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An aspect about your body you took for granted?

TheTruthIsMine

I'm specifically talking here about something you didn't anticipate. Can you think of anything harmful that you'd been doing to your body over time, that you were completely unaware of? Or was there any habit that you'd been doing on a regular basis, that thought little of, but then one day realised that it had been having an effect on your body?

For me, it's my hips. I first noticed a clicking noise when I was 27, as I would turn into the foetal position when in bed. It was something I'd never have had anticipated. Physiotherapists tell me it's nothing to worry about, and that it's not a sign of ageing. But why has it started all of a sudden? I think that as I've gotten older, that DOMS seems something I've to be more weary of after exercise.

Another example would have been years of hunching over to see my fret board (as I played guitar), which I'm almost certain played a part in a trapezius problem I later got. Tinnitus is another. It came in my left ear about 2 years ago. 6 months later, I got it in the other ear. Doesn't bother me, but I mostly need to sleep with audio of "rain" or "waves on the beach". Hope my future wife won't mind that!

The more recently observed, and more bizarre issue, would be something I noticed that could be happening to me as I pick my nose. I was always aware of the puppet lines that form over time, near the mouth and nose, as we smile and laugh. Thankfully I don't really have these lines. But I've only realised recently, as I picked my nose while looking in the mirror, that as I shove my pinkie finger deep inside (as I do) and twist, that this causes a crease. The creases caused by this differ from the creases we get from smiling, in that they are nearer to the nose, rather than the mouth. So if I were to keep doing this, I might end up with puppet lines that are deeper towards the nose than in the areas lower down.

I know, most people just blow their nose, but I love that morning pick. There's quite a sensation when you feel the hardened snot shift inside your nose, and then come out almost like a mold. Then once the hardened snot is out, there can be huge amounts of fresher snot behind it.

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somesoldiers

seamus wrote: »

The hairs inside the ear and even just on the tragus, I can deal with.

It's these weird ****ing long ones that appear randomly on various other parts of the ear that make no sense. What possible purpose could they serve?

A couple also appear on the tip of the nose every now and again, but they don't get very long and are easy to pluck. You still see aulfellas these days with a small forest growing on the tip of their noses. I've sworn that will never be me. ��

We used to have a Christian brother like that, Brother Hairy Nose!

seamus

The hairs inside the ear and even just on the tragus, I can deal with.

It's these weird ****ing long ones that appear randomly on various other parts of the ear that make no sense. What possible purpose could they serve?

A couple also appear on the tip of the nose every now and again, but they don't get very long and are easy to pluck. You still see aulfellas these days with a small forest growing on the tip of their noses. I've sworn that will never be me. &#55358;&#56610;

somesoldiers

5starpool wrote: »

You read about hairs growing out of your ears, but it doesn't prepare you for the reality of having hairs growing out of your ears, your nose and extra mad wiry hairs in your eyebrows.

I get random ones growing out of my forehead also, nothing there for ages then all of a sudden there's a thin, fair hair about an inch longing that just appeared...

keano_afc

Wibbs wrote: »

Hip replacement in your 30's. Jesus that's tough.

I could have soldiered on until later, but i've 2 young kids and one on the way. Got to stage where I couldnt even run after them in the park. I only get 20-25 years out of this prosthesis apparently, but the kids will be grown up by then. I was missing out on too much.

Wibbs

keano_afc wrote: »

Long story short, one keyhole surgery that didnt work and a lot of pain later, I had a total hip replacement this February. I'm in my 30s, so its pretty rare, but if I'd taken it more seriously when it happened I wouldn't have needed the replacement.

Hip replacement in your 30's. Jesus that's tough.

5starpool wrote: »

You read about hairs growing out of your ears, but it doesn't prepare you for the reality of having hairs growing out of your ears, your nose and extra mad wiry hairs in your eyebrows.

So far so good on that. The odd stray one, but no tufts as yet. Then again my hair has always grown very slowly. If I shaved once a fortnight it would keep my face looking clean shaven. To grow a hipster type beard would take me a lifetime. As a kid two haircuts a year were all it took.

Hector Bellend

I have a whopping of man tits.

They are blowing my back out

pickarooney

My ears. I'm going gradually deaf and there's apparently nothing I can do about it.

