Sooooo, i've got the arthritis......

[cabletech94]

.....and i want to jump off a cliff (but it'd hurt too much).

ice hurts. heat hurts. walking/breathing/eating. yep, it all hurts. it's in a knee that i probably screwed up years ago, just being a kid and all.

what do you, fellow planateers do to fix your pain.

no, can't smoke. what else ya got?

***edits***
i've lost 30 lbs since june, just eating healthier, watching what i eat, cutting carbs. been taking fish oil every night for 2 years (to help the heart and such).
i was given prednisone @ the doc the other day. still had pain and swelling went down. x-rays were negative, but did show small bit of arthritis in joint, but healthy bone etc. all advice has been greatly appreciated bros and hoes!!!!

[BillSelfsTrophycase]

.....and i want to jump off a cliff (but it'd hurt too much).

ice hurts. heat hurts. walking/breathing/eating. yep, it all hurts. it's in a knee that i probably screwed up years ago, just being a kid and all.

what do you, fellow planateers do to fix your pain.

no, can't smoke. what else ya got?

Stick your penis in boiling water


I guarantee arthritis will be the last thing on your mind

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Eating and breathing hurts your knee? That's some serious shit.

[Ming the Merciless]

I hate to be cliche, but you tried a couple hits of some body weed?

edit: i see ya cant smoke.......can you ingest?

some thc butter to make brownies or cookies or rice crispy treats m,ight help

[HemiEd]

This is the best remedy (http://www.jackdaniels.com/age.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f) that is legal.

[threebag]

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[Bugeater]

Hydrocodone.

[kcxiv]

I have it in both knee's and i just turned 35. lol i had some health issues with my legs which is why i got it so early, it sux, but you learn to just live with it and bitch and moan every once in a while that they hurt.

[Iowanian]

I don't have your problem, but do have some in my joints and back nothing I do anything about yet except ibuprofin, heating pads....


Some of the old timers I've been around have used WD 40 for arthritis in their hands.

[Okie_Apparition]

try balancing a ouija board on it

[splatbass]

About a year ago I started getting pain in all of my joints. My right shoulder was the worst, the worst pain I've ever felt. But I also had so much pain in both knees that it was hard to get up out of a chair, and both hands that made it hard to even close my hands into fists. Since I'm a musician that really sucked. My feet and hips also hurt some of the time. After numerous xrays, an MRI, and blood tests over the course of 10 months they finally determined that I have rheumatoid arthritis. That sucks, but at least they have good treatments. After a month of prednisone and methotrexate I feel almost like my old self again. The prednisone is short term until the methotrexate takes full effect.

I tried all the home remedies I could find before they finally me put on the medications, and none of it worked very well. The thing that helped the most, and it was just by accident, was drinking alkaline water. A friend recommended it for heartburn, but I noticed after drinking it my joints felt much better. The guitar player in my band, who also had arthritis pain in his hands, tried it and it helped him too. Now other than a cup of coffee in the morning it is all I drink (ok, I still drink beer on occasion). Give it a try it might help.

You can also get a cortisone shot right in the joint that can help a lot for the short term.

[Bane]

Jäger bombs.

[chasedude]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FQo5q_DTF4g/TiL3TG-aG8I/AAAAAAAACEY/ZFggx8iXQ_c/s1600/granny.jpg

Granny's Rheumatis medicine

[Extra Point]

Unfortunately, opium and ginger are your best paths, so says a friend.

[RealSNR]

My mom used to use stuff like Celebrex. She said that worked pretty well.

No idea what she does now. She has fibromayalgia, not arthiritis. So not much works.

[Extra Point]

About a year ago I started getting pain in all of my joints. My right shoulder was the worst, the worst pain I've ever felt. But I also had so much pain in both knees that it was hard to get up out of a chair, and both hands that made it hard to even close my hands into fists. Since I'm a musician that really sucked. My feet and hips also hurt some of the time. After numerous xrays, an MRI, and blood tests over the course of 10 months they finally determined that I have rheumatoid arthritis. That sucks, but at least they have good treatments. After a month of prednisone and methotrexate I feel almost like my old self again. The prednisone is short term until the methotrexate takes full effect.

I tried all the home remedies I could find before they finally me put on the medications, and none of it worked very well. The thing that helped the most, and it was just by accident, was drinking alkaline water. A friend recommended it for heartburn, but I noticed after drinking it my joints felt much better. The guitar player in my band, who also had arthritis pain in his hands, tried it and it helped him too. Now other than a cup of coffee in the morning it is all I drink (ok, I still drink beer on occasion). Give it a try it might help.

You can also get a cortisone shot right in the joint that can help a lot for the short term.

