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For you guys out there just saw the rheumy and he said it was time for me to do something for myself – 58 – 12 surgeries, 14 screws, plates rods etc.- Back – neck. Told him I did, bought a new motorcycle. He thought it was great, walking and standing is hard and I’m just not ready for one of them electric thingees yet, this should speed it up though. Passed the skill driving test too, they didn’t notice the fused thumbs. Jim
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You go for it Jim-it’s amazing how much better you can feel when you can do something that you enjoy so much-just be careful!! God Bless Cindy
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Way to go Jim, I sure miss my motorcycles. I sold them about a year after being diagnosed with RA/SLE overlap. This was 12 years ago. Because of the pain in my hands I couldn’t pull in the clutch anymore. But things are getting better now with the new meds they have me on. I might just do the same as you did and invest in another motorcycle. What brand/model of bike did you buy? They sure are a lot more expensive than they were years ago. Hope you have a great time on your new bike! — ————————————————————————— Kendall F. Stratton III Fort Fairfield, Maine USA k…@maine.rr.com KenStrat…@Yahoo.com http://home.maine.rr.com/k3 www.ilscenter.com for Microsoft Netmeeting "The Mind, once stretched by an empowering idea, can never fully shrink back to it’s original dimensions." ————————————————————————— "Jim" <jho…@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:B5E6D842.251D%jhoelt@earthlink.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> For you guys out there just saw the rheumy and he said it was time for me to > do something for myself – 58 – 12 surgeries, 14 screws, plates rods etc.- > Back – neck. Told him I did, bought a new motorcycle. He thought it was > great, walking and standing is hard and I’m just not ready for one of them > electric thingees yet, this should speed it up though. Passed the skill > driving test too, they didn’t notice the fused thumbs. > Jim
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Got a new Yamaha V-Star 650, big enough yet light enough for me to handle. For some reason people with spine injuries can often ride a bicycle with no problems which I’ve been doing and of course it has the hand brakes. I have OA, SLE and a weird degenerative joint condition which wipes out the finger joints forming synovial cysts, but what the heck you only live once so I went for it. The breaks now are hydraulic and the clutch is easy. Love it so far. Jim – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> From: "K3" <k…@maine.rr.com> > Organization: RoadRunner Portland, Maine > Newsgroups: alt.support.arthritis,alt.support.lupus > Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:03:34 -0400 > Subject: Re: Mototrcycles > Way to go Jim, > I sure miss my motorcycles. I sold them about a year after being diagnosed > with RA/SLE overlap. This was 12 years ago. Because of the pain in my > hands I couldn’t pull in the clutch anymore. But things are getting better > now with the new meds they have me on. I might just do the same as you > did and invest in another motorcycle. > What brand/model of bike did you buy? They sure are a lot more expensive > than they were years ago. > Hope you have a great time on your new bike! > — > ————————————————————————— > Kendall F. Stratton III > Fort Fairfield, Maine USA > k…@maine.rr.com > KenStrat…@Yahoo.com > http://home.maine.rr.com/k3 > www.ilscenter.com for Microsoft Netmeeting > "The Mind, once stretched by an empowering idea, > can never fully shrink back to it’s original dimensions." > ————————————————————————— > "Jim" <jho…@earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:B5E6D842.251D%jhoelt@earthlink.net… >> For you guys out there just saw the rheumy and he said it was time for me > to >> do something for myself – 58 – 12 surgeries, 14 screws, plates rods etc.- >> Back – neck. Told him I did, bought a new motorcycle. He thought it was >> great, walking and standing is hard and I’m just not ready for one of them >> electric thingees yet, this should speed it up though. Passed the skill >> driving test too, they didn’t notice the fused thumbs. >> Jim
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 02:32:18 GMT, you wrote: >For you guys out there just saw the rheumy and he said it was time for me to >do something for myself – 58 – 12 surgeries, 14 screws, plates rods etc.- >Back – neck. Told him I did, bought a new motorcycle. He thought it was >great, walking and standing is hard and I’m just not ready for one of them >electric thingees yet, this should speed it up though. Passed the skill >driving test too, they didn’t notice the fused thumbs. >Jim
:) Sounds like fun. such beasts always scared me but I did have a little Honda something or another in my mid-20s. Actually it was my ex’s bike but I drove it a couple of times and loved it. For toodling around our small town – getting out on the open road terrified me though. I know… what a wimp! take care, *********************************** KCat http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/mypage.htm http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/aslfaq20.htm ("`-”-/").___..–”"`-._ (`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.’`) (_Y_.)’ ._ ) `._ `. “-..-” _..`–’_..-_/ /–’_.’ ,’ (()),-” (()),’ (((.-’
