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On 4/14/2024 at 10:26 PM, Rimbo said:

Surprisingly effective is getting exercise. I haven't been like I need to. I keep thinking about the other advantages and forgetting this.

Almost 49 and if I don’t exercise hard at least 4 days a week i’m teetering on madness. I also need to indulge my hobbies. I also work from home and I’ll do all sorts of daily tricks - I walk the yard and check on plants and pull weeds for a 15 min break, I’ll get sun light and for sure I will get my strenuous work outs in too. Religiously eat well for breakfast. It feels restrictive but the alternative is an unmitigated disaster. I still have “is this all there is?” and “holy shit I might have only 20 great years left, FML!!” syndromes. I’m not sure when my midlife will hit, I hope to god the stunts I’ve pulled and upgrading my wife situation was it but I don’t think it was.

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With the real shit some of you have going on I hate to even mention it, but a couple of weeks ago felt like I had a bad stone bruise on my left heal that wouldn’t go away and it got continually worse. Freakin Planter Fasciitis. Been using an ice regimen and doing some foot stretches, bought an orthotic but damnit that shits annoyingly and surprisingly painful! Every freaking step! Doctor was no help to speak of, is this a permanent thing?

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You might try resting your foot on a golf ball and rolling on it for as long as you can stand. Hurts like hell but stretches the tendon out and eventual relief after a few days.

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15 minutes ago, RPM said:

You might try resting your foot on a golf ball frozen water bottle and rolling on it for as long as you can stand. Hurts like hell but stretches the tendon out and eventual relief after a few days.

 

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3 hours ago, GoPokes83 said:

With the real shit some of you have going on I hate to even mention it, but a couple of weeks ago felt like I had a bad stone bruise on my left heal that wouldn’t go away and it got continually worse. Freakin Planter Fasciitis. Been using an ice regimen and doing some foot stretches, bought an orthotic but damnit that shits annoyingly and surprisingly painful! Every freaking step! Doctor was no help to speak of, is this a permanent thing?

Probably a quarter of this thread is about that hideous condition. I’m almost out of the woods, 14-16 months later. 3rd time through it. Custom orthotics, foam rollers, stretch bands, ice foot baths, frozen water bottle roller, hot baths, old fashion stretching, and lots of exercises later…

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I am not sure where to put this?  Either here are in "Trivial Things That Make You Surly".

I went to Hobby Lobby this past Saturday looking for some bookends.  I looked in what I thought would be a logical location for them but did not find any.  I found two young employees and asked them if they had any bookends.  Neither one of them knew what bookends were.  I found myself describing to them what bookends were and what they typically look like.  You would have thought that I was describing quantum physics to them.  Does anyone read or keep books anymore?

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8 hours ago, GoPokes83 said:

With the real shit some of you have going on I hate to even mention it, but a couple of weeks ago felt like I had a bad stone bruise on my left heal that wouldn’t go away and it got continually worse. Freakin Planter Fasciitis. Been using an ice regimen and doing some foot stretches, bought an orthotic but damnit that shits annoyingly and surprisingly painful! Every freaking step! Doctor was no help to speak of, is this a permanent thing?

Upthread I mentioned some calf stretches for Achilles's tendentious - same stretches should help reduce PF pain.  

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3 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

I am not sure where to put this?  Either here are in "Trivial Things That Make You Surly".

I went to Hobby Lobby this past Saturday looking for some bookends.  I looked in what I thought would be a logical location for them but did not find any.  I found two young employees and asked them if they had any bookends.  Neither one of them knew what bookends were.  I found myself describing to them what bookends were and what they typically look like.  You would have thought that I was describing quantum physics to them.  Does anyone read or keep books anymore?

I had the same problem a while back.  I ended up ordering some from Amazon.

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3 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

I am not sure where to put this?  Either here are in "Trivial Things That Make You Surly".

I went to Hobby Lobby this past Saturday looking for some bookends.  I looked in what I thought would be a logical location for them but did not find any.  I found two young employees and asked them if they had any bookends.  Neither one of them knew what bookends were.  I found myself describing to them what bookends were and what they typically look like.  You would have thought that I was describing quantum physics to them.  Does anyone read or keep books anymore?

In a similar stupidity vein, my buddy had to return something to Alaska for some reason and the kid at the UPS store asked him 3 times what country that was in

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3 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

I am not sure where to put this?  Either here are in "Trivial Things That Make You Surly".

