On Friday, May 9, 2014 9:15:23 PM UTC-4, Tom Nofinger wrote:
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

**** OFF JAY.