My knee. Just got an operation on my ACL and everything is a massive chore. Can't drive for 3 months.

wexie

_Brian wrote: »

Bought my own “personal trimmer” it was getting so bad

me too, but not after I cut myself with a nail scissors, the feeling of blood dripping out of your ears was really something I only wanted to experience once

Teyla Emmagan

My knees (skiing accident) and my back (slipped disc). About twice a year my knee goes and I have to hop up and down the stairs for a few days. Can't put any weight on it. Is a PITA. And chronic back pain for about 2 years now. Very tiring, it really takes it out of you.

_Brian

5starpool wrote: »

You read about hairs growing out of your ears, but it doesn't prepare you for the reality of having hairs growing out of your ears, your nose and extra mad wiry hairs in your eyebrows.

Bought my own “personal trimmer” it was getting so bad

5starpool

wexie wrote: »

always a bit of a watershed moment the first time the barber asks would you like him to do your ears and eyebrows

Stopped going there years ago! At least that had been flagged a few years in advance anyhow.

wexie

5starpool wrote: »

You read about hairs growing out of your ears, but it doesn't prepare you for the reality of having hairs growing out of your ears, your nose and extra mad wiry hairs in your eyebrows.

always a bit of a watershed moment the first time the barber asks would you like him to do your ears and eyebrows

5starpool

You read about hairs growing out of your ears, but it doesn't prepare you for the reality of having hairs growing out of your ears, your nose and extra mad wiry hairs in your eyebrows.

_Brian

Back.

From age 14 I worked heavy work at home in our business.
Handled 50kg bags all the time, I could unload 10-12 ton loads from a truck by hand in 50-60 minutes.

By 25 I’d degenerated a bunch of discs in my back.

In my late 30’s I had a bad car crash and destroyed my back and neck completely. Was down for 18months. Had to change job as old job couldn’t accommodate my condition.

I manage mostly now but have bad bouts where I’m in bed for days and recently needed a walking stick for a few days.

I’m careful now that my kids are athletic and take care of themselves rather than make the mistakes I did.

Ultimate Seduction

Pretty stupid of me, but my lungs. Destroyed them with heavey smoking , cocaine, and speed for almost 20 years. Can't walk to the bathroom without getting breathless now.

wexie

B0jangles wrote: »

but I well remember the time when anything I dropped on the floor was basically gone forever,

it's the only reason I have kids, to pick stuff up for me

little feckers are made of rubber bands stuffed with gerbils

B0jangles

Seconding back pain stuff - mine's fine at the moment, but I well remember the time when anything I dropped on the floor was basically gone forever, and even bending over slightly was a project that had to be fully planned and prepared for.

munster87

Pre carpal tunnel syndrome in my left hand

keano_afc

TheTruthIsMine wrote: »

I'm specifically talking here about something you didn't anticipate. Can you think of anything harmful that you'd been doing to your body over time, that you were completely unaware of? Or was there any habit that you'd been doing on a regular basis, that thought little of, but then one day realised that it had been having an effect on your body?

For me, it's my hips. I first noticed a clicking noise when I was 27, as I would turn into the foetal position when in bed. It was something I'd never have had anticipated. Physiotherapists tell me it's nothing to worry about, and that it's not a sign of ageing. But why has it started all of a sudden? Another example would have been years of hunching over to see my fret board (as I played guitar), which I'm almost certain played a part in a trapezius problem I later got.

The more recently observed, and more bizarre issue, would be something I noticed that could be happening to me as I pick my nose. I was always aware of the puppet lines that form over time, near the mouth and nose, as we smile and laugh. Thankfully I don't really have these lines. But I've only realised recently, as I picked my nose while looking in the mirror, that as I shove my pinkie finger deep inside (as I do) and twist, that this causes a crease. The creases caused by this differ from the creases we get from smiling, in that they are nearer to the nose, rather than the mouth. So if I were to keep doing this, I might end up with puppet lines that are deeper towards the nose than in the areas lower down.

I know, most people just blow their nose, but I love that morning pick. There's quite a sensation when you feel the hardened snot shift inside your nose, and then come out almost like a mold. Then once the hardened snot is out, there can be huge amounts of fresher snot behind it.

