58, mild. My back usually hurts to some degree, as does my shoulder and knee. But that’s just background discomfort, and I don’t pay it much attention. Old age is not for the faint of heart.
Regards,
Shodan
I get headaches occasionally, but pretty mild ones (0.5 - 1 on the 0-10 scale) and a couple of Advil cuts them off at the knees. And I know that if I eat some things (like buttered popcorn at the AMC theater) I’ll feel queasy later in the day unless I take a Zantac, but that’s about it. Not bad for being on the wrong side of 45.
When I was in the 50 to 59 group life was torture every day. Once I retired the pain level has dropped to a very comfortable level.
Me too.
About what you’d expect.
I’m not genuinely entirely free from pain, because after all, nobody is: I occasionally get a Charlie horse, or a crick in my back, or stub my toe, or whatever. But my typical day is one without any bodily pain of any note, so I voted “no pain”.
Chronos, that’s pretty much how I intended that option.
I’m 60. Sometimes I’ll wake up with stiff, achy fingers, and they may stay achy thru the day - not at all debilitating, but enough that I’m aware of mild pain. My back tends to really bother me if I do a lot of yard work, but overall, mild to none sums it up.
I really shouldn’t have responded to this poll when I have a nasty sprained ankle that hurts even with an ace bandage. My ortho appointment is tomorrow morning.
33, and I chose ‘moderate’, as an average. I have MS and I work as a retail manager, which honestly takes quite a toll. Suspected TM (transverse myelitis) and overweight, my hips routinely take the “Screw you” approach to working for me.
I’m very similar to you in this respect. I was divided whether to vote “none” or “mild,” as I have mild lumbago on occasions, but nothing really constant or consistent.
Almost 45, with a bum knee and a bum shoulder, chronic pain and occasional sciatica from an old back injury, occasional migraines, a touch of arthritis, and ohmygodmakeitstopmakeitstop monthly menstrual symptoms. Since the serious pain is intermittent, and the daily stuff is mild enough to remain background noise mostly, I figured that it averages out to moderate…
My pains are mild to moderate but they are many.
My newest “pain discovery” is my back starts to ache if I sleep longer than six hours. Which is just freak’n great because I already have problems sleeping in the first place. Grrr!!
- I get sore from working out, but generally not much pain with one exception, which is a migraine.
A lot of people I know have it much worse, and they stay positive. I have no reason to complain.
I am 35. I put “mild” because sometimes I’ll have jaw pain from TMJD (rarely anymore. Really rarely), I get painful menstrual cramps, and if I’m not really regular with my workouts I end up sore a day or so later. And sometimes I do yardwork that makes me sore the next day.
I started having daily back pain a while ago, waking up with it, and decided it sucked and started working out as regularly as possible. I haven’t had any back pain in many years.
Oddly enough even though I am very, very fat my knees haven’t given me a problem since I was a teen. I try to keep my muscles strong to carry all this around.
Late 30’s, moderate pain all the time. Though it spikes to pure agony on a regular basis. Severe GI issues that I’ve had going on 20 years.
I have auto-immunne issues. I vary between moderate and none.
Usually not too much pain, but for the last three months I am dealing with a herniated disc in my neck, kidney stones, broken ankle and back problems as a result of the ankle. I try not to take pain meds, but sometimes they are necessary. I know these things will get better, and aside from the disc problem, should not be chronic. At least that is my hope! Getting old sucks - and I’m not 50 yet.
- Office job with a lot of computer work and a decent amount of walking. I voted “moderate,” but some of the chronic pain sufferers here may disagree. None of my daily pains is very bad, but my allergies and stress give me headaches that never quite go away, my knees hurt all the time, my back hurts often, but rarely badly, my feet get sore from walking sometimes, my ankles ache with changes in the weather (both sprained many times, and I broke my fibula once, an inch or so from the bottom), I get this weird cramp in my ribs sometimes, and my hands get achy from time to time.
In addition, though they’re not painful, my allergies make my eyes swell a little, which makes it hard to see the computer screen clearly, and I have minor hearing loss with raging tinnitus that makes conversations a chore.
On a daily basis, I ignore all of this and don’t let it slow me down, but sometimes one or more of these breaks through and I just can’t – I limp, I sit at my desk and hold my head, and sometimes I just don’t get out of bed.
I’ll be 45 next week. Voted moderate pain due to end stage renal failure. I have surgery Wednesday to do a fistula to start dialysis. All in all, I’m lucky that I don’t have the typical kidney failure ailments - no edema, no nausea, no severe pain; however, I’m so tired of being tired.
I’m 42, and until the end of last year I would have voted “none”: for some reason, all year I’ve had chronic heel pain. I’m overweight, but not any fatter than I’ve been for the past few years so I’m not sure that’s the issue. Some days I can barely walk but most days it’s just annoying, so I averaged it to “mild.” I’ve been using orthotics (both insoles and Orthaheel sandals and dress shoes) for a month or so and they help a lot. I finally saw a doctor last week: she doesn’t think it’s plantar fasciitis – she pressed on a part of my foot that should have hurt, but didn’t – but she gave me a referral to a podiatrist. It’s really strange to suddenly have pain, even just a little bit, every day. I no longer take getting out of bed, getting up from a chair, or getting off the couch for granted.
My mom started dialysis almost two years ago (and finally got a fistula last year): ESRD is different for everyone, but I think you’ll find that you will become less tired as your dialysis schedule stabilizes and you become more used to it. Dialysis days will always be tiring, but the other 4 days a week should get better. Hang in there. 