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So bad things come in threes, or so it is said. I had a hernia in May. Had it repaired. All is well. Broke my wrist hitting a heavy bag. Found out I have advanced arthritis in my wrists. So be it, it’s not painful. A couple weeks ago I slept wrong. My neck has been jammed up since that night. Since then, I have had somewhere between tingling and numbness in my left index finger, occasionally spreading to my thumb and middle finger. Rarely, but often enough that it sucks, it feels like my index finger is in boiling oil on the stove. I also have pain that radiates down the left tricep, and occasionally through the forearm. I have been taking a couple acetaminophen before bed. I also have miloxicam prescribed, as well as cyclobenzaprine, also prescribed. Now the acetaminophen is fairly regular. This is taken because I can’t take Advil if I have been taking the miloxicam. The cyclobenzaprine I don’t like because it knocks me out. So, is it normal when you get old to have to take a bunch of shit to stop hurting long enough to sleep six or seven hours? I’m only 45, is this normal to hurt this much? FYI, my pain tolerance is pretty good. I rate a hernia and surgery and whatnot around a four. Broken wrist was around a two. I broke my elbow a few years ago and it was a solid five. I’ve never felt a ten, but I rate the nerve pain of the boiling oil finger at a strong eight. The “lol” thread | ||
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delicately calloused |
Yep it's age. All of my sports injuries that I thought were healed have come back to haunt me at night. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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I've had the same issues but with neck pain. Sounds like you have a pinched nerve. But I've noticed that if my blood pressure is high (due to diet or whatever), I feel the aches and pains a lot more often. But yeah, it also sucks getting old. I have a high threshold for pain as well. I've also noticed the "not being able to read fine print" happened in the last year.This message has been edited. Last edited by: jimmy123x, | |||
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| Big Stack |
Sounds EXACTLY like what I have. Did the MRI. Pinched nerve. Technical term, Radiculopathy. On Gabapentin and PT. A lot of it will go away, some won't. The pain and tingling went away, the weakness didn't, yet (still in PT.)
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| Do---or do not. There is no try. |
As the survivor of four-level cervical fusion surgery five years ago (which was highly successful), I will tell you the first step is Go To Your Doctor. What you have could be anything from “just sleeping wrong” to a rotator cuff issue to stenosis in your C-level vertebrae. Any of those are possible. A high percentage (80-90) of symptoms like yours are manageable (and even curable) through medication and/or physical therapy. Your physician will have had lots of experience with the 80% and can tell if you need surgery. | |||
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| Leatherneck |
On my 40th birthday my dad asked me how I felt. I told him that I felt pretty good for 40, but bad enough that I was kinda worried about 50. I think it’s normal. Even if you aren’t feeling those pains, all of our bodies break down. I’ve realized that I just have to be a little more careful and proactive. I started stretching before bed and when I wake up. I think that actually helped a lot. I have a pretty physical job so I don’t go to the gym every day, but I usually still try to walk or hit an exercise bike after work for some low impact movement. If I skip a day and don’t do anything I feel like crap, though some of that might be mental. I started eating better, drinking a ton of water and sleeping at least 6 hours. Usually more. I’m not on any medication. Occasionally I’ll take a handful of ibuprofen or need some tums if I ate something crappy but doing the above has made me feel a lot better, and none of it is too crazy or time consuming. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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Feeling stuff, hearing stuff, seeing stuff, smelling stuff, tasting stuff , Oh you will want to ask folks about all of it, but about The third time you say "Look at this" or does this smell funny? or Should this be doing this? People start shying away. Rule of thumb at the retirement community, Never open with "How are you"? Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| It's pronounced just the way it's spelled |
I thought I was doing pretty well until my 50's. Then shit slowly started to happen, like osteoarthritis in my hands, tweaking my knees and shoulders on occasion, f-in up my back in the gym, etc. Fast forward to 60, and I can't seem to turn around without something going wrong. Pisses me off, to be honest. | |||
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| Stuck on himself |
I remind my snotty teenagers often - you’ll live most of your life feeling old so enjoy that youth while you have it. The day will come when you don’t, and a lot sooner than you think. I turned 41 this year BTW. I’m still holding together pretty well but after 16 years in the military I know the knees and ankles could blow out any day. | |||