Is there a trade name for the alkaline water?

[BigOlChiefsfan]

Arthritis is an 'inflammation' disease, so long term, you can do yourself some good by following an anti-inflammatory diet (google it, I like Dr. Weil as a big proponent). I have friends who've had pretty good relief from changing their diet as per above, and then taking about 6 fish oil caps a day, they claim the fish oil 'lubricates' their achy joints - I don't have this particular malady, but I try to pay attention when someone has a good cheap fix for anything that might hit me someday.

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02012/anti-inflammatory-diet

http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/anti-inflammatory-diet-road-to-good-health

[splatbass]

Is there a trade name for the alkaline water?

There are several brands available at health food stores and places like Whole Foods. My favorite is Essentia, which has a PH of 9.5.

http://www.essentiawater.com/

Here in Hawaii you can get another brand (I can't think of the name right now) at 7-11 that has a PH of 9. Any bottled water with a PH of 8.0 or higher will do.

You can also spend a lot of money on a Kangen water filter, but I don't have that kind of money.

What I use, so I don't have to buy bottled water all the time, is use a portable filter made by Diamond Tree called the Gratitude. It is about the size of a thermos. You fill it with water and wait 20 minutes. Almost everyone I work with has one.

http://diamondtreeonline.com/2010/index.php

[splatbass]

Arthritis is an 'inflammation' disease, so long term, you can do yourself some good by following an anti-inflammatory diet (google it, I like Dr. Weil as a big proponent). I have friends who've had pretty good relief from changing their diet as per above, and then taking about 6 fish oil caps a day, they claim the fish oil 'lubricates' their achy joints - I don't have this particular malady, but I try to pay attention when someone has a good cheap fix for anything that might hit me someday.

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02012/anti-inflammatory-diet

http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/anti-inflammatory-diet-road-to-good-health

Fish oil didn't help my arthritis, but it did lower my triglycerides so it was still a good thing to do.

[whoman69]

I don't know your specific situation but weight loss and exercise can help. Swimming and weight lifting should be a good combination. If you don't use the muscles your problems will only get worse.

[splatbass]

I don't know your specific situation but weight loss and exercise can help. Swimming and weight lifting should be a good combination. If you don't use the muscles your problems will only get worse.

Physical therapy can help. The proper exercise designed specifically to strengthen the joint muscles for arthritis does help. The wrong exercise can make it worse. Swimming is good, but weight lifting could be bad unless it is well designed. I went twice a week for a month and had some good results. Then you have to keep up with the exercises afterward.

[Johnny Vegas]

shot of cortisone in the knee did the trick for my mom.

tramadol is a good pain killer

celebrex is awesome but pricey

[DRU]

I hate to be cliche, but you tried a couple hits of some body weed?

edit: i see ya cant smoke.......can you ingest?

some thc butter to make brownies or cookies or rice crispy treats m,ight help

I second this notion. It'll do the same thing for you (may work even better) as all the other crap out there and you can simply add butter or oil into your regular meals that you cook and you're set.

[Buck]

I have about 30 celebrex in the sample packs that doctors give you if you want to try them to see if they help. I can mail them to you. Let me know.

[dannybcaitlyn]

.....and i want to jump off a cliff (but it'd hurt too much).

ice hurts. heat hurts. walking/breathing/eating. yep, it all hurts. it's in a knee that i probably screwed up years ago, just being a kid and all.

what do you, fellow planateers do to fix your pain.

no, can't smoke. what else ya got?

Get an Xray done. They can see if your bone on bone or have signs of osteoarthritis. I thought I had arthritis in my knee but end up being a torn meniscus in my knee. My knee pain was off and on for about a year or so. Then it started bothering everyday. Tear was getting larger. I went to a sports medicine doc where he did an Xray, joints looked good, he ordered an MRI and end up finding the tear.

[bevischief]

shot of cortisone in the knee did the trick for my mom.

tramadol is a good pain killer

celebrex is awesome but pricey

They took celebrex off the market.

[Dragonocho]

take chopper's advice (nsfw-language)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y

[penguinz]

Turmeric Extract has helped me quite a bit.

[seclark]

i've got it in both knees. swimming seems to help me. swim 3/4of a mile to a mile, 3 times a week.

ernie swears on horse liniment:
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[dannybcaitlyn]

They took celebrex off the market.

Its still on the market. I just had mine refilled recently.

[splatbass]

They took celebrex off the market.

Funny, my doctor just offered it to me about a month ago. You must be thinking of something else.

[Iowanian]

I was on Celebrex a few years ago and there was a stink and it was taken off the market, at least for a while. It's obviously back on the market again.