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>… but what the heck you only live once so I went for it. The breaks now are
hydraulic and the clutch is easy. Love it so far. You go Jim! (Is there a male equivalent to ‘you go girl’?) Say what you will, but a bike you can ride without carring a toolbox can be handy in one’s ‘old age’. to our (freedom) health kelly
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In article <B5E6D842.251D%jho…@earthlink.net>, Jim <jho…@earthlink.net> wrote: > For you guys out there just saw the rheumy and he said it was time for me to > do something for myself – 58 – 12 surgeries, 14 screws, plates rods etc.- > Back – neck. Told him I did, bought a new motorcycle. He thought it was > great, walking and standing is hard and I’m just not ready for one of them > electric thingees yet, this should speed it up though. Passed the skill > driving test too, they didn’t notice the fused thumbs. > Jim
Sounds great– I had an old l50 Honda and went out with my kids and we all rode around out in the desert — know better than that now because of the ecological stuff but then it was just a great way to spend a saturday. Just be careful to always wear your helmet. Next thing is to get a dog (with goggles of course) and a side car to put it in. lol Ruth
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Jim, what you say about bicycles and back problems is very true. I have a very tight curve in my lower back(which causes me a very annoying sciatic problem when I walk any distnace or stand for any length of time). Amazingly, I can bicycle almost anywhere. So, I cycle all over town. I’m sure to anyone who sees me I look like a fitness freak–very fit and athletic. hahaha Little do they know…rheumatoid arthritis and scoliosis. lol The nice thing about bicycling is it is one of the things some people with RA can do to keep thier "juices" flow and their cardiovascular system in good trim–despite the other limitations of the condidtion. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Jim wrote: > Got a new Yamaha V-Star 650, big enough yet light enough for me to handle. > For some reason people with spine injuries can often ride a bicycle with no > problems which I’ve been doing and of course it has the hand brakes. I have > OA, SLE and a weird degenerative joint condition which wipes out the finger > joints forming synovial cysts, but what the heck you only live once so I > went for it. The breaks now are hydraulic and the clutch is easy. Love it > so far. > Jim > > From: "K3" <k…@maine.rr.com> > > Organization: RoadRunner Portland, Maine > > Newsgroups: alt.support.arthritis,alt.support.lupus > > Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:03:34 -0400 > > Subject: Re: Mototrcycles > > Way to go Jim, > > I sure miss my motorcycles. I sold them about a year after being diagnosed > > with RA/SLE overlap. This was 12 years ago. Because of the pain in my > > hands I couldn’t pull in the clutch anymore. But things are getting better > > now with the new meds they have me on. I might just do the same as you > > did and invest in another motorcycle. > > What brand/model of bike did you buy? They sure are a lot more expensive > > than they were years ago. > > Hope you have a great time on your new bike! > > — > > ————————————————————————— > > Kendall F. Stratton III > > Fort Fairfield, Maine USA > > k…@maine.rr.com > > KenStrat…@Yahoo.com > > http://home.maine.rr.com/k3 > > www.ilscenter.com for Microsoft Netmeeting > > "The Mind, once stretched by an empowering idea, > > can never fully shrink back to it’s original dimensions." > > ————————————————————————— > > "Jim" <jho…@earthlink.net> wrote in message > > news:B5E6D842.251D%jhoelt@earthlink.net… > >> For you guys out there just saw the rheumy and he said it was time for me > > to > >> do something for myself – 58 – 12 surgeries, 14 screws, plates rods etc.- > >> Back – neck. Told him I did, bought a new motorcycle. He thought it was > >> great, walking and standing is hard and I’m just not ready for one of them > >> electric thingees yet, this should speed it up though. Passed the skill > >> driving test too, they didn’t notice the fused thumbs. > >> Jim
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On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:17:06 -0400, you wrote: >Jim, >what you say about bicycles and back problems is very true. I have a very tight >curve in my lower back(which causes me a very annoying sciatic problem when I walk >any distnace or stand for any length of time). Amazingly, I can bicycle almost >anywhere. So, I cycle all over town. I’m sure to anyone who sees me I look like >a fitness freak–very fit and athletic. hahaha Little do they know…rheumatoid >arthritis and scoliosis. lol
During the worst costochondritis/pleurisy? bout I ever had, I could still ride 5 miles a day with no ill effect. I did have to learn to breathe shallowly. Perhaps had I been on a recumbant bike I would have had problems. 
