Yeoch! My knee improved minimally after I had meniscus surgery last year,  and there have been setbacks, so I feel your pain.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 841):

48 here. What does not kill you does not always make you stronger...

i should get more exercise, but i'm actually in better health now than i was when i was 30. 38, now.

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 843):

51 here. Definitely in worse shape than I was twelve years ago. Back then I was reeducating, and walking 4 hours a day, mostly up and down stairs.

Yeah, the last year of piloting a desk has done my health no good.  At Least the previous kitchen job was on my feet in constant motion... now I'm fighting to not nap through the incredibly boring mornings at work.

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 845):

I am either standing for 3 hours at a shot in the OR while wearing lead garments, walking while pushing things for for 4 hours at a time, or mostly sitting for six

Gee Kids, I am done working for money; now I just work for my wife doing such honey do's as I can.
Back is screwed up some, hips are replaced, knees bug me and my feet hurt.  Other than that I am doing great!
Need to lose about 80 pounds I guess, a desk job for 15+ years contributed to that. Prior to that I was moving about a lot more.

Two demon slayers and sun priest walk into a demon bar...

Wow.

At 60, I have two good knees, a back that never complained for more than a day or two at a time before my rear-end accident last January (and since healing up, it's pretty much back to that condition), and I've Never.  Had.  Flu.

I am diabetic, but still only on metformin and glipizide after almost 18 years of diagnosis, and it doesn't slow me down, just limits my eating a bit.  Arthritis is a bitch, but aspirin a couple times a day controls it, for the most part.

Guess I'm doing okay!

Not bad, I have avoided the Diabetes. Have had the flu a few times, no way to avoid it if you work in a crowded place.
My Back went with 120-140 pound rucksacks in Vietnam ... took a while for the Arthritis to show, but it did.
I can get by with out meds if I get a nerve or two burned out every 18-24 months.
Hips likely went along with the rucks and riding around in tracked vehicles while standing in the hatch.
Still, for 73 I am doing pretty well.

cutting out soda, 12-14 hour fasts, and cooking my own meals from raw ingredients has done wonders. i was pushing 220, now i'm 195-200, but i'd like to be 185-190 ideally. i'm pretty sedentary these days, now that i'm semi-retired. could use more exercise, i've become a lay-about.
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In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 851):

"I feel so left out of things!"

50 and in need of a hip replacement due to various sports, some time in construction, and a genetic condition that has advanced the arthritis.  I stubbornly keep at the sand volleyball...even though I'm under 6 feet tall.  Never been good enough to play with the big boys, but the sand is forgiving and it's excellent exercise.  And my motivation to keep doing it (until I can't) has kept me exercising several days a week.  So far I have been able to manage the hip and related issues (like my back). When the pain gets past ibuprofen I'll probably have to buckle down and get it done.

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 853):

I typically spend two days a week in the operating room with our ortho surgeons running fluoroscopy while they replace hips. These days it is a quick peocedure with a very rapid recovery time, much faster than a lot of ortho surgery. I get a lot of opportunities to speak with the patients, and they seem to get back to moving around better faster.

I'm very excited to see what life would be like with a good hip.  It has been the source of problems as long as I can remember, although I didn't figure it out until a few years ago.

Of course I have to balance that against the restrictions they bring, active teenagers, and caring for an elderly parent with cancer.  :/

I feel like Berry is going to get eaten by a tiger some day.

In reply to Berry (msg # 856):

You probably should take Animal Handling (felines) to mitigate that...

Haveron probably needs to invest in Animal Handling (Necromancer).

In reply to Haveron Stormwal (msg # 858):

Don't you have Two handed sword for that?

It would work.  However, then we use the benefit of having he Necromancer in it's native habitat.  These animals require study.  They are a peculiar breed, with especially strange mating habits.

In reply to Haveron Stormwal (msg # 860):

Especially with their own handiwork!

wait... ew.

lol xD

In reply to Grimaldi (msg # 863):

That is twisted...even for me!

Gareth was always meant to be a handful for his own party. Keep them asking the question "Is the Devil we know really better than the devil we dont?"

Why yes.  Yes he is.  And you're doing an excellent job of making him a pain in the ...  Just like he should be as a necromancer who is more neutral than evil.

I would even go so far as to say you have done an excellent job fleshing out the thought patterns behind his actions.  It pains me to say this, because he's literally my monkey in my circus, but ...you deserve recognition for the role-playing side of things.