Wearing out meaning literal wear and tear, Reisa. Yer just not tearing,
yet. Homo sapiens sapiens was never meant to walk on two feet...our backs
are made for walking on all fours. And we wimmenz wear out spines faster
when we carry bowling balls on the front and then pass them and call them
'infants'.

  Also...kidz have RA, it's called Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, so age
has nothing to do with whether you can be arthritic. Arthritis isn't just
for little ol' ladies anymore.

  Spondylosis is a fancy name for spine osteoarthritis. As for me, I was
born with mechanical defects and have gone on from there to the the
development of CTD: Connective Tissue Disorder. My spine won't stay put
because the ligaments and tendons are genetically defective from
Ehlers-Danlos ( that's prolly not true of you) and the ligaments and tendons
are chronically inflammed from auto-immune assault. That's whut CTD does.

  I was disabled at age 35 by all of this and and still here and typing at
age 48...so look at all you have to look forward to! <duckin' and gimpin'>
Took me years to find out 'zactly whut was whut as the good folks here can
attest to. Hope it goes faster at finding out what works for you, ya sweet
young thang ya. :-)

More Hugs from Rosie

Um.. well you'd have to bring that up huh Harv?

Let's see, if my poor old mind recalls correctly, I'll give ya the quickest
run down
I can.

At 11, I wreaked on my bike, shoved my knee caps upward into my thighs,
passed
out from the pain as I didn't hit my head, but it knocked me out.  (was
doing a wheely
down the street -- good 1/2 block, jumped the curb instead of using my
driveway
and jarred the front tire loose and it fell off in mid-jump, came down on
the front forks.)

At 16, (yes very stupid I was) I was getting off the freeway and there was
no speed
sign to tell me it was a 45degree turn and was to be at 25mph, it was
raining, I took
it at 40mph and I skid into the left guard rail, bounced off of it, smacked
into the right
curb and back to the guardrail again then jumped the curb and rolled 4x down
into
a ditch... Drove out of the ditch, lol with 2 broken axles on the car --  
trust me had a hell
of a time steering the bugger.. Went to the ER, don't remember what xrays I
had -- said
I was fine and sent home.  I don't even recall being sore the next day.  --  
No seatbelt

At 17, I let a friend drive the pick-up I'd gotten to replace the car that
was totalled in the
previous accident... Me and my cousin were in the bed of the truck... she
took a corner
at 45mph, jumped the curb, rode the curb for 50ft then stopped when we hit a
100yr old
palm tree headon.  I remember flying from back to front a few times.. Only
thing I rem.
hurting was my left elbow, was only bruised, no break from xray.  -- No
seatbelt

At 19, my boyfriend was driving my replacement car and flipped a U-Turn at
that moment
a Dodge Van side-swiped us.  I was 5months pregnant at the time. -- Car was
repaired.
-- No seatbelt

At 20, I was on my way to take one of my midterms, it was raining badly, and
about 200ft
in front of me was a idiot half sticking out of his driveway because he
almost hit his mailbox
I applied the breaks to slow but found I was hydroplaning and speed went
from 35mph to
70mph within a few minutes.. I hit the rear quarter panel of his truck
headon.  -- No seatbelt

At 25, hubby was in military and we were stationed at Hickam AFB, HI ---  
only arrived 43 days
prior and was on our way to make final installment on car insurance there.
On a 5 lane, one way
road, tourist from Utah, decided to make an illegal left in front of us as
we went through the
intersection at 40mph, we hit their drivers rear-quarter panel.  Impact was
on passenger side, I
was the passenger.  -- Yes seatbelt (yes I saw it coming and braced my hands
against the dash --
where the other accidents I was limber and didnt' tense up)

Now, funny thing.. Only time I actually felt pain from any of those was the
last one.  Stenosis was
found on the CatScan taken when I was 25 after the last accident.

And yep, I did bowl for several years, from age 8 - 19 (quit 7th mon preg)
then picked it back up
when I was 29 till 34)  One just cannot quit when they carry a WIBC book
average of 188! <g>
Wasn't my back that stopped me from bowling, I only used a 13lbs ball.. was
the problem with
my thumb and wrist.  I also rarely hurt after bowling unless was in a
tournment and had to bowl
9 games in a day.  And that was only 2x a year.

Okay, so I was a wee bit brutal.. but I honestly don't think I was hurt in
any of those other
accidents except the last one.

Reisa