Randy is for sure! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

(Tom,don't know how to break it to you...you ARE old)

Jeez. That was nice of the doctor. I feel the same way. I'm 27 and my bones ache like an old man, I've got poor circulation, etc. I lead a fairly healthy life. I don't get it.

Lol

Did you play sports? That's probably the reason why my body is in bad shape. Lots of hockey and football injuries, plus I run.

Naw, only in years spent on Earth. In many other things I am still young and vibrant! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Some of us have that cross to bear <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> It was a revelation to me laying in bed with my wife complaining about the aches in my feet, toes, knees, and shoulders--just laying there hurting--and she said "You know, most people don't have chronic pain." I thought it was part of life.

Osteoarthritis throughout the body, worn out knees (shot menisci and torn ACL), bursitis, placiar fascitis, some weird problem where I can't stop twitching that resulted after 3 doses of a medication last November...and these are supposed to be the PRIME years <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Well, I guess this tired old man will go back to bed, since I can't remember where I left my Geritol and ran out of prune juice. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> You young whipper-snappers will have to hold down the Fort! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />.............. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I used to to TKD (can't anymore thanks to the knees). That aggravated the knees, but there's some systemic problem (overly loose ligaments might have something to do with it)

Man. I'm sorry to hear about you having CP.

I've seen it. My mother has CP, my brother to a lesser extent, my Aunt, and worst of all my cousin. She has Reflex Sympathetic Disorder (RSD.) I wouldn't recommend looking up the symptoms of it. She became symptomatic when she was just 28, and has been in bed for about 6 years.

I truly feel for ya man. I hope things get better.

RSD? Man, don't know what it is, but it sure sounds bad!

It's constant 8-10/10 nerve pain. My cousin describes it as the feeling of a branding iron on you constantly, sometimes all over your body. No joke, she was on every pain killer, enough to take down a rhino, and she was still in pain. It can happen as the result of an injury, which in her case happened at work. Luckily, that meant workmans comp covered her for a long time and then eventually settled. She now is in a program where she does treatments where they fill her with massive amounts of ketamine for days several days straight. It puts the disease into remission for a couple months at best. It is a very rare and interesting disease (and devastating of course.) If you're into learning about medicine, I would definitely recommend reading into it.

Anyways, CP is CP and it is no fun no matter what the issue is.

Well, like I always say, it could always be worse, no matter the situation. Just be glad for the blessings AND the trials God throws our way. There is something to learn in all of it. I sincerely hope your cousin is able to find some long-term relief.