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mathew

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  1. mathew

    arthritis

    ive taken on board the sugestions here and will defo be investing in a support along with some cod liver oil and the like. r.e sdavies: im 6ft 2 and my feet are fine....so far. it is just my knee at the moment. it could be down to other problems, maybe my feet, and i just dont know it yet. il see if the gp can referre me to a specialist. a chap in work had,what he described as, crystals injected into the joint. it worked for him he said but the pain and discomfort of the actual injection was not worth it in his opinion for the short term relief it gave and there are limtations on how many sessions you can have with it.
  2. mathew

    arthritis

    play hardly any sports these days but during my teens i was into all the alternative sports i.e skateboarding, bmx, skating etc and took a few heavy knocks on the knees. durig my apprenticeship (bricklaying) id see the older folk wearing knee pads and think wtf and they always used to advise me to wear them aswell but never did. half the time id be kneeling on a damp scaffold board or concrete. im off the tools now and office based so less stress on the old knees but the pian is still there none the less.
  3. mathew

    arthritis

    im 26 now and over the past 6 years ive had a numbing pain in my right knee on and off, mainly in cold damp weather. it hasnt been bad just a bit niggly so havnt taken it so seriously but a few weeks ago it got really bad and i found it really difficult to walk normal for a few days. my mom has got athritis and her mom so not sure if its hereditory (sp). also my right knee clicks and grinds a lot when, say for example, im walking up the stairs. im going to go to the docs about it but cant for another few weeks due to commitments etc and was wondering are there any other sufferers here and if so what do they do to ease the discomfort? ive tried painkillers but they never seem to work no matter wether i have a head ache or joint pains. the worse thing is is that ive got a 3 hour drive home in a few hours and i know my knee is gona be in pieces by the time i get home. im pretty sure there isnt an actual cure for arthritis so i could be looking at years of this discomfort:(
  4. i live near there. been there a few times and obviously it can get a bit noisy but the houses down that way a few and far between and none iirc right next to the circuit. theres also an airport near by there aswell, wonder when theyl start complaining about the noise there aswell more noise is made in stradey park on a saturday than pembrey race circuit and there are a million and one houses surrounding that place and ive never heard of anyone complaining about that:)
  5. happy days, shall be making the phone call tomorrow:)
  6. yeah the larger UK brakes up front with normal j spec at the back
  7. when you say the whole arm would that mean the upper and lower arm or just the lower arm? regarding the break pads i have the big brakes up front. would these need different pads or still the ones listed under 'import'?
  8. hi paul. i need a near side front lower suspension ball joint. would it be possible to pm a price for this and the other parts i need:)
  9. everytime i read this thread theres a new victim
  10. as the title say really (front nearside) . failed the MOT on these so could do with them as soon as possible really:) oh and brake pads. theres excessive wear on two so gona change them blighters aswell.
  11. why is it a fail? i asked a genuine question which i didnt know the answer to. in his 2nd post i can see the difference each end of the holder which i couldnt see in the first pics
  12. i may be missing something here but wouldnt it be a left handed one if you turn it upside down??
  13. all threads should now be tagged with something like 'americans not welcome' matth style. theyl get the msg before entering the forums
  14. you telling me there's (was) another supra forum??
  15. i thought they looked ok until i pulled up to a cash point and some chavs/scrotes/scum walked past and started commented to each other how nice the supra looks then one said 'shame about the cr4ppy wheels. it was at that point i had to get me some better looking ones!
  16. one past me yesterday. theres something about them, i just dont know what it is. it looks more of a 'posh' car than a jap import if that makes any sense
  17. the pirate ship in oakwood park. when i was about 19 me and the ex went there for the day and she wanted to go on the pirate ship so i thought why not it cant be that bad. well every half hour they would have a more 'adult' version where it goes, or seemed to, beyond verticle. we ended up on the back seat aswell and without a safety belt present i swear to god i was starting to fall out each time the ship reached its high point. as soon as id start to slip the downswing would catch me again. i did not let go of the handle bar even when it had stopped! and as we were getiing off there i was as white as a sheet barely able to walk passing little excited kids Q'in up to go on!
  18. +55%!!!! although that is after the renovation ive carried out. 2 houses went up for sale and sold within 3 weekslast month in the street where im currently at. the area is having a massive amount of money ploughed into it with a new stadium,coastal projects, enterprise parks,cinemas etc and with my home being at the affordable end in a nice area im sitting pretty.
  19. how much you hoping to get for the elise??
  20. i told myself this before i had my supra. done a load of research on here about the autos and eventually travelled 250miles to pick mine up. it was an auto and i love the thing.
  21. posted the check for the full amount yesterday:)
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