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My knee has been giving me problems, and I don't mean like normal. The pain and weakness has me sincerely concerned.
 
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It's Friday kinda. I gotta work my overtime, but gonna do it Saturday. Kids will both be gone tomorrow, and I'm gonna stay here to be with Tiffany. One will be back Saturday, so I won't have to worry about her.
 
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Was gonna go straight to the gym, but was afraid to without my knee brace. Guess I'll nap, then hit the gym.
 
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VolNExile said:
Rest your knee for a week. Give it a break. Unless you want to have it semi-permanently inflamed, of course.
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I probably should have, instead of doing squats 🤣. In my defense, I don't do heavy weight at all, only right at 100lbs. I am worried though, I think it's just getting to that point the Dr warned me about. He said if I was lucky it'd be 10 years, it's been 8 now. Just trying to keep it in shape, in case I do gotta have surgery someday.
 
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joevol33 said:
I probably should have, instead of doing squats 🤣. In my defense, I don't do heavy weight at all, only right at 100lbs. I am worried though, I think it's just getting to that point the Dr warned me about. He said if I was lucky it'd be 10 years, it's been 8 now. Just trying to keep it in shape, in case I do gotta have surgery someday.
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A steady diet Bone broth may help some with that.
 
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joevol33 said:
I probably should have, instead of doing squats 🤣. In my defense, I don't do heavy weight at all, only right at 100lbs. I am worried though, I think it's just getting to that point the Dr warned me about. He said if I was lucky it'd be 10 years, it's been 8 now. Just trying to keep it in shape, in case I do gotta have surgery someday.
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You have a Bad Knee. Stop doing dumb chit like squats, at any weight. You can keep your legs strong without excessively stressing your knee joint.

Knee replacements have a limited lifetime, 20 years, maybe. How many do you want to have before you die? The longer you can postpone the first one, the better.

There are A LOT of fitness activities you can do that have the same or better results than weights. All respect to weightlifting, but it’s not the only path to strength and fitness.

@Orangeslice13 - speak to this young (-ish) man about alternatives to weights. You’ve learned the hard way, IIRC.
 
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VolNExile said:
You have a Bad Knee. Stop doing dumb chit like squats, at any weight. You can keep your legs strong without excessively stressing your knee joint.

Knee replacements have a limited lifetime, 20 years, maybe. How many do you want to have before you die? The longer you can postpone the first one, the better.

There are A LOT of fitness activities you can do that have the same or better results than weights. All respect to weightlifting, but it’s not the only path to strength and fitness.

@Orangeslice13 - speak to this young (-ish) man about alternatives to weights. You’ve learned the hard way, IIRC.
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👀🤣, But you're right. I think I don't want to let go of"I can do it". I did buy me a new brace this evening, we had to go get Tiffany's medicine, and I used my FSA card, or whatever it is. I almost bought some of that marijuana cream 🤣, IDK the correct name. I'm honestly worried it'd show up on a drug test, but people swear it's good.mock-sassy.gif
 
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VolNExile said:
You have a Bad Knee. Stop doing dumb chit like squats, at any weight. You can keep your legs strong without excessively stressing your knee joint.

Knee replacements have a limited lifetime, 20 years, maybe. How many do you want to have before you die? The longer you can postpone the first one, the better.

There are A LOT of fitness activities you can do that have the same or better results than weights. All respect to weightlifting, but it’s not the only path to strength and fitness.

@Orangeslice13 - speak to this young (-ish) man about alternatives to weights. You’ve learned the hard way, IIRC.
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@joedawg33
Here’s reality.
At 40 years old I could do 5 sets of 6 reps on bench with 90 lbs dumbbells. I max reped 350 2reps. I wish I had put the weights down in my late 20s. I’ve been doing body weight training (yoga, Barr, ect) for about 6 years now. I mix in running 2 times a week for a total of 4-5 40 minute workouts a week. My diet is on point too. I look better in the mirror now than when I was 40 and I feel so much better. The pain I endure now is left over from that BS weight lifting. It’s just not good for you and a woefully ineffective way to workout.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
@joedawg33
Here’s reality.
At 40 years old I could do 5 sets of 6 reps on bench with 90 lbs dumbbells. I max reped 350 2reps. I wish I had put the weights down in my late 20s. I’ve been doing body weight training (yoga, Barr, ect) for about 6 years now. I mix in running 2 times a week for a total of 4-5 40 minute workouts a week. My diet is on point too. I look better in the mirror now than when I was 40 and I feel so much better. The pain I endure now is left over from that BS weight lifting. It’s just not good for you and a woefully ineffective way to workout.
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@joevol33 as Slice used an, umm, informal @ for you
 
