Fat is not Handicapped

[Rider]

Originally Posted by t-rock

This thread had me rolling. The dr phil, fat people faces, and especially "when I got run over by a dumptruck" cracked me up. Sorry rider, but how it came out was hilarious.

I did get run over though. I'm still in some pain nearly 2 months later.

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by Rider

I did get run over though. I'm still in some pain nearly 2 months later.

I can imagine. My back is still hurt from a football injury 4 years ago.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by t-rock

I can imagine. My back is still hurt from a football injury 4 years ago.

It only gets worse the older you get.

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by Rider

It only gets worse the older you get.

Awesome. I have to compression fractures in vertebrae and a few pinched nerves. Basically two of my vertebrae went from this shape = to this shape <

[Rider]

Originally Posted by t-rock

Awesome. I have to compression fractures in vertebrae and a few pinched nerves. Basically two of my vertebrae went from this shape = to this shape <

You're fucked.

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by Rider

You're fucked.

That's what I was afraid of. The thing that hurts it the very most is shoveling. Not only is there lifting a fair bit of weight from the wrong end of a lever, but also swinging and throwing it. Hurts like all hell. And my parents used to have a landscaping company that I worked for all of the time.

[HRCNICK11]

Heres one that kills me. My wife is very fit she runs 5 miles at a time 3 times a week before work and on the other days she will lift weights. But take her ass to the mall and she drives around for 15 min to find a close parking space.

I'm some what round not huge by any means but I pull into a lot and park the walk is good for me.

That being said I have complained about draging my 400 pounds of tools from the 2 mile away parking lot cause I'm not driving the car make made at that plant. Freaking union shops kill me. Do you really need all those tools? Yeah do you think you could help me get them through the turnstyle, jackass! Sorry rant over.

[Particle Man]

Take one for the team and fuck her brains out man. That way she will be nicer to the rest of us AND will have worked off a few pounds. Just aim for the wet spot....

[Lamnidae]

Originally Posted by Rider

I did get run over though. I'm still in some pain nearly 2 months later.

..... ohhhhhh


rider got run over by a dump truck, coming home from our house christmas eveeeeeee.....

[Archren]

Originally Posted by t-rock

That's what I was afraid of. The thing that hurts it the very most is shoveling. Not only is there lifting a fair bit of weight from the wrong end of a lever, but also swinging and throwing it. Hurts like all hell. And my parents used to have a landscaping company that I worked for all of the time.

My ex had herniated/ruptured discs in his cervical spine (related to an injury from Iraq), so I'm familiar with the condition. He had (don't know if it's still as bad now.. we divorced in June) pretty bad nerve problems, especially in his left hand. He would randomly drop things because his hand would just not cooperate. Until they figured out it was his spine that was the problem, they were thinking he had carpal or radial tunnel.

Seriously, though, don't know what kind of medical insurance you have, but physical therapy *can* help it get better if you stick with it long enough.. it's not a permanent fix, and the pain won't go away altogether, but it can improve your quality of life. The next step would be surgery... if you can avoid having to go that route, that's probably best.

Any way you can avoid shoveling snow? (As in, get someone else to do it.. get a machine to do it.. something?) I realize NOT doing it isn't an option where you live.. but worsening your condition can conceivably have wide-reaching consequences.