my joints are aching

all this week my knees are painfull and my hands are cold.......... is it a combination of cold / damp / and pressure readings?

 

Medical diagnoses:-
Under 30- growing pains
30-40-depression
Over 40- old age
Seriously my neighbour has rheumatism and she always feels worse in that kind of weather.

 

LG - prolly cold, any problem joints always play up a little more with the cold - in part due to the lack of exercise during the winter months - but given the extended cold period, and if its different from your usual february feelings go visit your doctor.

Thought! - one of the things people do tend to forget during cold spells, especially in March is the importance of diet.

 

Was glazing a conservatory today and the wind was bitter..The hands,knees,feet and back were agony,but worst of all... :eek: Splitting thumbs just under the nails!!....Bliddy painful :(

 

I really hate those splits, no-one takes you seriously when you say how painful they are. I find the only thing that helps is plastering them with beeswax cream and covering with plasters overnight.

 

The only way I can work is to fill the cracks with putty and wrap around with electrical insulating tape :rolleyes:
At night I soak them in surgical spirits :eek: :D

 

:D No nixon...for real! I have even used super glue to seal the splits I've been so desperate :D
Mind you,I think I'll try the Beeswax cream that liz uses,it sounds more user friendly,especially at lunch time :D

 

I don't know about the putty, maybe the linseed oil helps! The insulating tape sounds excellent. My problem with plasters is that they get damp and come off. I've used cellotape before to keep cracks covered but insulating tape sounds much better.
The beeswax cream isn't moist, it's more like petroleum jelly, an almond oil base?- similar to putty maybe!
Nixon, I've tried many times but simply can't work in gloves.
Paladin, I now have a very comical image of you in my mind, but I really do sympathise :D

 

Sorry, LG, we've hijacked your thread. Have you tried anything to improve circulation for your hands?

 

Use vasaline,take it with you to work,keep using it day and night.
Cover with plaster in the day,so as not to smere the glass.
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Only a pawn in the game.

 

:D Tape copes with the wet.
I find red tape is the best.....you know when you have come to the end of a snack bar :D But I have to be careful with oranges!!! :D

 

I've got your problem Paladin, been using the superglue aswell, it stings a bit but does seal them off for a few days.
I've also got one of those lip sticks that I carry around and rub in the ends of my fingers when I think about it.

 

:D :D What shade?? :D :D

 

You know what I mean. Tastes awful if I chew me nails.

 

:D Imagine how putty tastes for me :D