Ageing. It's a Bugger....

[Mike Reed]

Been a while since I did any bike riding at home

Ye gods but you have a large estate; lucky you!

A few months ago I noticed painful problems climbing and descending my stairs and it got worse, affecting me on the straight as well. As my sisters have had replacement knees, I thought my time had come, but was surprised at the speed of escalation. However, I contacted that N.W. London specialist hospital (Neasden) for advice, but in the last few weeks things seem to have improved.

I wonder if clambering into and out of my loft many times per day from a rickety step-ladder which is too short started things going (c/h leak; investigating/monitoring header tank from Jan. to early April) or maybe it was the kneeling on rocky soil gardening. The pain more or less went away with table tennis but returned soon after.

To cap (!) it all, my wife suspected I had a girlfriend every time I cried out " Denise". As if !!!!

 

[Mullardman]

Bloody hell Mull I actually genuinely feel sorry for you. If you were a dog, you would be put down. I am 74 and so far ticking along ok but I am beginning to wonder if all the meds we are taking are keeping us going longer than nature intended.

Come on Mick!! What happened to your unshakeable faith in Capitalism? Surely you recognise the 'value added' to 'Big Pharma' and it's shareholders, by drugs which keep old farts like us above ground and creating a guaranteed and even growing market?

 

[Mullardman]

I buy the psyillium stuff packed into capsules, which I swallow whole. No muss, no fuss.

Well the fact that it is available in capsule form does appear to confirm that swallowing a 'lump' of the stuff presents no risk in terms of 'bowel blockage', but I saw no capsules when I purchased the stuff in 'bulk' (excuse the pun). However, I'm not convinced the capsule approach would be any cheaper than Fybogel... which is simple to take and a proven remedy.

 

[GavinA]

Knees are a bugger. Mine are OK so far but a close friend got a replacement which did not go well; something lacking in the muscular support that holds things in place. Hips seem more reliable - a ball and socket is better mechanically. My daughter had a good quote from a choreographer:
“When God designed the ankle he made a masterpiece. The knee? Not so much.”

 

[Mike Reed]

My daughter had a good quote from a choreographer:
“When God designed the ankle he made a masterpiece. The knee? Not so much.”

Bit of a song and a dance, then?

 

[chartz]

Knees are a bugger. Mine are OK so far but a close friend got a replacement which did not go well; something lacking in the muscular support that holds things in place. Hips seem more reliable - a ball and socket is better mechanically. My daughter had a good quote from a choreographer:
“When God designed the ankle he made a masterpiece. The knee? Not so much.”

May we have the choreographer’s name? Rob Fowler?
Tina Argyle?

 

[GavinA]

May we have the choreographer’s name? Rob Fowler?
Tina Argyle?

I will have to ask my daughter, next time we are in contact.

 

[Rockmeister]

Is it only fatties who have bad knees? (Not asking for a weight confession, but wondering). I'm near 16 stone but tall enough for that to be 'ok' overall. Still 8 stone through each knee for all sorts of antics and 70+ years ....it doesn't surprise me that much that one is bu****ed.
Any skinny people out there with shot knees?

 

[Suffolk Tony]

Is it only fatties who have bad knees? (Not asking for a weight confession, but wondering). I'm near 16 stone but tall enough for that to be 'ok' overall. Still 8 stone through each knee for all sorts of antics and 70+ years ....it doesn't surprise me that much that one is bu****ed.
Any skinny people out there with shot knees?

I'm near 6’ & at the time my right knee gave up the ghost I was about 12 and a bit stone. I used to do a fair bit of long-distance running, which probably hastened its demise, coupled with Haemochromatosis (only diagnosed in the last five years).

When I was thirteen, I went on an army cadet camp & cut the bottom of my right foot open on a broken bottle whilst wading in a river. The doctor who replaced my knee reckoned that over the years, the increased sensitivity of the sole on that foot made me walk slightly awkwardly on that side & thus wore the knee joint more rapidly.

 

[palacefan]

I'm near 6’ & at the time my right knee gave up the ghost I was about 12 and a bit stone. I used to do a fair bit of long-distance running, which probably hastened its demise, coupled with Haemochromatosis (only diagnosed in the last five years).

When I was thirteen, I went on an army cadet camp & cut the bottom of my right foot open on a broken bottle whilst wading in a river. The doctor who replaced my knee reckoned that over the years, the increased sensitivity of the sole on that foot made me walk slightly awkwardly on that side & thus wore the knee joint more rapidly.

Haemochromatosis let me guess ..orange and yellow flowers called a day lily?

 

[Suffolk Tony]

Close…

 

[Konteebos]

My Grandfather, who lived to be 97, gave me this sage advice;

"For god's sake never grow old, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!"

 

[SteveG]

I've been expecting my knees to be the first to give out but it's one of my hips that's been the issue for the last 6 months or so. Finally got an X-ray done which confirmed it's not arthritis (just normal age related wear and tear) which is good news but no clarification yet on what the issue is yet, although I've had a physio session recently.