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"I have constant ANA (inflammation) positive blood results, tired, weak, joint aches. Mind you, 10 years ago I would be gardening, camping, hiking or fishing like there was no tomorrow. Now I sit here, doing nothing."

I have steadily went downhill health wise since my late thirties. I used to work on construction jobs on my rental properties, But I kept having trouble with fatigue and joint aches etc.

Now I can barely walk up a flight of stairs or stand on a ladder longer the 10 minutes. I can walk OK for a bit (a couple of Kilometers or so) but suffer later with severe joint pain in knees and ankles.

Holding tools has become a problem. Swinging a hammer is now getting too difficult because I can't keep it gripped tight enough to keep it in my hand for more than a few swings without resting.

I had to find some form of exercise that could get me out of the house and moving so I use a Bike. It at least reduces the stress on my legs.

I have been diagnosed by different doctors with Fibro, CFS Restless Leg Syndrome, Liver disease. The one thing all the doctors did was Rx pain pills. One Doc had me on two separate pain pills and a muscle relaxer then in a few months he diagnoses me with liver disease and starts talking transplant operation.

I started researching all the pills he had me on and stopped taking them and moved to back our family Doc that I was forced to quit seeing a few years before because Health Insurance rules. Two months later my liver tests come back fine. The drugs the other doctor was giving me were slowly destroying my liver.

Family doc says arthritis has wrecked my ankle and knee joints and one specialist confirms. But the pain stresses me to the point of exhaustion and I have little stamina. Exercise brings on severe pain in all joints so I need to take a pain pill which fogs my head and makes me sleepy.

I never thought that "getting old" would happen so fast.