You know you're getting old when.....

BrutulTM said:

My Mom's knees were so bad that she could stand with her feet a foot apart and her knees would touch each other. She got both replaced at once and talks all the time about how she would be a cripple without them. The only issue she's mentioned is that it hurts to kneel on a hard floor.

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Yer mom does a lot of kneeling on hard floors... eh?

Kajiimagi said:

Few years ago one of my supers went to Nebraska for Xmas vacation. We come back and he calls ,says they decided the weather would be too back in Nebraska so they went to Texas instead, and now he was stuck in severe winter storm where electricity was being rationed and he didn't know when he was going to be able to leave. So forgive me if I don't believe ya. heh

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Oh yeah, we'll have a doozy of a winter storm in Dallas... About once every three or four years, and it will last for a few days before it all melts off. The number of Thanksgivings and Christmas Days I've spent wearing shorts and a short sleeved shirt greatly outnumbers the number of days "Ice outside" was a consideration

Kajiimagi said:

Well for the record, my 1st year here we had snow on Xmas one time, for about 2 hours before it melted. Vegas had 4" one time that lasted a day.
I don't 'do' snow.
Reason I asked was I worked with a guy who had titanium rods in his leg/back? Hell I don't remember it was around Desert Storm time and when it was cold in Charlotte NC he would be crying while working due to the cold causing him pain. Don't think he was faking.

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Owch. Then again I do suppose metal around heavy back nerves could also cause complication in that issue.

Goatface said:

for many people bone/joint issues get worse when the weather changes. for years after broke my knee it would feel like someone put a clamp on it when it was going to rain, but that faded over time. sure those big rods/pipes in femurs cause all sorts of issues when things change.

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Yeah, from what I've read it's barometric pressure shifts. Combine that with shifting body inflammation and you have issues. Mrs. Haus these days sports a pretty accurate "Rains a'comin" right hip due to some injuries she's had. Add into this that pressure and inflammation cause body tissues (including bone) to swell(heat) and also contract(cold), versus metal implants which do NOT swell, contract, or give and it seems to be a pretty easy recipe for something not feeling great. But in my observation it's not some absolute consistent across people.