19:00 AM
:)