I went to Hobby Lobby this past Saturday looking for some bookends.  I looked in what I thought would be a logical location for them but did not find any.  I found two young employees and asked them if they had any bookends.  Neither one of them knew what bookends were.  I found myself describing to them what bookends were and what they typically look like.  You would have thought that I was describing quantum physics to them.  Does anyone read or keep books anymore?

Your first mistake was not finding Scott Baio(aka Chachi) and ask him.  /nocr

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1 hour ago, Dennis Taylor said:

In a similar stupidity vein, my buddy had to return something to Alaska for some reason and the kid at the UPS store asked him 3 times what country that was in

The back page of New Mexico magazine (from NM tourism department) is always “one of our 50 is missing,” and every month there’s a story of someone being asked for a passport to travel to, or from, NM, or similar nonsense. 
example: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/one-of-our-50-is-missing-april-2024/

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On 4/21/2024 at 8:39 AM, Hate said:

Anyone else have issues with their Achilles? I feel like my left one could snap at any time. I pretty much always have to wear shoes to keep it from hurting. 

Google   alfredson protocol for achilles tendonitis

The exercise protocol has had a bunch of controlled science studies that validates it works.   In a nutshell it involves doing an exercise that stretch the calf and achilles tendon under load (eccentric heel drops).

I trashed my achilles tendon in a Half Ironman and after a surgeon couldn't help and a PT was clueless, I stumbled on this on the web. (It had only been published a few years earlier, so it wasn't all over the web like today).  It worked. 

https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-alfredson-protocol-for-achilles-tendonitis-2696560
 

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Got some shitty news today. The Decatur CBOC has a history of losing good people. I'm sure it aggravating as hell dealing with them (VA management) on a daily basis.  My Doc is leaving VA. Said he was tied of their BS. Seems a team of PA are reviewing MD orders and rejecting them for nonsense reasons. He told me of a patient with a ruptured ear drum that needed drainage tube. He put in 5 orders only to be shot down by the PAs because the patient didn't have a hearing test. The eardrum was ruptured, what did they expect the test to reveal? He apologized to me but said he'd had enough. Too bad really, he was the first VA Doc I actually liked. The man wore boots in the office. On the bright side, he renewed all my scripts and put in for imaging on my left shoulder.

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On 4/29/2024 at 12:21 PM, mininghorn88 said:

I am not sure where to put this?  Either here are in "Trivial Things That Make You Surly".

I went to Hobby Lobby this past Saturday looking for some bookends.  I looked in what I thought would be a logical location for them but did not find any.  I found two young employees and asked them if they had any bookends.  Neither one of them knew what bookends were.  I found myself describing to them what bookends were and what they typically look like.  You would have thought that I was describing quantum physics to them.  Does anyone read or keep books anymore?

Not the kind of people who work at Hobby Lobby...

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2 hours ago, Rimbo said:

So many more reasons to drink; so much less ability to cope with alcohol.

Amen brother. I can’t drink at all anymore or it wrecks my sleep for a week. 
But I have many reasons to drink. 

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My biggest fear is losing my mind or experiencing significant changes in behavior.  I recently was on a flight with one of my law partners of 25+ years.  He is around 75 (still practicing law) and has been a great guy and a joy to be around.  It was a 737 with the usual 3 seats on either side of the isle.  He was a few rows behind me in a window seat.  The plane was completely full.  I was in a middle seat on the exit row across the isle from him.  When we arrived at the gate most of the isle passengers got up to start gathering their things, as usual.  I kept my seat until it was my turn to get up and quickly get my stuff together.  My law partner, from his window seat, as soon as the seat belt sign went off asked the guy next to him in the middle seat to let him get out so he could get his bag from the overhead bin right above his row.  The middle seat guy seemed like a decent guy and he did what I would have done by telling my law partner to chill out that everybody has to get their stuff from the overhead bin and we're not going anywhere fast.  My law partner basically insisted that he needed to get his luggage out of the overhead bin and just crawled his way over the guy in the middle seat, and somehow forced his way into the already crowded isle where he stood while the rows in front of him slowly exited the plane.  It was very difficult to watch.  Ten years ago I can't image he would have done such a thing.  I don't think he had a clue that he was being an asshole.  Getting old sucks.  

