It's been a tough last two,years when my joints starting really bothering me. I didn't really understand what was happening but looks like this all srarted quite a few years ago, in my hands. Walking began to become difficult some five years ago, but it was a very slow process that built up as years went by.
I really believe weather brings on pain, like when it's cold or very humid, I read about studies on this matter and they say it's inconclusive. Well I know my body and I started to keep track on my pain levels and what the weather was doing. So I can tell you that for me, I can tell the difference when the weather changes.
I complained to my family Dr about pain and he suggested ibuprofen 600 mil twice per day, and it seemed to help a bit, for my hands. Then it almost seemed like a sudden pain I was getting in my knees, but only when I walked, sitting or riding my bike put no stress on my knees so it was still a livable sort of pain that I could deal with.
Time went on and it seemed the pain began to get worse, I could no longer grocery shop through the entire store so I'd have to skip a few isles and just get the essentials. I needed a rail to get up any stairs and found out I'd needed to walk one step at a time, thank goodness this is only pain in my right knee.
I look around at people who seem to be having trouble walking and now I understand why and what's happening with their bodies. How horrible it must be to have artheritus all over the body in every joint.
This doesn't happen over night, it gradually grows, at least that's how it happened to me.
Ibuprofen wasn't helping anymore so my Dr suggested I see a orthopedic Dr Callan, who showed me an x-Ray of my knee and the cartilage was wearing down, so a shot of some sort of steroidal cortisone maybe would help fill in the gaps and relieve my pain but It wouldn't last if I'm lucky about 3 months, then at that time is when I could come back for another shot. My first shot was wonderful! It worked fast and helped my pain but walking was still a problem, I continued taking the shots for two years, each time it would last less and less, until this option was no longer helping what so ever.
Another x-Ray showed that all cartilage was gone and I was entirely bone on bone, time for knee replacment.
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