[HemiEd]

There are several brands available at health food stores and places like Whole Foods. My favorite is Essentia, which has a PH of 9.5.

http://www.essentiawater.com/

Here in Hawaii you can get another brand (I can't think of the name right now) at 7-11 that has a PH of 9. Any bottled water with a PH of 8.0 or higher will do.

You can also spend a lot of money on a Kangen water filter, but I don't have that kind of money.

What I use, so I don't have to buy bottled water all the time, is use a portable filter made by Diamond Tree called the Gratitude. It is about the size of a thermos. You fill it with water and wait 20 minutes. Almost everyone I work with has one.

http://diamondtreeonline.com/2010/index.php
I wondered if you weren't referring to the Kangen water system. We had a presentation on that recently, and they brought us water for a couple weeks.
You are right, I think they wanted over $4k for the system.

[tooge]

I've got a shoulder that gives me fits. I take Meloxicam every day. Trade name is Mobic. It is great, and it is the type of anti-inflamitory drug that doesn't jack with your stomach. I highly recommend it. It is an Rx, so you will have to see doc first.

[cabletech94]

BUMP

got in to a sports med doc today.
lateral torn meniscus. scheduled MRI to determine severity, next course of treatment.
thanks for your advices. gonna edit the OP a bit, just to tell you all a little about me.
thanks planeteers, your the best! REP to all! (except for the dick in boiling water approach, that shit hurts)

[BigOlChiefsfan]

Good! Be well.

[royr17]

BUMP

got in to a sports med doc today.
lateral torn meniscus. scheduled MRI to determine severity, next course of treatment.
thanks for your advices. gonna edit the OP a bit, just to tell you all a little about me.
thanks planeteers, your the best! REP to all! (except for the dick in boiling water approach, that shit hurts)

dont know whats wrong with me, but i have been having some pretty bad pain in my wrist here lately. went to the doc and they scheduled an x-ray, everything came back fine, but the pain is still there and wont go away, now its starting to move towards my thumb too. any way i move my wrist it hurts, i have a wrist brace to try to help it, but it doesnt really help.

all i know if i sure as hell hope that i dont have arthritis. i injured my left wrist golfing back in 2004 and hasnt really bothered me until here recently, so i dont have a clue to what the problem could be.

[Iowanian]

Stop jacking it like it's your job, III

[Johnny Vegas]

dont know whats wrong with me, but i have been having some pretty bad pain in my wrist here lately. went to the doc and they scheduled an x-ray, everything came back fine, but the pain is still there and wont go away, now its starting to move towards my thumb too. any way i move my wrist it hurts, i have a wrist brace to try to help it, but it doesnt really help.

all i know if i sure as hell hope that i dont have arthritis. i injured my left wrist golfing back in 2004 and hasnt really bothered me until here recently, so i dont have a clue to what the problem could be.

tendonitis?

[cabletech94]

tendonitis?

carpel tunnel?

i hope that it's neither.

get your ass to a doc! STAT

[mlyonsd]

BUMP

got in to a sports med doc today.
lateral torn meniscus. scheduled MRI to determine severity, next course of treatment.
thanks for your advices. gonna edit the OP a bit, just to tell you all a little about me.
thanks planeteers, your the best! REP to all! (except for the dick in boiling water approach, that shit hurts)I had the same thing two years ago. When the orhto doc went in to clean things up he found I also had level 3 arthritis on a scale of 1-4. Told me if I didn't quit running I'd be back in some day to have the knee replaced.

Have a nice day.;)

[royr17]

carpel tunnel?

i hope that it's neither.

get your ass to a doc! STAT

i have an appointment to meet with the doc again in 2 weeks.

[cabletech94]

I had the same thing two years ago. When the orhto doc went in to clean things up he found I also had level 3 arthritis on a scale of 1-4. Told me if I didn't quit running I'd be back in some day to have the knee replaced.

Have a nice day.;)

well, i haven't really ran since h.s. football/baseball, so that won't be a deal for me. but the x-ray i had said "minor" arthritis. if it was a "minor" attack, i sure as hell don't wanna see a "major".

[cabletech94]

i have an appointment to meet with the doc again in 2 weeks.

good. best of luck to you, SIR.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Does this all mean you won't be starting this week cabletech? I hope you can at least come off the bench.

[penguinz]

I had the same thing two years ago. When the orhto doc went in to clean things up he found I also had level 3 arthritis on a scale of 1-4. Told me if I didn't quit running I'd be back in some day to have the knee replaced.

Have a nice day.;)I have been told the same thing. My knee is arthritic enough that touching it in the right spot makes my eyes start watering.

I still run 10+ miles a week.

[Sofa King]

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[Dave Lane]

My knee is feeling it too