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Does It Come On All Of A Sudden? Arthritis
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<blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 4177732" data-attributes="member: 45785"><p>Couldn't tell you. I first experienced it at age 17. Working on a barbed wire fence with my dad, lost the use of my hands to the point I couldn't hold a cup of hot coffee. Really wasn't much use at all that day. At age 19, was diagnosed with bilateral chondromalacia in the knees. That's a pre-arthritic condition. The USAF let me retrain from being an aircraft mechanic into still photography over it. I had bad knee pain from then until age 57 when shots of cockscomb extract suddenly ended my knee pain. I've had back pain since age 36. Been doing steroid injections alternating with nerve ablations for the past 5 years or so. Will be 69 in May. Last ablation was a couple months ago, lasted about 3 weeks. The injections usually last a bit longer. So do the ablations. I've been taking 150mg of oral Diclofenac sodium for a dozen years or so, and using the 1% gel topically a bit longer than that. Diclofenac has a long list of potentially bad side effects, but that stuff is black magic in a tube for the back & knee pain. Wife loves if her her back & knees, but doesn't tolerate it orally. I believe I'd be bed-ridden without it. And I'm still a young punk. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillM, post: 4177732, member: 45785"] Couldn't tell you. I first experienced it at age 17. Working on a barbed wire fence with my dad, lost the use of my hands to the point I couldn't hold a cup of hot coffee. Really wasn't much use at all that day. At age 19, was diagnosed with bilateral chondromalacia in the knees. That's a pre-arthritic condition. The USAF let me retrain from being an aircraft mechanic into still photography over it. I had bad knee pain from then until age 57 when shots of cockscomb extract suddenly ended my knee pain. I've had back pain since age 36. Been doing steroid injections alternating with nerve ablations for the past 5 years or so. Will be 69 in May. Last ablation was a couple months ago, lasted about 3 weeks. The injections usually last a bit longer. So do the ablations. I've been taking 150mg of oral Diclofenac sodium for a dozen years or so, and using the 1% gel topically a bit longer than that. Diclofenac has a long list of potentially bad side effects, but that stuff is black magic in a tube for the back & knee pain. Wife loves if her her back & knees, but doesn't tolerate it orally. I believe I'd be bed-ridden without it. And I'm still a young punk. :) [/QUOTE]
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