The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Maybe you can do things that we can't, nobody is useless

Thank you.......I'll give it some thought

Oh....I don't know about that.
I've met a few.

Well, I was going to say Happy Anniversary 🍾🥂🎉

Hope you've had a good day and many, many more of them

 

[Paulus]

I hope I don't sound like a bit of a whinger, but, my knees are giving real jip the last couple of days. Cycling around and about does not cause any pain, but after about a mile or so of walking they start to hurt.
I had to stop a couple of times this on this afternoons dog walk. I have taken a neproxin, hoping it will take the pain and aches away this evening. 😟

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I hope I don't sound like a bit of a whinger, but, my knees are giving real jip the last couple of days. Cycling around and about does not cause any pain, but after about a mile or so of walking they start to hurt.
I had to stop a couple of times this on this afternoons dog walk. I have taken a neproxin, hoping it will take the pain and aches away this evening. 😟

Yes - I have similar problems sometime - it is why I took up bike riding

If I walk around too much then sometimes either my knees or my feet will start playing up
Knees are not too bad - some rest and some anti-inflammatories and they are OK after a few days

feet, in my case are a different problem and can keep giving me problem for weeks
People think I am weird cycling down to Tesco then needing a stick to walk from my bike to the trolleys !!!!

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night Mary Elle

 

[PaulSB]

I hope I don't sound like a bit of a whinger, but, my knees are giving real jip the last couple of days. Cycling around and about does not cause any pain, but after about a mile or so of walking they start to hurt.
I had to stop a couple of times this on this afternoons dog walk. I have taken a neproxin, hoping it will take the pain and aches away this evening. 😟

I don't experience this but I am recovering from a big crash in which my right knee took a real beating. My knee swells and is uncomfortable if i go walking. I have yet to regain full flexion, I can't bend the knee backwards more than 90⁰ when I should be able to raise my foot to my backside. The two remaining issues are stiffness and swelling.

Both my PT and physio agree with the following. I can cycle 60-65 miles without any reaction as being clipped in the leg is held in one position and there is little pressure on it. If the knee is swollen when I set off cycling the swelling will disappear during the ride. The calf muscle is huge and pumps the fluid causing the swelling away.

When walking the foot is constantly adjusting its position. These adjustments are reflected up the leg meaning the knee is moving in several different directions which stresses and irritates it.

For months I iced the knee for 20 -30 minutes every evening. Every morning I stretch for 20 - 25, including stretches focused on loosening up the knee and preparing it for the day. If I don't do this fhe knee will swell during the day.

I've stopped wearing flat footwear in the house; slippers, crocs, sandals etc. For daily use I have two identical pairs of Skerchers trainers. An indoor and outdoor pair. I wear these as often as possible. My idea being the foot is well supported and kept in the same position all the time.

Finally I try to avoid protecting the knee and do everything as normally as possible.

These things are all helping and just recently I've seen quite rapid improvement. I began these regimes in late October so about four months to start seeing the benefits.

Good luck

 

[Drago]

I have risen! 1st!

Got to do some paperwork for then forthcoming parish council elections today.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Looks like being a decent day again for us.

Nothing much happening other than getting bloods at the health centre at 8.30. It’s mainly to check my cholesterol but they will just do a general health check and full bloods when I’m there. To be honest from what I’ve been reading about cholesterol it’s not quite the bad guy they have been making out. Even if I turn out to be slightly high I don’t think I would take statins anyway.

 

[Dave7]

Good day to all.
Warmer at 4° and supposed to reach 13° later.
It's bin day, very exciting.
Off to the pub at lunch time.
Stay safe peeps.

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooooeeeee. 2 deg here apparently but we have frost so it's been minus during the night

Stay safe peeps

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
Another frosty start to the day, but the sun has risen and it is due to be a lovely day.
I shall potter around the garden today and possibly cut the grass as it is growing with this weeks warm weather.

 

[Drago]

A bit milder this morning at 4 celsiuses.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Morning. Looks like being a decent day again for us.

Nothing much happening other than getting bloods at the health centre at 8.30. It’s mainly to check my cholesterol but they will just do a general health check and full bloods when I’m there. To be honest from what I’ve been reading about cholesterol it’s not quite the bad guy they have been making out. Even if I turn out to be slightly high I don’t think I would take statins anyway.

There’s an excellent Sliced Bread podcast where they look into cholesterol lowering products such as spreads and drinks that you can buy from supermarkets. They had one of the country's leading heart specialists as one of the studio guests. A fascinating listen.
It seems to me that the medical profession is keen to get as many people as possible onto statins if they are deemed to possibly benefit, even if their cholesterol levels are marginal ( and that level has certainly decreased to bring more people into the group ).
At my last checkup my numbers were HDL 1.2 and total HDL ratio of 3.1. Despite these numbers I was referred to the doctor with a view to being prescribed statins. When I queried this I was told that it was to prevent a possible future risk.
I can see that statins are certainly effective on a population level, indeed they are a " wonder drug ". The drugs difficulty is that it doesn't present an immediate observable " cure ", it prevents something that might happen to the individual at some time in the future.

 

[Mo1959]

There’s an excellent Sliced Bread podcast where they look into cholesterol lowering products such as spreads and drinks that you can buy from supermarkets. They had one of the country's leading heart specialists as one of the studio guests. A fascinating listen.
It seems to me that the medical profession is keen to get as many people as possible onto statins if they are deemed to possibly benefit, even if their cholesterol levels are marginal ( and that level has certainly decreased to bring more people into the group ).
At my last checkup my numbers were HDL 1.2 and total HDL ratio of 3.1. Despite these numbers I was referred to the doctor with a view to being prescribed statins. When I queried this I was told that it was to prevent a possible future risk.
I can see that statins are certainly effective on a population level, indeed they are a " wonder drug ". The drugs difficulty is that it doesn't present an immediate observable " cure ", it prevents something that might happen to the individual at some time in the future.

One of the most common side effects appears to be headaches which is the last thing I need as a headache/migraine sufferer anyway.

 

[Paulus]

I was put on Statins a year ago, my cholesterol was marginal my blood pressure was up a little and I was a little overweight.
I have lost 11 kilos, and made a few changes to my life style and everything was looking good.
But,
There is now an algorithm called Qrisk that calculates the risk taking in your height, weight, blood pressure, age, ethnicity and cholesterol and gives a score. I believe if that score is over 10.5 statins will be prescribed.