Quote Originally Posted by lo123 View Post
.. I'm 27 and have had the arthritis for 11 years now. I let the arthritis rule my life for too long. Up until 2 years ago I was pretty much sedentary and used a cane to get around about half of the time. Lots of heavy duty meds and lots of exercise later, I'm too hard headed at this point to let the new bike win I've worked too hard to come this far. Quite frankly, some days I'm still amazed at who I am today vs. 2 years ago.
27...
minus 11 years...
that give me an entirely different perspective of the situation. "I don't blame you for being hard headed" said the hard headed 51 year old.
it's remarkable what exercise can do for us yet so many people would rather just take a pill