The Pain of constant electrical work

[Pete999]

Sorry if this is in the wrong area, but for the older aged members , Tel and me included we have all heard of the usual painful problems, bad back knees etc.
But recently I have noticed the pain in my right (yes I'M RIGHT HANDED) arms wrist shoulders due to I think of being right handed using hammers .screwdrivers , manhandling equipment, you must get the picture.
I,m retired now so it's not a bother to me workwise just wondering ,are there any older members that suffer from right or left handed muscle problems , or left if you are that way inclined, and is there anyway of defeating his problem.
It causes me pain at night and during the day, anything thing the younger members can do to avoid this painful experience, believe it aint funny, if my experience is any thing to go by, take care Guys look after your bodies, making dosh is not the B all and end all of life, use the PEP and don't worry what others say, and good luck.









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[telectrix]

Pain like that is easily remedied by right elbow exercise, but must be resting on a bar at the time, ask Tel.

right elbow in use holding up pint. left elbow under the arse of the floozie on the next stool.

 

[Mike Johnson]

right elbow in use holding up pint. left elbow under the arse of the floozie on the next stool.

Cricky Tel you are far more flexible than I am, my elbows can't get that far apart. ?

 

[netblindpaul]

Just one word of warning.
I thought I was indescribable.
I thought my aches and pains were down to wear and tear from my abusing my body at work.
They weren’t, I had cancer, I ignored it.
I ended up paralysed.
Look after yourself when it goes wrong it can go wrong big time and you might not realise what is happening to you.
My cancer, prostate cancer, no known attributable cause, mine is stage 4.
It has spread through my body.
Inoperable, not treatable with chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
I am just going to have to try and live as long as I can with the cancer.
My consultant has given me a 50% chance of living for another 3 years, reducing survival rate after that.
I could have been diagnosed sooner IF I had given in to the nagging of my wife, or recognised the symptoms.
I didn’t, so now I am dying of cancer.
Kind of changes your perspective somewhat.

 

[Pete999]

Just one word of warning.
I thought I was indescribable.
I thought my aches and pains were down to wear and tear from my abusing my body at work.
They weren’t, I had cancer, I ignored it.
I ended up paralysed.
Look after yourself when it goes wrong it can go wrong big time and you might not realise what is happening to you.
My cancer, prostate cancer, no known attributable cause, mine is stage 4.
It has spread through my body.
Inoperable, not treatable with chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
I am just going to have to try and live as long as I can with the cancer.
My consultant has given me a 50% chance of living for another 3 years, reducing survival rate after that.
I could have been diagnosed sooner IF I had given in to the nagging of my wife, or recognised the symptoms.
I didn’t, so now I am dying of cancer.
Kind of changes your perspective somewhat.

So Sorry to hear that Mate good advice, I have had a brain tumor removed and treated and Prostate cancer operated and removed so feel your anguish,if you don't mind make trhe most of what time you have left, if you need a visit call on me,

 

[static zap]

Kind of changes your perspective somewhat.

Sadly my "indestructible" was from losing the wife to pancreatic.
In 2019 . A nasty one that hides away . We may be persecuting smokers , but I think the air quality in towns does need some work.

 

[ruston]

Same advice here, it can creep up on you and you just keep chipping away putting the pain down to abuse.
If you have any unusual pain that just keeps nagging on , get it checked out.
I had shoulder pain that I put down to strain, it got to that it was more than tolerable and turned out to be Lymphoma. The shoulder pain was a secondary tumour.

 

[Pete999]

Same advice here, it can creep up on you and you just keep chipping away putting the pain down to abuse.
If you have any unusual pain that just keeps nagging on , get it checked out.
I had shoulder pain that I put down to strain, it got to that it was more than tolerable and turned out to be Lymphoma. The shoulder pain was a secondary tumour.

 

[FatAlan]

Re the prostate. Get your PSA levels checked regularly. I was checked out last year for other issues and had a raised PSA level. Was referred quickly for an MRI which detected a suspicious area. Then had a biopsy (that’s another story ?) which found one sample core out of 15 was cancerous. Given various treatment options. Surgeon said that I was either really lucky that they’d detected early as I’m under 60 or unlucky because I now knew about it. Did a lot of research on early stage treatment and got a referral to a consultant that specialises in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) where they stick a probe up your backside and zap the dodgy areas in the prostate. Whilst being referred for suitability for HIFU my PSA actually dropped back down again. Had another MRI the other week and have just been informed that they can no longer see any cancerous areas in the prostate so at this stage I’ll just continue with what they call, active surveillance. Apparently, whether it’s responsible for your death or not, the majority of blokes will have some area cancer present in the prostate when they die. Moral of the story - Any suspicions, get it checked out as early stage cancer contained in the prostate is easily treatable now.

 

[UNG]

I had some issues with my waterworks that was slowly getting worse and eventually went to my see my doctor at the end of September 2015 who told me I would need to see a urology consultant the NHS referred me to the local private hospital and a few weeks later I had my appointment, it took about 5 weeks to have all the tests done, after the last test I sat down with the consultant and was told I had an enlarged prostate that needed an op to sort it out and that would be in six weeks time, I had the op mid January 2016 and all went well, I had to see the consultant a few weeks later for the follow up and was told that my PSA levels were still quite high and I would need another blood test about a fortnight later before he could sign it off. Those few weeks seemed to drag until the blood test came back to confirm that my PSA level was back to normal
I only have the biannual colonoscopy to worry about now although the last one recommended I had another in 12 months which with covid is now slightly overdue