My 22nd Birthday is Monday. Funny thing is, I have bad knees.
Okay, that’s really not funny. The guys in Lumber complain about being old and I always remind them that age isn’t what it’s all about! I’m 22 and it hurts to walk down the stairs in the morning.
Bad knees run in my family. Papa hasn’t been able to walk well for years. He’s had multiple knee surgeries. Daddy actually just had his first last month. Why do they all pass along the bad genes to me?
You’ve gotta remember, too, that I work on concrete floors. I’ve done so for approximately 2 1/2 years out of the past 3. For that I get excruciating pains in my feet, and in the middle of my back. Long shifts, like this morning, usually find me leaning over the counter to stretch my back out. There’s not really much I can do while I’m there to alleviate my feet and knees though. I just have to suck it up.
You better believe though, that when I get home, I have to bust out the Freeze It Gel. It’s become a little joke with a few of us ever since doing the Halo video, but in all seriousness, I love the stuff.
I’ll never rid myself of the pain, I know that much, but Freeze It at least makes it possible to walk down the stairs the next morning without crying. Yes, I have cried from the pain of walking down the stairs. If you’ve never worked on concrete, you probably can’t fathom what I’m talking about, but you really never get used to it. You adapt, but that’s the best you can hope for.
There’s actually a contest right now to win a year supply of Freeze It. I’m 22. Do you have any idea how many years of joint pain I have ahead of me? Your knees don’t age gracefully, ya know?!
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