One?
80My knee began hurting in my twenties after a fall. I went to my GP who told me it was just a sprain and to exercise. The pain never really went away, and then one day in my late forties the dog yanked me on his leash to try and chase a cat and it popped in a funny way, and I saw an orthopedic surgeon who told me I should have had surgery in my twenties to correct a malaligned kneecap, and that now it was too late and I would be prone to medial collateral ligament injuries like the one I currently had. I've done a bunch of physio but I still avoid stairs because it's one surefire way it's going to aggravate my injury.
Just another example of doctors not taking women's complaints seriously. A referral to Ortho would have taken five minutes of his time.
38I'm in my 40s and I have experienced all of these at some point in my life but it's hardly part of my personality. Someone really observant might be able to tell I baby my left knee a bit and my right hip is often tight.
But geez none of these were issues at thirty. None are issues more than a few days a year now. Y'all need to take better care of yourselves.
29When I was 10 I started having issues with my ankle joint "locking" into place. I wouldn't be able to bend it forward or back (like you need for a walking motion), and would have to roll it around gently sideways and slowly get a wider and wider ROM in my roll until it popped and I could do a straight back and forth motion and walk normally again. As a young athlete, it was a bitch, because I'd be sprinting down the soccer field and mid stride my ankle would lock and I'd be fucking hobbling. Finally at 13 my parents decided maybe it was an issue worth seeing a doctor for. The orthopedic specialist told me he had no idea what was going on, that puberty does weird things to kids heads and it was all in my imagination. Told me by the time my hormones stabilized it would go away, said just wait til 15 or so, I promise you'll be fine. I'm in my 30s and the fucking thing locked up as recently as last week, so he's clearly a genius.
20By your late 40s you get to collect the entire set!
20I got my first one of these when I was 21 and in the best shape of my life. Accidents, injuries, and unpreventable diseases happen, and acting like your comparative good luck means you've made better choices than those who have been less lucky by implying they've been "unhealthy as hell" is kind of gross.
16I hate stereotypes like this. I have all of these, and you're not going to make me pigeon hole myself into choosing one!
16What do you mean one?
14People without chronic pain be making their entire personalities about going outside and doing things painlessly. /s
11When you turn 40, it's 2 of those.
11The best time to pick up a calisthenics program was your teens, the second best time is now, you old fogeys.
10Listen,
10All of these.
8Just cuz I turned 30 and identify with every single one of these doesn't mean...
7Ha! Just wait until you turn 50! That's when the real fun starts. Ask me how I know.
On the flipside, while it's true that I fucked myself up trying (and failing) to be a pro snowboarder in my 20s, it really is possibly to bounce back from injuries --so long as they aren't too bad-- and have a good and active life in spite of them.
Sure, I'll never be the same person I was before I trashed my body doing stupid shit when I was young reckless and stupid, but I've made a pretty good comeback over the years just by eating right, always exercising and staying physically fit by keeping myself in the game.
Now I'm old, in my 50s, but I'm still physically fit and in general my teenage daughter and 20-something-year-old nephews struggle to keep up with me on our hikes and backpacking and/or climbing trips.
Granted, some of it's purely psychological, but there's no question in my mind that some of it is also simply about having spent years as a very physically active and physically fit person.
740 y/o here! I had my first migraine ever about 2 months ago, and boy did it suck. What's more, they decided to start happening semi-regularly because... who the fuck knows.
Not my personality, though. I reserve that for my weird niche hobbies that nobody wants to hear about. Anyway, about my retail training video VHS collection...
7hey, you missed upper back pain!
6The jokes on you, I've always been in pain!
In fact I only recently discovered that not everybody feels this way all the time and that has been oddly encouraging.
5One of these?
530? Damn I wish I made it that far. I think I've had chronic back pain for as long as I can remember. But that's because my spine is all messed up so I know I'm not a representative example here.
4Knees: sports people
Lower back: computer people
Migraine: women
3"with your powers combined...."
3OP has not experienced long term pain it seems.
3as an over 30 i would say i most closely identify with the headache one but only because the occasional time i do drink the hangover is fucking brutal
2Regular exercise can help do a lot about most of those problems. I feel bad for people who suffer chronic pain, though.
2I’ve collected 4 of 5 so far. I almost have a complete set.
2I must have a wide personality range
2It's my hand, actually.
2I fortunately don't have any of this. I do exercise regularly but I wonder how long it is before some chronic pain starts appearing.
140s here. Literally don't know anyone who is like this
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