Similar to you, to be honest. The hips I mean, not the snot.

I was playing 5 a side twice a week, staying pretty active. One evening my right foot got planted in the ground and the rest of my body turned. My knee appeared to take all the impact and i was out injured for about 3 weeks. Came back to playing but had this pain in my right hip that niggled for a couple of days after I played. I thought it would go over time and ignored it. I was young, what ever the issue was would go away, I was sure. A couple of years passed and I stood up one day in work and my right leg just went from under me. Told the wife when I got home and she drove me to the Beacon.

Long story short, one keyhole surgery that didnt work and a lot of pain later, I had a total hip replacement this February. I'm in my 30s, so its pretty rare, but if I'd taken it more seriously when it happened I wouldn't have needed the replacement.

Moral of the story: listen to your body, kids. Youth does not equal invincibility.

seamus

TheTruthIsMine wrote: »

I'm aware sitting isn't good for other reasons, but assuming you've good posture in your chair I wouldn't have thought it'd be bad for your back.

Good posture can help, but we're not biologically designed to sit down for 8-10 hours a day, we're designed to move around quite a bit and bend in all sorts of different ways.

When you sit for long periods, the muscles in your back become accustomed to the position and will weaken/strengthen in the areas that are least/most used.

Thus, when you then get up to move around and do normal stuff like lifting and twisting and bending, some of the muscles in your back are not as strong and supportive as they should be and you end up straining muscles and getting stiffness. The effect is cumulative over time so you may not even feel it until you've been doing a desk job for 20 years.

Conservatory

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

At what age did you start to slow things down a bit?

If you are asking this the answer is probably today.
For me it tapered off. Class a about 12 years ago, spirits about 10 years ago lager and stout only on weekends since then.
Sometimes they are long weekends. I probably need a few months of rivita to get back to top top shape but ye know yer self.

SnazzyPig

Mint Sauce wrote: »

My stomach, then middle age spread appeard a few years early, thankfully summer fitness seems to be keeping it at bay.

Also my big toe. Arthritis, in my fcuking toe!!

Try gout......

[Deleted User]

bee06 wrote: »

My pre-baby stomach

My pre "not giving a fück about dieting because I love food and life is too short" stomach

Lorelli!

A few small things but not doing too bad so far. Built like a car. I got a hub cap diamond star halo

TheTruthIsMine

wexie wrote: »

Google says Institute for Biomedical Sciences or International Bulkmail Systems.

Perhaps he meant IBS? (which is a right bitch )

I was thinking IBS, but then what would the M be for? Sometimes acronyms vary... just as with LGBT, and then there's LGBTQ, and there's an LGBT something else too.

JupiterKid

If your liver and kidneys are starting to cause big problems then it’s time to give up the alcohol for good.

As a recovering alcoholic I can freely offer this advice. Whether you take it is of course up to you. I have had liver issues from the drinking but thankfully nothing irreversible. I’ve been very very lucky. Others haven’t been.

My back is something I used to take for granted but as I get into my early 40s it is definitely acting up more and more.

TheTruthIsMine

seamus wrote: »

I sit a lot for work, so I'd never realised just how bad long-term sitting is for your back. It had never been a problem before. Now if I don't pay attention to what I'm doing and let myself sit too much for a few days, I'm in pain again for another 2-3 days.

I'm aware sitting isn't good for other reasons, but assuming you've good posture in your chair I wouldn't have thought it'd be bad for your back.

wexie

TheTruthIsMine wrote: »

It's fun also to blow my nose. I put a thumb over one nostril, and blow. The spatter pattern on the wall can look amazing. Beautiful the way the moment is captured in time.

that's not blowing your nose, that's blowing a snot rocket

TheTruthIsMine

OneOfThem Stumbled wrote: »

Just. Don't.

It's fun also to blow my nose. I put a thumb over one nostril, and blow. The spatter pattern on the wall can look amazing. Beautiful the way the moment is captured in time.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Conservatory wrote: »

Knees back kidneys+liver stomach. The building site hard drinking lifestyle. It’s not cool to be a party animal kids. It’s not cool.

Well kinda is cool but you can’t do it forever.

I can only do it part time now or all of the above start acting up again.

At what age did you start to slow things down a bit?