Osteoarthritis

I feel comfortably glued to my chair otherwise I would get up, pull out the relevant book and cite the reference that says something along the lines of  "it's a myth that climbers will get osteoarthritis".

Bullshit.

I got the high resolution ultrasound scans done last week.All 8 PIP joint and all 8 DIP joints have it. There are osteophytes present in several of the PIP joints. Little bits of bone. We didn't bother looking at the thumbs.No point really; even the x-ray showed an osteophyte in one thumb. Hmmm. So that's all fairly clear then. Over 30 years of finger joint abuse and that's what you get. Is this a big deal? Well, the pain wakes me up every night. Crimping is a little more stressful on finger joints than sleeping...

Now, where did I put those anti-inflammatories?