Thanks Cynic and Tom!
Getting the weight off should help with my foot problems, at least both my regular doctor and foot doctor think so. However, the previous time I had plantar fasciitis, back around 1993, I weighed less than now. So I suspect I will have to remain careful about my feet for some time to come. Now the pain is in my arches... then it was in my heels and very, very bad.
As for joint issues, my ankles were problematic in childhood and I have suffered numerous sprains over the years, on into adulthood. The last I remember was a slight one a year or two ago when I tripped in the back yard.
My wrists are less flexible than they were, I had a repetitive stress injury to my right wrist, then developed it into my left wrist. Chronic tendinitis in my forearms for years after that... and I think that my left shoulder issues developed out of this.
Cartilage torn in my right knee in high school from a biking accident. This is starting to bother me more and more going up and down stairs now that I'm 50.
The good part is I don't have arthritis and none in my family. I just don't seem to have the best joints. I carry my weight more on my body... and not around my extremities.
Otherwise, I may be very overweight, but I have no blood pressure, cholesterol, or diabetes issues. My blood work is all normal. I do have an enlarged thyroid, but my doctor does not feel it is a problem yet.
It is what it is... I have to cope and lose weight. Even if I can't do some of the best exercises for that.
Cynthia
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