• Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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    3 months ago

    Kinda surprised by all the joint pain ITT, especially knees. Age alone doesn’t do this.

    Knees are remarkably hard-wearing joints, capable of continued high mileage well into old age. I hope y’all are using those knees so you can keep using them for many years to come!

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          3 months ago

          There’s this horrible thing they keep doing to me where I gotta have money to exist, and to get money I gotta sit (in a drivers seat) for like 8hrs at a time. It’s bullshit.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve had auto immune arthritis for 30 years and my knees are still apparently better than 90% of this thread. It’s wild to see.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve noticed the patients we are doing knee replacements on have gotten younger. Never really saw people 50 or under getting them when I started in surgery. Then again, the patients are also typically morbidly obese and there is no shortage of them in the US.

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        3 months ago

        That’s an unfortunate trend, though I’m glad you’re there to give people another chance at mobility. With some of the new options I’ve heard buzz about, I hope people are able to get the help they need to thrive and maybe reverse that trend.

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      3 months ago

      I used them to excess in my 20s so I won’t have to use them in my 80s! Nothing worse for knees than carrying heavy shit for miles and miles. Oh well!