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My foot hurts

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ClementineChurchill · 12/12/2024 21:35

My foot hurts. This isn’t chronic pain. It’s not a scary warning about something I need checking out. It’s not that I need special shoes. My foot just hurts. It happens sometimes as you get older. Before this it was my hip. Before that it was my finger (bizarrely, yes, I know).

Anyone else got any irritating minor pain that is definitely not a serious illness and just part of getting older that nevertheless they’d like to empathise about? (And no, I know about the menopause thanks)

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TokyoSushi · 12/12/2024 22:50

I have plantar fasciitis, it is utterly grim and never better!

My right shoulder has also been hurting for about a month, joy.

GLC789 · 12/12/2024 22:49

My left foot!!! It just hurts from time to time for a day or so! Nothing to write home about... But just aches! I've had this on and off since I was in my late twenties. Mid thirties now

Bizarre!

thistimelastweek · 12/12/2024 22:47

It's body bingo!
Wake up each morning and check the box for what hurts today.
(Sinusitis today for me.)

RaininSummer · 12/12/2024 22:45

Oh definitely yes. Right now my big toes are hurting. My fingers are twinging a bit and in the middle of the night I can look forward to my knees and hips joining in the torment. I really hate winter as it's so much worse then.

loropianalover · 12/12/2024 22:42

Once I started getting back pain everything started to go downhill….

Legendofthelostkeys · 12/12/2024 22:41

I'm 57. My right knee has been giving me grief for the last few weeks and sometimes the ankle on that leg hurts too. I walk every day and it starts to 'burn' after about 20 minutes. And the last few days while walking, I've had sudden pain under the toes of my left foot. It comes out of the blue and lasts for a few minutes before wearing off.

rightoguvnor · 12/12/2024 22:41

I'm griping about an achey shoulder, a knee that shouts at unexpected moments and a finger bone that's taken to throbbing painfully every few hours.

shellyleppard · 12/12/2024 22:38

Yep I have gall stones and arthritis. Went for a walk around town and was limping badly after 15 minutes

mdinbc · 12/12/2024 22:36

Clementine, maybe you have arthritis. Have you had it checked? It may not be worth a separate visit to the doctor, but something you mention when you are next there.

I'm over 60 now and feel very lucky not to have aches and pains, like so many people have, include my DH. I do know that when I do injure myself, it takes longer to heal.

SalesLady · 12/12/2024 22:28

Yes, something is always burning away quietly… Same for DH. And we are the fit ones. It’s just comforting to moan.

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ClementineChurchill · 12/12/2024 22:26

Anyone else?!

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ClementineChurchill · 12/12/2024 21:48

Thank you all for affirming that it’s not just me! It’s so annoying, right? I wish I’d appreciated just how great it is to be invincible when I was young …

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Bluevelvetsofa · 12/12/2024 21:41

My left hand little finger and my right hand index finger both hurt. My knees are stiff too. I reckon it’s arthritis, but I refuse to stop sewing and knitting.

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 12/12/2024 21:39

Funny you should say that, because my foot hurts too. Left foot, along the top, towards the right. My ankle is also quite sore, and my shin. Probably connected, and not serious, though it might be arthritis.
Tomorrow they might be OK again.
Can't say that this ageing business is always fun, but it's nice to empathise. I hope your foot makes a speedy recovery.

TheChosenTwo · 12/12/2024 21:39

Oh yes I do!
I turned my ankle about 10 weeks ago and it’s still buggered. Every now and then I think it’s better and then it swells up again. Very annoying.
I do have chronic back pain but have had it for such a long time that I cope without painkillers pretty much most of the year round, I’d love to be able to properly stretch without having to be careful 😂
You have my utmost sympathy op, bodies are wonderful but can be so irritating at times!

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