My doctor said the "M" word

I can't remember when it all began and never really gave it much thought. It seems like it just happened and there was nothing I could do about it. Oh sure, there were signs that it was coming but I paid no attention to it. After all, I am invincible. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you what I am talking about. I am officially getting older.

Yeah, it's true. I know you are probably thinking that I seemed to always look 21. Oil of Olay folks that's the secret. I wish they made that for bones and muscles. I got home from work the other day and felt like a Mack truck ran me over, backed up and apologized for running me over and then ran me over again before driving off. I have been nursing a twinge in my lower back which has shot pain down through my psiatic nerve (literally a pain in the ass- HaHa). I also have an old football injury (left knee) from my sophomore year in H.S. The doctor at the time -1985- said "don't worry, you're young and it will heal". Twenty three years later, I am happy to report that at times, I can't squat and stand without seeing stars or keep my knee stationary for long periods without the feeling of someone pounding a nail into it. (I would like to have a discussion with that "sports" doctor about now) I also now have a shooting pain through my left shoulder which prevents me from laying on my left side for any amount of time. And just recently, I have noticed a pain beginning in my right knee when I go on runs. Nice. Isn't exercise supposed to keep you in shape not break you down? Oh, I almost forgot about waking up in the morning and having to walk gingerly to the bathroom to avoid my ankles from giving out. One night, we forgot to turn on the fan for that white noise effect. In the morning, after getting out of bed, I turned around and Jackson was standing two feet away. I asked why he was up and he said that he heard the Rice Krispies popping. I soon figured what he had heard wasn't Rice Krispies. He had heard my bones popping!!!!

Okay, so maybe it's not always that bad. I remember at times feeling pain here and there but it always seemed to go away and hide in it's hole. For some reason, I am now conscious to the fact that I have some sort of daily ache here and there which for some reason won't go away. So I guess it's true what they say, everyone gets older at some point. I remember as a kid eating a Flinstones vitamin everyday. Then I remember taking vitamin supplements. Then on to the one a day Centrum. Now I have officially graduated to the new Vitamin....M. Have you heard of it? That's Motrin folks. My doctor didn't say Mylanta, he said 800 mg. of Motrin!!