Weird Week

[Fla Flash]

Heat's been killing me. I do need to lose some of this 15 lbs I've put on since my knee's been givin' me grief. Can't run for another 4 weeks. Doctor says I'm not as young as I used to be. Hands me a bottle of pain medication.
"Will these make me dopey?"
He nods.
"You mean more than normal?"
Stares at me for a minute and busts out laughing. Nice guy.
Anyway he said the cartlidge looks like a map of the Aluetian Island (swell) and I should have had the surgery years ago. He said I really should have it, but I kinda talked him out of it. Being off my feet for six weeks ain't gonna happen.
I actually had a sore throat for a while this morning. That hasn't happened in six years. That was the last time I had a cold. Don't have one, but made me wonder if the climate down here has done wonders for me. Been humid as hell all week. Walked from my house to the shop today. Heat index said it was 102. Downed my powerade.
I think it was people who surprised me this week more than anything else. The Gobbler's been calm, I gave some kids something to play with (pm me If you want to know more about that), I went out with an attractive girl whom I'm not really all that attracted to and saw Shawn get a year older. Yahoo. Life is pretty much good right now.

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[king killa]

> I went out with an attractive girl whom I'm not
> really all that attracted to

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[saprophytic]

My dad has been having problems with his knee too /wwwthreads/images/icons/frown.gif
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[Isildur]

> Anyway he said the cartlidge looks like a map of the
> Aluetian Island (swell) and I should have had the surgery
> years ago. He said I really should have it, but I kinda
> talked him out of it. Being off my feet for six weeks ain't
> gonna happen.

Be careful, man. It's better to be off your feet for a few weeks now, than to be off them a lot more in the long run./wwwthreads/images/icons/frown.gif
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[ricardobaltazar]

> When i had knee surgery, i saved all the percacet (i think
> that's how it's spelled) and bared the pain, for like two
> weeks, and it was worth every bit

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[icenine0]

I don't get the whole "grit and bear it thing." The way I see it:
Pain is your indicator that somethings wrong.
Once you know what's wrong, there's no reason for pain.

It's like on a submarine. The crew goes to Red Alert when it's under attack, and goes back to normal when the threats been neutralized. They don't leave the big flashing light on all the time, seen? <img src=smilies/magbiggrin.gif>


> I love the human spirit.



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[icenine0]

Well, they don't on the STARSHIP ENTERPRISE GODDAMMIT!
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It's a submarine of the stars!

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[Isildur]

> I don't get the whole "grit and bear it thing." The way I
> see it:
> Pain is your indicator that somethings wrong.
> Once you know what's wrong, there's no reason for pain.
>

Pain isn't always the best indicator of what should not be done, the same way that flailing around wildly isn't the right thing to do when in danger of drowning, even though it seems instinctive. Our sense of pain evolved to warn us of actions that are detrimental to us, true, but it isn't sophisticated enough to predict long term consequences. For that we have to use our brains.

Also: Something I've noticed, is that in terms of athletic fitness, the phrase "no pain, no gain" is quite true. People who spend a lot of time doing light exercise get thin, but they don't build as much muscle as people who spend a moderate amount of time doing strenuous exercise. It makes sense actually, because when the body registers pain from hard work, it knows that its present musculature is not sufficient to execute the task efficiently, so it adapts by increasing muscle mass.

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[Narvi]

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Also: Something I've noticed, is that in terms of athletic
fitness, the phrase "no pain, no gain" is quite true. People
who spend a lot of time doing light exercise get thin, but
they don't build as much muscle as people who spend a
moderate amount of time doing strenuous exercise. It makes
sense actually, because when the body registers pain from
hard work, it knows that its present musculature is not
sufficient to execute the task efficiently, so it adapts by
increasing muscle mass.


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Well put. Some pain is good too. I'm not a massochyst, but pain is good.
I mean, sometimes, I'd rather have a bug-bite bleed than have it still be itchy. I've found that most people prefer pain over itchiness.
Also, there's nothing like the feeling the next day of sore muscles after a hard workout. You know they hurt, but you also know that they're supposed to hurt and are getting stronger. It's a good feeling pain.
Also, what about canker-sores on the insides of your mouth? Who doesn't like to chew on them? It's pain, but it's not terrible pain.
I especially love when somebody kicks you in the nuts as hard as they can, oh, wait a minute, no, that's too much pain for any man.

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[Isildur]

If necessary, I can usually sort of tune out pain if it's not from within my torso or head and it's not from an currently-active body part (e.g. a hand I'm moving) by sort of psychologically distancing myself from it (by viewing it not as immediate part myself, but as a complaining tool). I find it harder to do that with an active limb or area (because coordination requires one to think of all of one's moving parts together). In general I find it harder to dissociate myself from my torso because it always moves (from breathing), and my head because I know it is the actual physical location of my conciousness (also it too moves a lot).

I don't know if any of that makes any sense to anybody else, but oh well. =P

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[icenine0]

When the threat is neutralized they usually turn off "Red Alert", ok? That's what I mean. Are j00 happy? <img src=smilies/magbiggrin.gif>



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[icenine0]

That's not exactly a comparable situation. When you do a strenuous workout, your brain releases endorphins that make you feel ggooodddd when it's over with. And, while your legs and arms do ache a bit the next day, can you honestly compare that 'pain' to that of any kind of injury, I.E. getting kicked in the nuts? Personally, when I'm kicked in da nuts, I get a very strong signal of "NO! THAT WAS NOT A GOOD THING!", with no benefit attached.

In any case, all I'm saying is that when you know your muscles only ache because you worked out yesterday, is there any reason not to alleviate them somehow?



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[Isildur]

That was just one example. If you want other examples of occasions in which it would be a good idea to "grin and bear it", here:

* A guy in a burning wooden house in danger of collapsing. The only possible exit given his current position in the house is the front door, except that the threshhold is on fire too. He knows that it will be painful to jump through the flames, but the alternative is worse. So he dashes through and rolls around on the grass to smother any flames.

* A guy is hiking on ground that slopes down toward a precipice on his left. He slips and starts sliding towards the cliff. For lack of anything better within reach, he grabs onto a thornbush oto stop himself. He would be wise to ignore the pain from the thorns and maintain his grip.

(This actually happenned to me, except fortunately it was a sapling, not a thornbush, that I grabbed onto.)

My point is that pain is indeed an excellent indicator of current harm or injury, but it doesn't balance that against future benefits. For that we need our brain. So one should heed it in most situations, but not all.

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