On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 9:56:21 AM UTC-7, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 5/7/14, 12:06 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:

On Wed, 07 May 2014 08:56:43 -0400, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:



On 5/7/2014 7:51 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 5/6/14, 10:33 PM, True North wrote:

On Tuesday, 6 May 2014 10:25:55 UTC-3, True North wrote:

Noticed some concern about my current condition so now that I can sit

at the computer for a bit and do more that just glance at the few

interesting posts, I'll recount my crappy winter/spring.



It all began in January when I thought I injured my shoulders on the

BowFlex exercise machine and my hips on the PaceMaster treadmill.







I let things go a bit thinking that laying off for a couple of weeks

would remedy the problem.



Then I complained to my family doctor who didn't take it very serious

at first either.



By the time early April arrived I was getting to rock bottom with

very painful and stiff shoulder, wrist and knee joints accompanied by

extreme weakness, lack of energy and appetite. In fact I lost about

38 pounds over the 2 months period.



Doctor sent in a request for me to see a Rheumathoid Specialist, but

couldn't say when I would get an appointment. It was wait until they

contact me.



A week later our next door neighbour, a cancer specialist, walked

over to my wife and offered to intervene and use her contacts to get

me into a Rheumathoid Specialist within the week.



In the meantime my doctor became alarmed seeing my condition and

decided to start me on morning doses of Prednizone. This helped for

about 17 hrs a day. When I saw the Specialist, she upped the Steriods

by another 5mg and spaced them out at breakfast and supper...what a

difference.. 24 hour relief.



She decided that I had Polymyalgia Rheumatica or PMR.







Anyway, I'm much better now and trying to regain most of my former

strength. Just yesterday I upped all my resistances on my BowFlex

exercises by another 10 pounds.



My treadmill program routine is just one intensity level down from

before my problems.







At this rate I should be ready for our boating season, which will

begin for me around mid June this year.







BTW..the specialist says I will probably be stuck with this disease

for a year or a year and a half during which time they'll be weaning

me down on the steriods a bit at a time.







To top it all off I become a senior citizen this summer... ah, the

Golden Years!



Thanks to all for the expressions of concern and wishes for my recovery.

Makes me feel all warm & fuzzy inside. ;-)





It's the drugs...there's nothing warm and fuzzy emanating from

rec.boats.



Glad you are on the road to recovery, though.



Rec.boats is worse than you remember.



You are a consummate hater.



....who is strenuously trying to convince Don to follow in his footsteps.







More snarky hate from Herring

You should know, Krause. You invented snark