Your own body, what hurts today?

gruntlabor said:
Sometimes the elderly should give that a second thought. I ease into things. No pain, plenty of gain.
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After my first hip replacement I went to PT a few times until they hurt me. I never went back. After second hip replacement I declined physical therapy. Doc said most people go a time or two and then stop.

I agree that sometimes the best course of action is just not to hurt yourself while you heal.
 

As usual, the arthritis in my toes, combined with the neuropathy in my feet, means more or less constant pain if I lay down/sit down. I've been taking ibuprofen for the past year, as many as 15 per day to make it tolerable. Saw the Doc today, and she's going to prescribe gabapentin. It's worth a try.
 
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Last night my shoulder hurt no matter how I positioned it. The doc had given me a prescription for 6 Tramadol some time ago and I took one. It was great. I felt better than I have in a very long time. Then the itching started. I looked up side effects and itching was a common one. It seems that all my good meds have a negative side.
 
I had plenty of room to walk between the snow blower and my riding mower in my garage but the bottom of my pants leg got caught on the deflector that I had installed on the end of the mower chute.
I went right over on my right side and hit the garage floor like a sack of potatoes.
Small skinned up places on my knuckle and elbow on right side but got a bruise when my hip hit the concrete.
4 days since it is still tender if I sleep on the right side.
Really lucky that I didn’t break anything.
The medical community is always asking if I fall down but I don’t think this one counts.
 
GP44 said:
I had plenty of room to walk between the snow blower and my riding mower in my garage but the bottom of my pants leg got caught on the deflector that I had installed on the end of the mower chute.
I went right over on my right side and hit the garage floor like a sack of potatoes.
Small skinned up places on my knuckle and elbow on right side but got a bruise when my hip hit the concrete.
4 days since it is still tender if I sleep on the right side.
Really lucky that I didn’t break anything.
The medical community is always asking if I fall down but I don’t think this one counts.
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Your guardian angel blinked.
 
My knees have been excruciating since my garage sale, especially the right knee. I think it was from carrying heavy boxes down the stairs into the garage. That first step down is quite a ways and I think it strains ligaments. In the photo, it doesn't look that far but it's about 12 inches (31 cm). I asked my neighbor if he could build a ramp so I wouldn't have to jar my joints on the garage steps. He hasn't committed himself yet.

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debodun said:
My knees have been excruciating since my garage sale, especially the right knee. I think it was from carrying heavy boxes down the stairs into the garage. That first step down is quite a ways and I think it strains ligaments. In the photo, it doesn't look that far but it's about 12 inches (31 cm). I asked my neighbor if he could build a ramp so I wouldn't have to jar my joints on the garage steps. He hasn't committed himself yet.

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You need new steps. That step is definitely not to code. Its dangerous. And theres no handrail.

Risers should be 4-7 inches max. Treads should be at least 11 inches.
And all the treads and risers need to be the same widths not randoms.
I would prefer the top step to be wider platform, so I have a place to stand while opening the door.
 
debodun said:
My knees have been excruciating since my garage sale, especially the right knee. I think it was from carrying heavy boxes down the stairs into the garage. That first step down is quite a ways and I think it strains ligaments. In the photo, it doesn't look that far but it's about 12 inches (31 cm). I asked my neighbor if he could build a ramp so I wouldn't have to jar my joints on the garage steps. He hasn't committed himself yet.

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Do you think a ramp of some sort would be helpful instead of stairs?
 
You may have, please excuse me, but I'm having a WTF day, all day so I have missed that. My life right now is a luster cluck, and I'm not a "reliable witness." Yes, you did mention it. I reread it. Anyway, I hope you get it worked out.
 

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