tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post1409920695755594717..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Maybe RustoleumMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88563452645750541782015-01-19T13:25:39.311-08:002015-01-19T13:25:39.311-08:00For a moment I thought you wrote "aesthetical...For a moment I thought you wrote "aesthetically" challenged. Either way, funny :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15795210696142795622015-01-18T18:06:24.461-08:002015-01-18T18:06:24.461-08:00Oh hell, now you've made me look it up. Okay. ...Oh hell, now you've made me look it up. Okay. This is about the hip but applies equally to knees. Quoting, and editing for brevity: <br /><br />"...[doctors'] uncertainty leads them to resort to their old friend, the x-ray machine. Take a picture of the hip, and behold! Cartilage deterioration. Since cartilage loss is (incorrectly) regarded as irreversible and since, once it is gone,Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28677912622724776822015-01-18T18:05:13.332-08:002015-01-18T18:05:13.332-08:00Be sure to report back! Just holler out any time, ...Be sure to report back! Just holler out any time, at any inappropriate post. I don't know, though. I don't want to deprive a monkey of cartilage, but I'll bet it's super springy.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53625386652050322312015-01-18T17:26:14.704-08:002015-01-18T17:26:14.704-08:00Whew! No way did I want to deprive a monkey of it...Whew! No way did I want to deprive a monkey of its cartilage. I just received the Pain Free book you recommended, and I'm placing my hope in that.knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60408885413450975702015-01-18T14:14:52.192-08:002015-01-18T14:14:52.192-08:00I've had two surgeries in the same knee for to...I've had two surgeries in the same knee for torn meniscus and my dr. says my knee is getting to be bone-on-bone. He also said that there is a monkey cartilage substance that can be injected in to replace whatever is supposed to be in our knees. Ick. knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-65834985090029141092015-01-18T09:40:54.827-08:002015-01-18T09:40:54.827-08:00Now I have a visual of an actual interior C&O ...Now I have a visual of an actual interior C&O Canal channel being opened up by a tiny dude manning the gate. Childhood memories...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32216803142857097882015-01-18T04:47:08.086-08:002015-01-18T04:47:08.086-08:00A couple of comments: This piece highly snortworth...A couple of comments: This piece highly snortworthy. I love Mimi Manderly. Is Pete Egoscue paying you yet? I make these comments while doing a sciatic-nerve-channel-opening exercise that's easy and feels good and helps me sleep at night. xoxo jzJulie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33353663162390386402015-01-17T18:38:28.437-08:002015-01-17T18:38:28.437-08:00Now I'll find out the glucosamine tablets are ...Now I'll find out the glucosamine tablets are fifty calories apiece, and I could have had half a good beer.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-62912319756583248412015-01-17T18:37:36.406-08:002015-01-17T18:37:36.406-08:00Not much trouble. And I quit the glucosamine, beca...Not much trouble. And I quit the glucosamine, because I didn't notice any difference. They're not keeping me off the trails, that's for sure.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43055470562645067012015-01-17T18:36:27.499-08:002015-01-17T18:36:27.499-08:00Maybe it's just the garlic?Maybe it's just the garlic?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10392056369022728792015-01-17T18:36:02.147-08:002015-01-17T18:36:02.147-08:00He does say something about that "you can'...He does say something about that "you can't regrow cartilage" business being a bit of a crock. I'll have to look it up and get back to you.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-55637756857668406092015-01-17T18:35:08.867-08:002015-01-17T18:35:08.867-08:00Probably! But crepitation, I think, does not neces...Probably! But crepitation, I think, does not necessarily mean something's going wrong. Especially if you're having no pain.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18129164462982142162015-01-17T18:34:21.185-08:002015-01-17T18:34:21.185-08:00Tater's sound asleep right now. She had to res...Tater's sound asleep right now. She had to rest up from a whole day of napping.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66046532379345210582015-01-17T18:33:56.350-08:002015-01-17T18:33:56.350-08:00Order! Obey! I'm liking your strong language.Order! Obey! I'm liking your strong language.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41130137479179528552015-01-17T18:33:32.300-08:002015-01-17T18:33:32.300-08:00Can't tell you how many people I badgered into...Can't tell you how many people I badgered into buying the book who later (upon interrogation) said it didn't work, and (upon further interrogation) said they hadn't actually tried any of it. Jono, it's worth a shot, a good 3-week try, say, because even if you decide to go for a replacement, the same mechanics that put you in this trouble will remain and you'll have to do it Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20499760648928124882015-01-17T18:31:31.168-08:002015-01-17T18:31:31.168-08:00I'm also athletically challenged, but I make u...I'm also athletically challenged, but I make up for it with self-esteem.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73325291463441547572015-01-17T18:26:42.136-08:002015-01-17T18:26:42.136-08:00Hell, it's worth a shot...Hell, it's worth a shot...digitalzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45609562087621087802015-01-17T18:13:59.826-08:002015-01-17T18:13:59.826-08:00Sorry to hear your knees are giving you trouble. E...Sorry to hear your knees are giving you trouble. Everyone tells me the knees are the first to go, but mine are still fine. My hip joints give me grief often enough though. You reminded me that I have glucosamine hidden away in the kitchen cupboard, I really should remember to take them. They're probably out-of-date by several years, but I don't suppose that matters much, after all they Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20029530908057881372015-01-17T17:33:38.697-08:002015-01-17T17:33:38.697-08:00I have developed an intolerance to shellfish.Which...I have developed an intolerance to shellfish.Which I regard as grossly unfair, given that I was rather fond of garlic prawns.So I'll just have to deal with my stiff joints some other way.Notes title of book...dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-75556797327337080022015-01-17T17:27:21.194-08:002015-01-17T17:27:21.194-08:00Egoscue-cizes grow cartilage?! Who needs a tail if...Egoscue-cizes grow cartilage?! Who needs a tail if ya got cartilage?Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22031781270210800552015-01-17T15:48:53.018-08:002015-01-17T15:48:53.018-08:00Thanks! I'll give it a shot!Thanks! I'll give it a shot!Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61169743067936675772015-01-17T12:18:17.756-08:002015-01-17T12:18:17.756-08:00My knees have been making scary crunching noises f...My knees have been making scary crunching noises for the past couple of years. I believe the only thing keeping them from being useless is the muscles I've developed going up and down the stairs all the time looking after our cats. Sorry to bring everything around to cats. That must be tiresome. Anyhow, it's like driving a car with a bad rattle - turn up the radio and it goes away. I try jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23152695442228942872015-01-17T12:13:03.454-08:002015-01-17T12:13:03.454-08:00Har har har! from one vertically-challenged person...Har har har! from one vertically-challenged person to another :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49946885074471383152015-01-17T10:31:29.394-08:002015-01-17T10:31:29.394-08:00I don't think I want to grow new bits - I don&...I don't think I want to grow new bits - I don't trust my bodies sense of humour.<br />I would LOVE to have a fraction of the flexibility of cats. And to be able to relax as they do.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60303325530611696132015-01-17T10:11:51.396-08:002015-01-17T10:11:51.396-08:00OK, I noted when Murr said it, but with Minimander...OK, I noted when Murr said it, but with Minimanderly's comment I guess I shall order the book and order myself to obey it.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806035182197696752noreply@blogger.com