Do You Feel Old

[murphranch]

Over the years I’ve learned to recognize the onset of my tendinitis & gout and generally catch them pretty early

That’s a direct result of letting them get way too bad several times prior

I also am able to tell the difference between a kidney infection and a kidney stone pretty quick now

Kidney stones forever removed my Superman status - Best can I figure they are composed of Kryptonite

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Kidney stones can and will make you wish you were dead. I passed one while in the shower. The pain was so intense I passed out and ran my head into the hot water handle and the faucet. End result was a trip to the ER, 17 stitches and a fear of pissing for almost a month.


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[NewLeaf]

I'm in my prime an hour after my morning dose haha

 

[Dogwood]

Recently deposited around 3am one long night. Anyone who knows, knows......what I am talking about.

 

[allamericaninfidel]

Recently deposited around 3am one long night. Anyone who knows, knows......what I am talking about.
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Lol - The wanted me to send them in to analyze and see what they were made of

I still have my trophies - paid dearly for them

 

[Tazz]

Don’t even get me started man....

 

[MuleShoe]

I got aches and pains enough for several folks! Getting old ain’t for sissy’s for dang sure!

 

[Pfoneman]

Don’t get me started. I’ve been a lineman for the largest phone company in the world for going on 32 years. It wears your body out. 3 right shoulder surgeries, 4 knee surgeries and a titanium knee. Lower back fused from L5 to S1. Carpal tunnel surgeries both hands. Un-countable cuts and stitches. Been knocked out, knocked off poles, fallen off poles, dislocated shoulders and elbows. I wake up every morning feeling like someone snuck in to my room and beat the s*#t out of me with a baseball bat. Funny thing is if I had it to do all over again I wouldn’t change a thing.

side note;
Suffered with gout for about 10 years. It flared up about twice a year. Worst pain in the world. If wind blew on it I wanted to cry like a baby. Same treatment every time. When in to my doctor during an episode and they had a new PA. He asked if I had ever been prescribed Allopurinol. Nope, never had. He wrote me a script and I have never had it since. One little white pill every mourning with my caffeine has changed my life.

 

[Pfoneman]

Recently deposited around 3am one long night. Anyone who knows, knows......what I am talking about.
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Last time I passed one (several years ago thank god) the doctor told me it was the closet a man could come to felling what it was like to give birth.

 

[Dogwood]

Last time I passed one (several years ago thank god) the doctor told me it was the closet a man could come to felling what it was like to give birth.

Spent couple of decades at the phone company but didn't get to climb poles. Good Lord that was a tough job. Thanks for your service when universal service meant something. On the stone note you are correct. Last time 15MM had to be laser beamed. That was an adventure I never want to repeat. Getting old sux but the alternative ain't so good either.

 

[NewLeaf]

Recently deposited around 3am one long night. Anyone who knows, knows......what I am talking about.
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A little bigger than my last one and I hope it was my Last One . When i passed mine it felt like somebody punched me in the nuts for a split second but then all the pain was gone. I was up all night with it before that ...... my wife tried to comfort me by rubbing my ankle haha I very respectfully asked her not to touch me again. Tried to get me to go to the hospital , I told her "I can't move and just gonna lay here and die in my bed" . It's funny now but there ain't a dang thang funny about it when you got one. Mine was real jagged looking almost like a 3D star . Hope nobody else ever get's'em . I think the Saw Palmetto i took that night helped me pass it.