aches and pains

[purplebear7]

:\  Funny how us 'Old Guys' tend to brag (well just a bit) about our age  :\

However ... I'd have to agree that growing old is probably the most difficult thing I've ever done ... and trust me ... I've done some difficult things :eek in my time.  The fifteen years of active service in the Navy started the downhill shuffle and slide.

Combat Diver and Underwater Weapons Specialist, etc.  Followed up with 40 more years of Commercial Diving and Sports Diving Instruction ... with some HGV Long Haul Trucking thrown in ... talk to me about lugging heavy loads about.

To date ... as far as I can remember ... I have a Port side Artificial Knee, Two Artificial Hips (one each side Port Side steel Elbow implants, Two steel 'self adjusting rams' in my Lower Back,  A steel upper jaw (with clip on teeth  :lol. Serious nerve damage to Upper and Lower Spine resulting in Balance problems plus Hand and Foot control agro. 

The Bloody Arthritis Bug and some very Physical Graft have paid me back for my Fantastic Fun Filled Lifestyle and I currently hobble about with a clip on Starboard Side Crutch or my Ivanised Wheelchair if I need to go more than about 200 yards (to the loo). 

Yes I'm still an active 'Biker' ... Honda CB1300 and Sports Sidecar ... I'm ok once I get my leg over  :rolleyes
Almost forgot (old age probs) I'm also about 75% deaf as a doorpost and I'll be 76 years young in October ... so I think I might still be the oldest Fart on the Forum ? :\ 

Need to scoot now ... I need another pee  :eek    Like I always say guys ... live it Now and Stay Safe  .

Trev          The Polar Bear from Brum ... now based in Mallorca.

[rainbow-walker]

I dont know whether to laugh or cry, but great post Trev (remember bumping into you on your Polar white fazer 1000 somewhere many moons ago, may have been Bourton on the Water).


RBW.

:\  Funny how us 'Old Guys' tend to brag (well just a bit) about our age  :\

However ... I'd have to agree that growing old is probably the most difficult thing I've ever done ... and trust me ... I've done some difficult things :eek in my time.  The fifteen years of active service in the Navy started the downhill shuffle and slide.

Combat Diver and Underwater Weapons Specialist, etc.  Followed up with 40 more years of Commercial Diving and Sports Diving Instruction ... with some HGV Long Haul Trucking thrown in ... talk to me about lugging heavy loads about.

To date ... as far as I can remember ... I have a Port side Artificial Knee, Two Artificial Hips (one each side Port Side steel Elbow implants, Two steel 'self adjusting rams' in my Lower Back,  A steel upper jaw (with clip on teeth  :lol . Serious nerve damage to Upper and Lower Spine resulting in Balance problems plus Hand and Foot control agro. 

The Bloody Arthritis Bug and some very Physical Graft have paid me back for my Fantastic Fun Filled Lifestyle and I currently hobble about with a clip on Starboard Side Crutch or my Ivanised Wheelchair if I need to go more than about 200 yards (to the loo). 

Yes I'm still an active 'Biker' ... Honda CB1300 and Sports Sidecar ... I'm ok once I get my leg over  :rolleyes
Almost forgot (old age probs) I'm also about 75% deaf as a doorpost and I'll be 76 years young in October ... so I think I might still be the oldest Fart on the Forum ? :\ 

Need to scoot now ... I need another pee  :eek    Like I always say guys ... live it Now and Stay Safe  .

Trev          The Polar Bear from Brum ... now based in Mallorca.

[Oldgit]

67 and getting a new bike--Foc the aches and pains  :pc

[7omly]

At 56 I should know better. Going to see the specialist on Monday with a left knee that sounds as though it's full of sand. Done it in playing five-a-side 22 years ago. Then I was overweight, I'm still overweight but now in pain. Even after two operations. I have a few medical problems that I don't want to moan about. One thing I do know is I love motorbiking and as I tell my wife I will continue to ride my bike until a doctor or the DVLA tell me I can't.
On a lighter side the young uns laugh at us but we know what's coming to you. :lol

[hotmetal]

I get cramp in my hips every time I get on the Fazer, I thought coming from a FZR the fzs would be more comfy but somehow it doesn't work like that! And I'm a mere whipper snapper at 46. Martial arts focced my knees, plus running  (no not for when the martial arts didn't work lol!) Got a dodgy lower back as well but nothing that would keep me off bikes. Maybe a different bike at some point but gotta keep riding.

Mate sent me a video of that mountain biker Martyn Ashton is it? Had a crash doing a stunt and is paralysed stomach down. Even he got back on his bike, but can't pedal so downhill only and his mates have to catch him at the bottom cos his feet are sellotaped to the pedals FFS! The guy is a total legend. I'll post the link if I can find it. Puts aches and pains into context. 

[hotmetal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX_hn3Xf...wU&index=3

[nick crisp]

People like that certainly make you rethink your own position.

I actually find that riding the bike is good for the aches. I don't know if it's because it keeps everything moving just enough to stop things seizing up without actually being strenuous enough to aggravate them, seems like that.

Had a review of my back injury at the trauma clinic today. The consultant seemed concerned that I turned up on the bike  :lol I just told him, this is what I do, that's all there is to it  His concern was more about what could happen rather than it being a problem in itself, but you can't live your life worrying about maybes.

[Panthor]

Live not long turned 30 and have just had an Mri this week for back pain that has been getting worse for the last 6 months. Gp thinks may be a disc problem, ah well hopefully not long till the results come back

[taylor]

please take this thread off, I don't want to know whats around the corner. :eek

[hotmetal]

This guy didn't let anything stop him riding either. Racing motorbikes with one arm and one leg.
https://youtu.be/TNKuesBVmYs

[lew600fazer]

Amazing but sorry no way should he be allowed on a race track he is a liablity to himself and the safety of others.
Another handicapped rider who should never have had a racing licence returned to was Robert Dunlop. If his racing ban had been enforced likely as not Robert Dunlop would still be alive.
I do admire the guys get up and go attitude but!!!!!!!!!!!

[hotmetal]

There are enough able bodied riders who are a liability to themselves and everybody else too though.

[lew600fazer]

Very true, that is why for now I have stopped riding my bike because I am not physically able too.  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

[7omly]

The Yanks use the word awesome to describe any old crap. This fella is truly awesome. A true inspiration to everyone. I hope he's successful, he certainly deserves to be.

[unfazed]

Amazing but sorry no way should he be allowed on a race track he is a liablity to himself and the safety of others.
Another handicapped rider who should never have had a racing licence returned to was Robert Dunlop. If his racing ban had been enforced likely as not Robert Dunlop would still be alive.
I do admire the guys get up and go attitude but!!!!!!!!!!!

FFS why not, just because your handicapped should not stop you doing what you love if you can. :rolleyes
Live life to the full, I would rather die doing something I love doing rather than waste away sitting around and dying of boredom.

After my accident in 2002, having spending 3 months in hospital and 9 trips to the operating theatre, which for 3 weeks they did not know if I would survive, I arrived in to the consultant 2 months after being released from hospital for a check up in my bike gear, his comment was "Your back on the bike I see". I replied "Yes" and expected a lecture, but his reply surprised me "That's good, going back to what you always did before the accident is good for your recovery, mentally and physically, just be careful"

[Dead Eye]

There's a thin line between each side of that coin - I don't think I would go out if I thought it likely that my conditions could cause harm to others

It's all fair game when you are putting only yourself at risk

[lew600fazer]

And one armed one legged bike racer should not be allowed on a race track. Due to my current issues with my knee I should not be allowed on a bike and if I had to go for a medical I do not think I would pass it either.