Thanks guys for compassion, I know better, I forget that pain makes people more reactive. I was just bummed and being whiney and taking it personally, when it was my side of the street that needed cleaning up. I can only manage one good uke session a week and then I hurt too much and have to save what is left for work. I did too many mouse hours and should not have even picked anything up nor ever been typing a buncha whiney crap. I got my selfish head sorted with help of wise friends.
And this morning I just read about a young war vet who was a double amputee who fell off a rollercoaster, what a tragedy. He went through over three years of hellish rehab and had just moved back with his folks. Seems god wanted him to know how tough he was and inspire others before he got to go home.
I will have to look for the emu oil. I get a radicular neuropathy that radiates from my neck down my arms to both hands which makes my arms numb and weak, and aggravates the CTS. I just try to do basic care for it.
I also found a book called
The False Fat Diet which discusses food sensitivities, which I have, that can really increase joint pain via fluid retention and toxins, including artificial food additives. I have a lot of these and the book makes perfect sense to me from my experience. I'm about 80 pages into it in two days.
@ Webby, the book says arthritis in our 40s-50s is often aggravated by the above. So the job that beat you up caused damage, but the inflamation problem many people get from the body fighting sensitivities may make it worse than it should be. I think that may be what is aggravating mine so much. It also says aspirin in particular has an effect that speeds the destruction of cartilage in the joint. I know MGM had a horrible time with CTS and numbness in his hands when his liver was in crisis, and that was due a lot to toxins.
Re the emu oil, I just looked it up. Apparently you need to watch your sources for it, but it has healing properties based on all the oils which are easily absorbed. All the omegas help with inflamation, so it seems you're onto something there. It seems to be established in North America so going to take a shot!