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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / February 200747 million?
While searching for some stories about gardeners with arthritis I came across a short article here: http://www.pallensmith.com/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&task=answer&Itemid=0&c atid=103&aid=680 which claims that 47 million Americans have arthritis. Does this figure seem reasonable to you all? It seems rather high to me. That would be about one in six or thereabouts? Should I invest in a bigger webserver? Do tell if you know. PS: Just a moment ago I posted that same question to the UK group in error. They will be furious.  SignatureGardening with arthritis - http://www.wildpoppy.com While searching for some stories about gardeners with arthritis I came across a short article here: http://www.pallensmith.com/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&task=answer&Itemid=0&c atid=103&aid=680 which claims that 47 million Americans have arthritis. Does this figure seem reasonable to you all? It seems rather high to me. yep, it's possible. i've seen numbers as high as 60 million americans afflicted with arthritis. kate That would be about one in six or thereabouts? Should I invest in a bigger webserver? Do tell if you know. PS: Just a moment ago I posted that same question to the UK group in error. They will be furious. SignatureGardening with arthritis - http://www.wildpoppy.com > While searching for some stories about gardeners with arthritis I came > across a short article here: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > afflicted with arthritis. > kate It's a national disgrace. It must be something in the water. While surfing I also came across a dreadful story on an arthritis forum where a woman complained that her consultant didn't pay enough attention to the discomfort suffered by her daughter. In her position I would have wanted to look at dietary aspects. But because there were so many other possible variables, and because one has no way of knowing the mother's mental state, one doesn't want to offer an opinion. Thanx for the reply. Interesting group. Seems to be quite feline BTW. d'huit wrote: > While searching for some stories about gardeners with arthritis I came > across a short article here: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > afflicted with arthritis. > kate It's a national disgrace. It must be something in the water. ***LOL! water is unlikely at issue overall. it's a huge nation with multiple water sources. the diseases' statistical data are not limited to regions. however the disgrace is more global than you might imagine. While surfing I also came across a dreadful story on an arthritis forum where a woman complained that her consultant didn't pay enough attention to the discomfort suffered by her daughter. In her position I would have wanted to look at dietary aspects. But because there were so many other possible variables, and because one has no way of knowing the mother's mental state, one doesn't want to offer an opinion. ***horror stories abound, but i suppose we can be grateful that they are not the norm. Thanx for the reply. Interesting group. Seems to be quite feline BTW. ***you're welcome. "quite feline . . ."? interesting word choice. how do you mean that? kate >***you're welcome. "quite feline . . ."? interesting word choice. how do >you mean that? > >kate I'm thinking she refers to all the fur babies that seem to abound here. I know I am another one who is controlled by a four footed feline. I'm sure we aren't catty, well, maybe when we respond to certain trolls. :-) --- Joan On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:41:13 -0800, "d'huit" <threecedars1@comcast2.net> wrote in alt.support.arthritis: >***you're welcome. "quite feline . . ."? interesting word choice. how >do >you mean that? > >kate I'm thinking she refers to all the fur babies that seem to abound here. I know I am another one who is controlled by a four footed feline. I'm sure we aren't catty, well, maybe when we respond to certain trolls. :-) --- Joan LOL! funny, joan, i wasn't thinking "catty". i was thinking lithe and aloof (catlike). but i think we are hardly aloof and my own days of being lithe are far behind me. kate > On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:41:13 -0800, "d'huit" <threecedars1@comcast2.net> > wrote in [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > kate Lithe > lithesome > lissom. lithe and lissom are fine words, doncha think? in my house two cats choose to live, by force of habit one would imagine. they bunch themselves up especially small when they want something, preferably a piece of cheese. feline I think is a compliment. like a fool i am still weighing up the world with a view to changing it slightly hence the sig. here it is half past midnight. once again it's time to go to bed. night night girls. sleep tight. Signaturegardening with arthritis - http://www.wildpoppy.com d'huit wrote: > On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:41:13 -0800, "d'huit" <threecedars1@comcast2.net> > wrote in [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > kate Lithe > lithesome > lissom. lithe and lissom are fine words, doncha think? ***yes, and best when practically employed.<smile> in my house two cats choose to live, by force of habit one would imagine. they bunch themselves up especially small when they want something, preferably a piece of cheese. feline I think is a compliment. ***having 3 of my own undauntable darlings, i'm inclined to agree. like a fool i am still weighing up the world with a view to changing it slightly hence the sig. here it is half past midnight. once again it's time to go to bed. night night girls. sleep tight. ***i once tried that with our large backyard, had devised a grand plan for stairs and terrace wall, rockeries and bordered beds, all of natural lynch creek stone. i did all the work myself for two years and thought myself a miracle worker. it's remnants of decayed grandeur ("grandeur" being a figment) still exists. but i discovered that nature has a way of reclaiming and repairing. she seems to love reasserting the indigenous. still, because i'm nutty, i enjoy it even as it is. kate Signaturegardening with arthritis - http://www.wildpoppy.com > ***i once tried that with our large backyard, had devised a grand plan for > stairs and terrace wall, rockeries and bordered beds, all of natural lynch [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > kate I used to do a bunch of that landscaping stuff around here. Every year a little more and a little more 'till I finally figured out I was making more and more work for myself in having to maintain it all! That ended that right then and there!! GaryZ Kate wrote: > LOL! funny, joan, i wasn't thinking "catty". i was thinking lithe and > aloof (catlike). but i think we are hardly aloof and my own days of > being lithe are far behind me. WHAT? You don't don the tutu and prance around in the ballet nowadays? ... One never knows, do one? > I'm thinking she refers to all the fur babies that seem to abound here. I > know [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > --- > Joan heh - we are only somewhat controlled by Puddin' - I keep telling him he didn't know what he was doing when he designated me "mom". I was raised by a strong mom and learned my mom lessons well froom her. Then again, he's an unusually extraverted feline. We're still having trouble though reconciling his desire to curl up on my chest with my costo flares. Maybe that's why I'd always been a dog person BP (before Puddin') SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > While searching for some stories about gardeners with arthritis I came > across a short article here: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > PS: Just a moment ago I posted that same question to the UK group in > error. They will be furious. well, considering that there are over 100 diseases identified as "arthritis" and that arthritis can vary widely in severity and there are 300 million plus people in the US, with us boomers aging and our bodies breaking down and developing more problems, yeah - that's a very believable figure. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare |
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