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1 hour ago, HouTex said:

My biggest fear is losing my mind or experiencing significant changes in behavior.  I recently was on a flight with one of my law partners of 25+ years.  He is around 75 (still practicing law) and has been a great guy and a joy to be around.  It was a 737 with the usual 3 seats on either side of the isle.  He was a few rows behind me in a window seat.  The plane was completely full.  I was in a middle seat on the exit row across the isle from him.  When we arrived at the gate most of the isle passengers got up to start gathering their things, as usual.  I kept my seat until it was my turn to get up and quickly get my stuff together.  My law partner, from his window seat, as soon as the seat belt sign went off asked the guy next to him in the middle seat to let him get out so he could get his bag from the overhead bin right above his row.  The middle seat guy seemed like a decent guy and he did what I would have done by telling my law partner to chill out that everybody has to get their stuff from the overhead bin and we're not going anywhere fast.  My law partner basically insisted that he needed to get his luggage out of the overhead bin and just crawled his way over the guy in the middle seat, and somehow forced his way into the already crowded isle where he stood while the rows in front of him slowly exited the plane.  It was very difficult to watch.  Ten years ago I can't image he would have done such a thing.  I don't think he had a clue that he was being an asshole.  Getting old sucks.  

Didn't you already say he's a lawyer?

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5 hours ago, HouTex said:

My biggest fear is losing my mind or experiencing significant changes in behavior.  I recently was on a flight with one of my law partners of 25+ years.  He is around 75 (still practicing law) and has been a great guy and a joy to be around.  It was a 737 with the usual 3 seats on either side of the isle.  He was a few rows behind me in a window seat.  The plane was completely full.  I was in a middle seat on the exit row across the isle from him.  When we arrived at the gate most of the isle passengers got up to start gathering their things, as usual.  I kept my seat until it was my turn to get up and quickly get my stuff together.  My law partner, from his window seat, as soon as the seat belt sign went off asked the guy next to him in the middle seat to let him get out so he could get his bag from the overhead bin right above his row.  The middle seat guy seemed like a decent guy and he did what I would have done by telling my law partner to chill out that everybody has to get their stuff from the overhead bin and we're not going anywhere fast.  My law partner basically insisted that he needed to get his luggage out of the overhead bin and just crawled his way over the guy in the middle seat, and somehow forced his way into the already crowded isle where he stood while the rows in front of him slowly exited the plane.  It was very difficult to watch.  Ten years ago I can't image he would have done such a thing.  I don't think he had a clue that he was being an asshole.  Getting old sucks.  


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5 hours ago, HouTex said:

My biggest fear is losing my mind or experiencing significant changes in behavior.  I recently was on a flight with one of my law partners of 25+ years.  He is around 75 (still practicing law) and has been a great guy and a joy to be around.  It was a 737 with the usual 3 seats on either side of the isle.  He was a few rows behind me in a window seat.  The plane was completely full.  I was in a middle seat on the exit row across the isle from him.  When we arrived at the gate most of the isle passengers got up to start gathering their things, as usual.  I kept my seat until it was my turn to get up and quickly get my stuff together.  My law partner, from his window seat, as soon as the seat belt sign went off asked the guy next to him in the middle seat to let him get out so he could get his bag from the overhead bin right above his row.  The middle seat guy seemed like a decent guy and he did what I would have done by telling my law partner to chill out that everybody has to get their stuff from the overhead bin and we're not going anywhere fast.  My law partner basically insisted that he needed to get his luggage out of the overhead bin and just crawled his way over the guy in the middle seat, and somehow forced his way into the already crowded isle where he stood while the rows in front of him slowly exited the plane.  It was very difficult to watch.  Ten years ago I can't image he would have done such a thing.  I don't think he had a clue that he was being an asshole.  Getting old sucks.  

Maybe he was experiencing some type of anxiety as opposed to just being an ass.

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16 hours ago, HouTex said:

My biggest fear is losing my mind or experiencing significant changes in behavior.  I recently was on a flight with one of my law partners of 25+ years.  He is around 75 (still practicing law) and has been a great guy and a joy to be around.  It was a 737 with the usual 3 seats on either side of the isle.  He was a few rows behind me in a window seat.  The plane was completely full.  I was in a middle seat on the exit row across the isle from him.  When we arrived at the gate most of the isle passengers got up to start gathering their things, as usual.  I kept my seat until it was my turn to get up and quickly get my stuff together.  My law partner, from his window seat, as soon as the seat belt sign went off asked the guy next to him in the middle seat to let him get out so he could get his bag from the overhead bin right above his row.  The middle seat guy seemed like a decent guy and he did what I would have done by telling my law partner to chill out that everybody has to get their stuff from the overhead bin and we're not going anywhere fast.  My law partner basically insisted that he needed to get his luggage out of the overhead bin and just crawled his way over the guy in the middle seat, and somehow forced his way into the already crowded isle where he stood while the rows in front of him slowly exited the plane.  It was very difficult to watch.  Ten years ago I can't image he would have done such a thing.  I don't think he had a clue that he was being an asshole.  Getting old sucks.  

