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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself
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@jimiwho Prior to my initial back injury, and then my neck, I used to spend 2-3 hours/day in the gym lifting very heavy weights. I know what I used to feel like and look like. I always used to feel half my age. Now, I feel older than my age and have gained an extra 40 pounds, yet people still see me as a healthy guy who still works out! I see myself as an overweight senior citizen who can barely walk around the block and is not allowed to lift more than 10 pounds. I have a grandson who loves to spend time with me, but after a day with him, I'm in bed for a week! I do need a better vision of myself. I just don't know how to get there. The first step is to lose that extra 40 lbs! Then, maybe, my "vision" will improve!
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@scampano3 Just like you I went to the gym 5 days a week immediately after I had to retire 10 years ago, I lifted weights and walked on a treadmill for an hour. However, I gradually had to shorten and then stop using the treadmill because of the arthritis and neuropathy in my feet, knees, and hips. I continued lifting weights and walking laps around the gym in between machines for over a hour. Then after that became too hard I went to the gym 3 days a week, until a few months ago when I cancelled my membership. The pain continued to get worse until I couldn't do it anymore. Now I have a hard time just walking around the grocery store with my wife. I still have most of my upper body strength, but from my hips down to my feet I feel at least 20 years older(I'm almost 67).
Chronic pain really sucks.