since leaning forward actually makes the back/chest feel better. I used to think people who saw me at work/church probably thought I was lying or whatever because I could barely sit for any length of time, barely open a test tube, but I could ride my bicycle. It made me realize how these PIs that investigate disabled folks and declare them not disabled based on their activities outside of work, can screw someone’s life up if they don’t understand the physical illness. Granted, if you say You’ve got a ruptured disc and you’re out there lifting heavy boxes out of your car and building brick walls then that would seem counterintuitive… *********************************** KCat http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/mypage.htm http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/aslfaq20.htm ("`-”-/").___..–”"`-._ (`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.’`) (_Y_.)’ ._ ) `._ `. “-..-” _..`–’_..-_/ /–’_.’ ,’ (()),-” (()),’ (((.-’
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In article <5pdcsssh38soihtk6j28bogilcks02r…@4ax.com>, KCat <kcdoc…@ghg.net> wrote [] >Granted, if you say You’ve got >a ruptured disc
I have, well a prolapsed L4L5 anyway >and you’re out there lifting heavy boxes out of your >car
I do.. VERY slowly and carefully, with straight back and bent legs >and building brick walls
(couldn’t get them straight with my new glasses) >then that would seem counterintuitive…
Indeed so. The human body consistently confuses people! — Andy For Austrian philately <URL: http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/austamps/> For Lupus <URL: http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/lupus/> For my other interests <URL: http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/>
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The first thing the spine specialist asked me after looking at the MRI’s etc. was can you ride a bike, yup. In all I had six ruptured disc, three lumbar sacral and 3 cervical, now they are all fused and a bike is perhaps the best exercise I can get. It’s even helped the OA but I think sometimes I irritate the SLE, get a facial rash and swelling around the eyes. Jim – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> From: KCat <kcdoc…@ghg.net> > Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com > Newsgroups: alt.support.lupus > Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:44:33 -0500 > Subject: Re: Mototrcycles > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:17:06 -0400, you wrote: >> Jim, >> what you say about bicycles and back problems is very true. I have a very >> tight >> curve in my lower back(which causes me a very annoying sciatic problem when I >> walk >> any distnace or stand for any length of time). Amazingly, I can bicycle >> almost >> anywhere. So, I cycle all over town. I’m sure to anyone who sees me I look >> like >> a fitness freak–very fit and athletic. hahaha Little do they >> know…rheumatoid >> arthritis and scoliosis. lol > During the worst costochondritis/pleurisy? bout I ever had, I could > still ride 5 miles a day with no ill effect. I did have to learn to > breathe shallowly. Perhaps had I been on a recumbant bike I would > have had problems. since leaning forward actually makes the > back/chest feel better. I used to think people who saw me at > work/church probably thought I was lying or whatever because I could > barely sit for any length of time, barely open a test tube, but I > could ride my bicycle. It made me realize how these PIs that > investigate disabled folks and declare them not disabled based on > their activities outside of work, can screw someone’s life up if they > don’t understand the physical illness. Granted, if you say You’ve got > a ruptured disc and you’re out there lifting heavy boxes out of your > car and building brick walls then that would seem counterintuitive… > *********************************** > KCat > http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/mypage.htm > http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/aslfaq20.htm > ("`-”-/").___..–”"`-._ > (`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.’`) > (_Y_.)’ ._ ) `._ `. “-..-” > _..`–’_..-_/ /–’_.’ ,’ > (()),-” (()),’ (((.-’
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:12:16 GMT, you wrote: >The first thing the spine specialist asked me after looking at the MRI’s >etc. was can you ride a bike, yup. In all I had six ruptured disc, three >lumbar sacral and 3 cervical, now they are all fused and a bike is perhaps >the best exercise I can get. It’s even helped the OA but I think sometimes >I irritate the SLE, get a facial rash and swelling around the eyes.
I get a mild "wind burn" from it at times that does aggravate the rash and make my eyes swell. I also think when the mold count goes up around here I have more trouble from the rides (likewise, we had rain last week so the mold is not just "heavy" but "very heavy" according to the news. However, I ride at dusk usually – yesterday we went a little earlier which I think was a bad move – sun exposure in the early part of the day and very slight exposure again at night – got a migraine last night and the rash looked nasty today. Hubby stayed home to baby me. If folks in the Houston area are having problems right now they might consider the possibility that the high mold count could be inducing these problems rather than the weather change itself (Glorious!). Are ya wearin’ sunblock or is that too girly for ya, Jim? take care, *********************************** KCat http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/mypage.htm http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/aslfaq20.htm ("`-”-/").___..–”"`-._ (`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.’`) (_Y_.)’ ._ ) `._ `. “-..-” _..`–’_..-_/ /–’_.’ ,’ (()),-” (()),’ (((.-’
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