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joevol33 said:
👀🤣, But you're right. I think I don't want to let go of"I can do it". I did buy me a new brace this evening, we had to go get Tiffany's medicine, and I used my FSA card, or whatever it is. I almost bought some of that marijuana cream 🤣, IDK the correct name. I'm honestly worried it'd show up on a drug test, but people swear it's good.View attachment 546463
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Re: the cannabinoid cream, whatever it is: I’d just check with your HR department. It’s not like this is some new-fangled thing no one has heard of before, and as if you’re asking if you can grow opium poppies on the clock, and they will freak out and their hair will catch on fire and they’ll call the FBI.

Just tell them that you have chronic post-traumatic knee joint pain that is “limiting your everyday activities” (this is a bit of a magic phrase in medical land), and you’re looking for a way to keep it somewhat under control, and this is one of the possibilities you’re looking at, but you don’t want to have it blow up on you.

It’s very possible that it’s a no-go, as I assume that J&J is a gummint contractor, and they have to adhere to Federal law, including testing. But who knows.

Note: I don’t use cannabis products, and so from that personal angle I do not care that much about the laws. But from a general viewpoint, I very much resent that Big Pharma has kept paying Congresscritters to continue to keep MJ illegal, preferring to keep its Prozac and Xanax and whatnot legal, while possession of MJ remains something that will lock you up for years, while pushing their highly addictive but omg LEGAL drugs in the marketplace.
 
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VolNExile said:
Re: the cannabinoid cream, whatever it is: I’d just check with your HR department. It’s not like this is some new-fangled thing no one has heard of before, and as if you’re asking if you can grow opium poppies on the clock, and they will freak out and their hair will catch on fire and they’ll call the FBI.

Just tell them that you have chronic post-traumatic knee joint pain that is “limiting your everyday activities” (this is a bit of a magic phrase in medical land), and you’re looking for a way to keep it somewhat under control, and this is one of the possibilities you’re looking at, but you don’t want to have it blow up on you.

It’s very possible that it’s a no-go, as I assume that J&J is a gummint contractor, and they have to adhere to Federal law, including testing. But who knows.

Note: I don’t use cannabis products, and so from that personal angle I do not care that much about the laws. But from a general viewpoint, I very much resent that Big Pharma has kept paying Congresscritters to continue to keep MJ illegal, preferring to keep its Prozac and Xanax and whatnot being something that will lock you up for years, while pushing their highly addictive but omg LEGAL drugs in the marketplace.
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I agree. On one hand it's sold at the pharmacy, and Walmart, so it can't be like smoking a joint. On the other hand, it says cannibas, so I worry 🤣
 
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joevol33 said:
I agree. On one hand it's sold at the pharmacy, and Walmart, so it can't be like smoking a joint. On the other hand, it says cannibas, so I worry 🤣
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It’s interesting in states where cannabis is legal (ranging from “medical use” - nod nod, wink, wink - to “go get your yah-yahs out”). Unless your employer has a no-MJ policy, no one cares, but if there’s a Federal link, look out, mama.
 
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joevol33 said:
I agree. On one hand it's sold at the pharmacy, and Walmart, so it can't be like smoking a joint. On the other hand, it says cannibas, so I worry 🤣
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THC isnt sold at Walmart or Pharmacies around here - only the Dispensarys -- Walmart might have CBD which is no more than 0.3% of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the mind-altering substance in marijuana.
 
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There’s all this doo-dah about legal levels of THC (it’s more specific than that, but just as a for-instance) in otherwise legal hemp crops. Farmers who are attempting to grow legal hemp (both for fibers and for legal Delta-whatsit products) have to walk a tightrope to harvest their crops before the THC (whatever) level gets too high, or they’ll be charged with distribution. And that level can vary up and down, day by day, just as the perfect day for picking a tomato might vary.

I’m on all these Master Gardener Zoom call lists for gardening in NC, including the calls for hemp farmers. Each call is about testing and monitoring and what do you do if it goes up too high and on and on. What a nightmare.

Everyone who professes to object to government interference in our daily lives ought to fight back on behalf of the hemp farmers, whose livelihoods are being adversely affected by Federal laws. 😇
 
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