Tam Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Whilst not technically disabled I was diagnosed with chronic rheumatoid arthritis in my early 20's at one point I wondered if I would ever be able to walk again! Serious steroid treatment & sheer pigheadedness saw me reasonably active but the steroids had a serious effect on my weight & build I got back into shooting to give exercise some meaning. A couple of years ago I started getting serious problems in certain finger joints & decided to go back to specialist - now on different drugs but with the downside/side effects being tightness of the chest & reduced respiratory function. When faced with this I pushed through it & felt better for it When asked by the doctor if I had experienced any issues I explained shooting 3 Greylags (big feral's) & the mile walk back to the car & thinking I couldn't make it but I knew if I put them down I wouldn't pick them up again - asked what I had done I told him I persevered & pushed through. I don't know if you should be doing that was his reply - I said well I have done & although knackered for a bit I feel all the better for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Good for you Tam - Those Doctor fellahs know squit all about the thrill of fowling. Would have made Lazarus walk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) Whilst not technically disabled I was diagnosed with chronic rheumatoid arthritis in my early 20's at one point I wondered if I would ever be able to walk again! Serious steroid treatment & sheer pigheadedness saw me reasonably active but the steroids had a serious effect on my weight & build I got back into shooting to give exercise some meaning. A couple of years ago I started getting serious problems in certain finger joints & decided to go back to specialist - now on different drugs but with the downside/side effects being tightness of the chest & reduced respiratory function. When faced with this I pushed through it & felt better for it When asked by the doctor if I had experienced any issues I explained shooting 3 Greylags (big feral's) & the mile walk back to the car & thinking I couldn't make it but I knew if I put them down I wouldn't pick them up again - asked what I had done I told him I persevered & pushed through. I don't know if you should be doing that was his reply - I said well I have done & although knackered for a bit I feel all the better for it Good for you Tam & keep up the good work I men't to get back to your post but have been out of action for some time I know rheumatoid is a real lead weight around you but good to hear you are still going . Now a mate of mine has the same problem which have affected his hands very badly along with all the other kinds of conditions you describe but some time ago he renewed his cert & a young wpc asked in his interview " do you ever get depressed ? " my friends answer was a light hearted " ah I get peed off some times ! " . But we all do don't we ! well that was enough ! & later that day he got a call from her asking him to take his gun into the local RFD & she wanted a letter from his doctor to say he was not suffering from depression ! , so thats all it takes just a light hearted remark light & it can be taken seriously ! . Edited May 20, 2013 by Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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