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I am 45 with arthritis. Mine started around 2008. I’d get a neck support pillow for your bed. Takes a bit of getting used to, but will help in the long term. Living in a drier climate would also be helpful. Cathy | |||
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Well I feel damn good listening to you guys. I'll be 66 in spring. The only issue I have is my knees started barking a bit about a year ago and I've lost some strength but I think I could regain some of it if I could discipline myself to do some strength exercises daily. I've had only two medical procedures performed on me in those nearly 66 years. Carpal tunnel surgery in the left arm about 12 years ago and cataract surgery last June. I am not on any prescriptions and I rarely take any over the counter meds. Just lucky I guess. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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Normal? Yes if you were active. At 40 had ACF to fix my C5/C6 in neck. A decade plus of shoulder and neck pain going away was a side benefit. Get checked out. Stay in shape, change routines to non impact and staying thin and flexible help. At 53 a daily routine that helps me not hurt. Oh yeah 5 shoulder fixes, multiple other repairs. Arthritis in hands my current challenge  . Get old sucks, beats the alternative. Ice is also your friend - I do not take any drugs, wont do pain meds. Keeping inflammation down helps alot“Forigive your enemy, but remember the bastard’s name.” -Scottish proverb | |||
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| Saluki |
One day last week I felt pretty damn good. Can’t remember the last time. Shoulders, back and hip are the big ouchy parts 20 years ago I’d complain about another half dozen maladies, oh well. Sports injury, I’m inclined to talk a kid out of sports these days. I know damn well I didn’t enjoy football enough to warrant the aches that came on decades later. ----------The weather is here I wish you were beautiful---------- | |||
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Yes. I've got 9 years on you. Welcome to middle age. You are active and in good shape, so with a bit of moderation to avoid injury, you will power through in good style. I have moved from a "fuck yeah, I can do this, bring it" outlook to a "I can do this, but with less speed and more care than I used to" outlook. You don't have to stop doing what you love, but understanding that you don't heal like you did when you were 18 is a useful skill to develop. A good chiropractor can really make a difference in middle age. I have a great one, and am noticeably more flexible on account of the care, and can have pain like your neck from a bad sleeping position repaired promptly. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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| Eye on the Silver Lining |
Agree with those that say pinched nerve. See a doctor and follow advice. I, too, was feeling pretty good til I hit 48. Then shit just started to happen, and every year some other part of me seems to fail. Luckily, nothing more than a year’s worth of recovery, but I’ve lost a little balance, a little knee, screwed up my R hamstring badly at least twice. Let’s just say I’m no longer running after my kid’s ball on wet grass. __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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63 here, and no, it isn't a picnic with a physical job!! Job has kept me in pretty good shape, but it has also cost me 2 hips, knee pain that is bearable so far and shoulders that are shit and wake me up multiple times a night. Thank God for doctors!! They have been able to keep me in business with very little downtime. Do your research and find a good one, it pays well to do so!! _________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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Gets worse, Beancoker. Take care of yourself. After neck, back surgery, you don’t heal quite as well. Just keep excess weight off, take your meds, exercise. At 80, I’m still involved with my 2 properties, hunt and fish, run powered equipment, etc. Best to you and all here. Blackhorse4 | |||
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| A man's got to know his limitations  |
I am 63 and don't have a pain free life. Get used to it, old age is not easy but it beats the alternative. "But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley | |||
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Only the strong survive |
Damn...only 45!  I didn't start to see signs until the mid 70's. I had back pain from whip lash in the past and exercise of laying on your back and doing leg lifts and bending your knees to touch your chest cured the back pain. In April, I had a stroke and wasn't found for nine days. Vitamin K probably saved my life. You have to SLOW DOWN when you get older. I am a workaholic did myself in but am slowly on the mend. 41 | |||
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