The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Beer will help. Lots of strong beer.

Tried that on Sunday night. Didn't work!

 

[Drago]

Then try scotch whisky!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Dentist early this morning for a sub-gum level filling.

Boyish good looks now ruined for a few hours as my mouth has gone wonky from the anesthetic. Woe is me.

 

[Dirk]

Then try scotch whisky!

Prefer Irish.......

 

[Dave7]

Neck pain almost unbearable at times.
I've got a fairly high pain threshold (a necessity for a motorcycle racer ) but I've had a torn neck muscle before and it's the only thing I've ever had that's made me cry through pain.

Hope all gets back to normal soon.

 

[Dave7]

Oucha.......hope it clears up quickly. My last bout of sciatica was so severe it also had me crawling on hands and knees actually crying. Never felt pain like it. Sadly, yet again it has left residual numbness down parts of the right leg and foot to match the left side from several years ago.

And you still manage to run and cycle?

 

[Dave7]

A physio cleared my sciatica in a couple of visits. He gave me some exercises, did some manipulation of the neve to alter its position fractionally. And other than the slight twinge now and again he utterly cured it.

I "did my back in" when I was 20. One of the problems that developed later was sciatica. A few years ago I watched a youtube video of specific exercises and they helped a lot.

 

[Drago]

New KMC chain fitted to the Felt road bike, ready for a nice jaunt tomorrow.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Oucha.......hope it clears up quickly. My last bout of sciatica was so severe it also had me crawling on hands and knees actually crying. Never felt pain like it. Sadly, yet again it has left residual numbness down parts of the right leg and foot to match the left side from several years ago.

 

[Mo1959]

And you still manage to run and cycle?

Yes, but it's a struggle. It seems to have affected the power in my legs. I run nearly 2 minutes per mile slower and cycle roughly 2mph slower for the same, if not more effort. Frustrating and a bit demoralising, but I certainly don't want to go down the back surgery route if I can avoid it so I will just keep plodding away the best I can.

 

[Dirk]

I've resigned myself to a few days of daytime television.

 

[Drago]

What will you do now theres no Jeremy Kyle show?

 

[Paulus]

I've resigned myself to a few days of daytime television.

Noooo, anything but daytime telly.

 

[Paulus]

Morning all, nice and sunny here. A bit of bike fettling to do once the mutt has been out. I have an old hub with the Suntour freewheel still attached, that needs to come off so that i can dismantle the bearings and give it a good clean and re grease.

That didn't go well. Broke the remover tool as the freewheel was solid. Tried taking the axle out in situ and managed to get it to moving, but the inside was so corroded that the whole lot ended up in the scrap bin.

 

[Mo1959]

I've resigned myself to a few days of daytime television.

Wimbledon? I can get quite into it once I get started watching.