aspro said:

Ravenprose said:

As expected..Meh.

Sony conference? Yeah very meh.

Ravenprose said:

As expected..Meh.

Sonic announcements, agreed.

I dunno, back to Sony, this could be considered the worst console generation for a long time.

Push Square had a poll up after the PS show and it seems most people there thought it was good to very good. *shrugs*

What Sonic announcements?

travo said:

I had total hip replacement at age 41 and it honestly changed my life. Before the surgery, I struggled to walked 15-20 minutes without resting. I walked about thirteen miles at Disney World a few months after the surgery. I still have issues here and there. I can never run again and I do have soreness and still limp from time to time, but I can only imagine it would be worse without. I will also have to replace this new hip in about 8-12 years.

I also have occasional lower back pain that I try to treat by going to the YMCA four to five days a week at about 5:15. I can manage to workout for about twenty five minutes before having to go back home and get ready for work. I do the elliptical and a couple of workout machines for my arms and back. Its not much but its something I suppose.

Look at us youngsters.  My hip isn't much of an issue... yet.  While I'm no sports nut, I do play about once a week.  Would hate to have to miss that.

Ravenprose said:

Two extra stength Tylenol is my go to meds for all pain. If that doesn't work I might add one Aleve a few hours later. If I can't sleep because of pain, I take two herbal caramels they sell here.

Edit: Ice packs as well.

You've got legal marijuana, man.

robio said:

I'm lucky that my back's not bad, but my right knee is going to need some surgery at some point. Genetics already gave me bad knees (thanks mom), but a few years back I fell off of a ladder while changing a light bulb.


I walked it off at the time, but the damage was a lot more serious than I realized. A few months later I was trying to play Ring Fit Adventure on the Switch, and I don't remember exactly what I was doing, but I put all my weight on the right leg, and I immediately fell on the floor. Even with low impact stuff like yoga, I can't balance in it. Anyway, I'm afraid my dreams at playing in the professional frisbee golf league are probably impossible now.

My knee pain was actually referred pain from my hip

Made it to the final boss on Ganryu 2, awesome game.

Beat the final boss in Ghouls and Ghosts arcade... only to be warped back to the first level to do it again.

I used to think this game was a classic but, as with other arcade games my nostalgia stems from the experience and the first couple of levels.

This game is categorically a piece of shit. It screws you over in so many ways.

You have a pitiful jump, you can't change direction in the air. So projectiles suddenly appear from offscreen and you're committed to die in its path.

Enemies often randomly change movement patterns to screw you over.

Enemies appear literally at your feet. You often can't tell when youre hitting a boss. You can't jump and grab onto ladders.

The levels will suddenly have you running backwards through the level to an unnatural extent.

The game will throw unavoidable attacks at you. You may avoid one or two but end up jumping to avoid several projectiles, and inevitably into the path of another hit.

The game literally screws you over by giving you shitty weapons. You get the blue flame, crap on a stick and even when you die you can't get rid of it.

Most weapons fire at an angle so you literally can't shoot at ground level enemies even when ducking.

I think the SNES version is better, if only for the double jump.

Thank you to everyone on the back pain advice and commiseration. This is an annual event for me nowadays, fortunately with some rest it will go away.

I should have used a heatpad by now, thanks GG fo rthe reminder.

It only hurts when I move

Facebook continues to invest in VR:

Power is out now due to Helene.

aspro said:

Thank you to everyone on the back pain advice and commiseration. This is an annual event for me nowadays, fortunately with some rest it will go away.

I should have used a heatpad by now, thanks GG fo rthe reminder.

It only hurts when I move

It happens to me once or twice a year when I over exert myself. After an MRI they found a disc in my spine was bulging and the disc is either compressed or ruptured. Luckily it can heal itself, though the doctor said it may need surgery if it gets worse.

I found lying flat in bed with a heated pad works, but it still takes 7 days to fully heal. I couldn't live without a heat pad, I have one that covers my neck and shoulders too from amazon.

The good thing about heat pads is that it's constant, drug free pain relief. It promotes higher blood circulation and healing.

In fact when I had covid, the heat pad was the only thing that kept the muscle pain down too.