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Originally Posted by Craig T
Ouch Zeke!, I do apologize. I did not know that, and certainly know how you feel. Constant pain is very depressing. I also eat healthy greens and fruit, but do enjoy my steaks.
I had cortisone and lidocaine injections last week. They don't help much anymore. I agree with you that Celebrex is a risk long term, but I'm desperate and it helped for a long time.
My left elbow surgery is on Aug 29th, followed by the right elbow on Sept 12 when the left splint comes off. I sure hope it works. They say that it will...But surgeons make money cutting and will tell you anything you want to hear to get the billing.
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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
After reading these stories (Zeke, Craig) I don’t feel so bad. I take naproxen for pain - that’s all. On a good day I can walk normally, other days i hobble around like a penguin. On bad days I walk like Grampaw on The Real McCoys. But I’m not in the kind of pain you describe.
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Well, it's not unusual for us guys to have worn things out. I manage but it's a controlled management. For instance, I might as well throw every hammer I have in the trash. These are not friendly tools for me anymore. OTOH, I was on the roof this morning changing out a blower fan for my roof top air conditioning unit and spent the afternoon outside welding a project for a customer in this heat.
Pain sucks but the best thing is to work around it as much as you can, or try to ignore it. Pain is life at an older age and life can be a pain. I choose the former and just get a little more tough.
You guys remember when y'all kept at me as being the curmudgeon? Well, that was a time when all this was coming down on me. Fvvk all that. Now I'm glad to wake up in the morning. After that, POC.