new tilers, kneepads, wear them!

[peteablard]

There is a 5th option that you've overlooked Doug.........
:sofahide:

 

[Dougs Third Go]

We all think we are invincible when younger.

You need to sit down with the Mrs and only then can you decide wots best for you and yours.

Take care old yin.

that Col, was my undoing, at 30+ I could still do the 100m in under 11 sec....nobody's invincible guys.

 

[Mr Tiler]

how long exactly was you tiling without kneepads? years or just the first few months when you first started out?

 

[Dougs Third Go]

There is a 5th option that you've overlooked Doug.........
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ha ha Pete, yep, as pic was loading I saw the red pendulous ears and thought maybe you meant a Vizsla trainer...then I saw the black nose and it all went pear shaped from there..:lol:

 

[White Room]

Your good lady is a welder Doug I'm sure could knock you somethink up:lol:

 

[High Peak Tiling]

okay the long shot is I've had trouble with my left knee since early teenage years as a result of a mis-diagnosed sports injury. Now I'm 50 and with 6 ops behind me I'm not quite crippled but left with some hard decisions to make about my future. I was at hospital for an appointment with consultant yesterday and I knew it was serious when after looking at the x-ray he took off his glasses and asked if I had a good early retirement scheme in place...
he gave me 3 options..
1) retire now
2) have my knee and a few other bones broken to re-align my leg so it's not bearing weight on an arthiritic joint, this would make me bow legged and with only a 70% success rate, also if there was any arthritis in the joint behind my patella (kneecap) it wouldn't work, also it would mean 4 months off work.
3) carry on as long as I can.

there is a 4th option, changing jobs, not sure I can bring myself to do that though.

I know my arthritis is a direct result of my injury, but I asked the consultant if knee pads would have made a difference if I'd worn them earlier in my working life.
His reply was a resounding "YES!!", apparently in his estimation the arthritis would only be at 25% stage as what it is now.
On a lighter note, it is quite funny hearing an asian consultant say "Mr Boardley, in short, your knee is fecked"

Sorry to hear this Doug.

On the topic of changing jobs.. Can you be selective on your work and not take on many floors?

 

[Dougs Third Go]

how long exactly was you tiling without kneepads? years or just the first few months when you first started out?

probably 30 odd years without ​kneepads Ash..

 

[White Room]

probably 30 odd years without ​kneepads Ash..

Thats frightning....

 

[peteablard]

ha ha Pete, yep, as pic was loading I saw the red pendulous ears and thought maybe you meant a Vizsla trainer...then I saw the black nose and it all went pear shaped from there..:lol:

Training Vizslas! Or Some kind of obedience training school for working dogs. That's got to be an option if you had to go down the alternative career route mate

 

[Dougs Third Go]

tbh, as long as I keep moving and keep my quadricep strong it's manageable, the pain starts when I sit down and try to rest, quite often during the night I have to get up and just walkabout for 10-15mins to get the circulation flowing...then the blaaady dog thinks it's going out for a walk and starts tearing round the house looking for her lead..