This sounds a lot like what happened to me 2 weeks ago. I took a short trip to the Chicago area. The final leg was on a small regional plane. I was exhausted and not looking forward to the meetings I had the next day.
 

As we started to land, I had a panic attack. I have very bad claustrophobia, and it’s getting worse as I age (mid-50s).  I can’t sit in the middle or window. I have to take another flight if I can’t get an aisle seat.  I had an aisle seat on this plane, but it was one of the small regional UA jets. 
 

As we landed, I had complete, overwhelming panic, anticipating that 10 minutes when we land, everyone stands up, and everyone is trapped in place until the plane clears. It was horrific. I am getting chills just typing this. 
 

I did deep breathing exercises and closed my eyes until it was over. I got through it, but it was awful. 
 

My dad had claustrophobia like this. It was awful for him. The older I get, the more I’m like him, in so many ways, including this. It’s irrational, it makes no sense, and I hate it. I hate it with every fiber of my being. 
 

He died of Alzheimer’s 2 years ago after a long, slow decline. His dad died of Alzheimer’s. His brother has it now. That certainly concerns me, and my wife and adult kids. 

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36 minutes ago, nnm said:

This sounds a lot like what happened to me 2 weeks ago. I took a short trip to the Chicago area. The final leg was on a small regional plane. I was exhausted and not looking forward to the meetings I had the next day.
 

As we started to land, I had a panic attack. I have very bad claustrophobia, and it’s getting worse as I age (mid-50s).  I can’t sit in the middle or window. I have to take another flight if I can’t get an aisle seat.  I had an aisle seat on this plane, but it was one of the small regional UA jets. 
 

As we landed, I had complete, overwhelming panic, anticipating that 10 minutes when we land, everyone stands up, and everyone is trapped in place until the plane clears. It was horrific. I am getting chills just typing this. 
 

I did deep breathing exercises and closed my eyes until it was over. I got through it, but it was awful. 
 

My dad had claustrophobia like this. It was awful for him. The older I get, the more I’m like him, in so many ways, including this. It’s irrational, it makes no sense, and I hate it. I hate it with every fiber of my being. 
 

He died of Alzheimer’s 2 years ago after a long, slow decline. His dad died of Alzheimer’s. His brother has it now. That certainly concerns me, and my wife and adult kids. 

Years ago, I was getting on a small regional carrier and had a panic attack while boarding. It was only a 30 minute flight so I was going to tough it out, but the longer it took to take off, the worse it got. Right before we were supposed to leave, they announced that there were problems with the plane and we were going to have to disembark for another plane. When I got on the next plane, I had no problems whatsoever. I think this was going to happen.sFxUhHvC8B8EMsTbDt2Pz-QezJdhUzeisf_qcxzyfyA.webp.fabab71d220ef73d274bfb3ee2b45227.webp . 

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17 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Maybe he was experiencing some type of anxiety as opposed to just being an ass.

I think that’s correct.  Man, he really needed to get his bag quickly just to weight in the isle (double downing on “isle” and staying consistent with “weight”). 

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On 4/29/2024 at 5:38 PM, 0xdeadbeef said:

Google   alfredson protocol for achilles tendonitis

The exercise protocol has had a bunch of controlled science studies that validates it works.   In a nutshell it involves doing an exercise that stretch the calf and achilles tendon under load (eccentric heel drops).

I trashed my achilles tendon in a Half Ironman and after a surgeon couldn't help and a PT was clueless, I stumbled on this on the web. (It had only been published a few years earlier, so it wasn't all over the web like today).  It worked. 

https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-alfredson-protocol-for-achilles-tendonitis-2696560
 

This is core to any plantar fasciitis recovery. There are other things to do that help alleviate pain but this is the fundamental exercise and many other exercises indirectly aid this one. Thanks for sharing I didn’t know the background. 
 

ps mine is finally better. Just in time for lower back pain, hip pain and general tightness around my left side. Need to lose some weight. 😕

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On 4/29/2024 at 8:37 AM, RPM said:

You might try resting your foot on a golf ball and rolling on it for as long as you can stand. Hurts like hell but stretches the tendon out and eventual relief after a few days.

I used to squeeze the fuck out of the sides of my heel right where it met the arch with a wood clamp. Hurt like hell but provided massive relief…

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