Well Seasoned
By fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
Momence, Illinois
April 24, 2016 7:22am CST
Someone once told me not to call myself old. Someone else said to call it well seasoned. I do like that phrase, so from now on I am well seasoned. It does sound better than old in my opinion.
The reason for this post is what I did to my well seasoned self last night as I was getting ready for bed. As I was getting undressed to get my jammies on I pulled a muscle in ......... my left thumb. Say what??? How is that even possible? The thumb pad of my left hand had a shooting pain run through it as I was taking off my t shirt. I am left handed and thought ut oh I could be in trouble here. How am I going to type and comment at myLot. This is not good. This morning my thumb hurts a bit when I try to use it in certain ways, but typing seems to be ok thankfully.
I have pulled muscles in my back taking off my shirt, an action I have done probably 10's of thousands of times. But never in my hand. I sat on my bed just shaking my head in disbelief. I guess it's just because I'm well seasoned.
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@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
24 Apr 16
I hope you're ok.. maybe some exercise could help?
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@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
24 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 oh maybe you should get it checked out
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Apr 16
@Drosophila Today it's almost better, I am very pleased about that.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
Maybe or just some not using it thingy. I don't know it's not bad but it hurts a bit when I do certain motions all the way into my wrist.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
Well it hurts in the muscle of the thumb pad so I just assumed that's what happened. Sore today.
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@JudyEv (381875)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 I hope it improves. I have one knuckle that periodically gets sore. I think it is getting arthritic. Every time it starts to hurt I massage Dencorub into it.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
@JudyEv Never heard of Dencorub is that some sort of hot feeling med or what?
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
4 May 16
@fishtiger58 LOL. I like well seasoned better anyway. 
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
5 May 16
@mommaj I do too, won't use old again lol.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
4 May 16
Thanks it's right as rain. Yea have to use well seasoned don't want Evil telling me to stop using old lol.
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@DaddyEvil (174296)
• United States
25 Apr 16
Yes, I would agree to saying well seasoned, tiger! (I do remember telling you not to call yourself old! We aren't that far apart in age!)
Isn't is amazing and astonishing how easy it is to injure yourself in the weirdest places? I hope your thumb feels better quickly!
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@DaddyEvil (174296)
• United States
25 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 Yes, me and crazy! She is the one who said to say you were well seasoned! (If I missed my guess, I will eat my hat!) LOL!
Good! I am glad it is doing better!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Apr 16
I was wondering if you were going to come see this post, because yes indeed it was you I was talking about lol. Thankfully it's way better today almost perfect. Yup I can hurt myself in one easy step without even thinking about it.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Apr 16
@DaddyEvil yup it was her lol, I do like that better than old, for some reason well seasoned doesn't sound so darn old lol.
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@gudheart (12659)
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25 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 It is nothing serious just an aching pain. Hope it is better tomorrow as I want to do more exercise tomorrow!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Apr 16
I hope you feel better soon, my hand is way better today, yesterday it just ached all day.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Apr 16
@gudheart How's it feeling today.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Apr 16
It does sound better than old for sure. Thanks my thumb is much better thankfully, i am left handed and can't do a thing with my right.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
24 Apr 16
I rather call myself old (even though I am not old yet) because getting old comes with a lot of privileges.
When a young person forgets something, he can expect a good scolding from his teacher or his boss.
If his grandma forgets something, everyone will forgive her, and put it down to old age.
Sometimes I think that is just an excuse.
Grandma probably just too lazy to write down and too lazy to want to remember.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
24 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 Not true. I keep on using that as an excuse for carelessness already.
My mum and her friends keep on saying they are old too.
When they go out and get on a crowded train, they will try to make eye contact, and hope some younger ones will give up the seats for them.
When nobody does that, they will talk loudly about young people not respecting old people!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
@scheng1 lol that could be embarrassing. Old folks will say anything
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
Well when you get to that age considered old you may not like that word anymore lol.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
4 Apr 17
I was hunting down a comment I gave to Judy a while back about essential oils and it was on this post of yours, here, that I made my comment. After reading over some of the responses and comments again I was going to ask if you ever went to any doctor about your thumb, but it looks like it must have gotten better a few days later?
If you ever do get it checked out, I'd be interested to hear what they have to say about it. If you write about it you can tag me so I'd find it and read it too. If I ever go to a specialist about it, I'll make sure I write about it too. Both my thumbs are bad but it's at the base of both thumbs mostly, not just the thumb pad. My whole had will hurt periodically too.
I was hoping that my time off would allow them to heal up, but they're probably too far gone already with the arthritis since they still keep bothering me out of the blue. I may have to have one of them replaced before my right knee. But it may depend on how long I'd be off work. I'm not sure I can afford to be off that often or at least before I begin collecting social security. After I get that, maybe I'd at least have enough to pay bills.
Btw, I posted a response back when you wrote this that you may have missed. I supplied a link to how the hand works and what's muscle and such. I need to look at it again for my own hand too.
See you around.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Apr 17
Yea it healed after a couple of days I seem to recall. But how weird is that. I don't have arthritis that I know of.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
28 Apr 16
I like "well seasoned" too. I am very well seasoned then. I hope the thumb is better.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Apr 16
Yes thanks much better, that's my fishing rod throwing hand I gotta have that lol.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
24 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 That doesn't sound good to me. I'd called the doctor if it feels that way after a few days.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
@DianneN I sure will, I want to go fishing and being left handed it's the hand I throw out my line with. I can't do a darn thing with my right hand.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
I think a pulled muscle, but now the longer I am up and using it, I find I am having pain in the top of my hand, into the thumb pad and on into my wrist.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Apr 16
I know that's got to be painful. I did the same thing, and I wasn't well-seasoned at the time. I was working in a factory doing repetitive work using my thumbs for the hardest part and strained the muscle in the left I believe. I had to wear a brace for quite a while to keep from injuring it again.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 I'm glad it's doing better.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Apr 16
I think I got lucky. Today it's almost back to normal, hardly any pain when I use it. It ached all day yesterday and I was worried.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Apr 17
So very sorry I missed your comment. My only explanation is old age, I don't have problems with my hands nor do I have atrhritis, so I'm thinking it was just a pulled muscle.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Apr 16
i am also seasoned, but not yet that well-seasoned.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Apr 16
Lol yup we all age, and sadly nothing we can do about it.
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@purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
24 Apr 16
Well at least it was your thumb and not your middle finger or we would have needed more of an explanation than merely taking off your shirt.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Apr 16
lol yes the possibilities are endless lol very funny.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Apr 16
It's tough when the mind is willing but the body isn't. I hope it gets better for you soon.
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
24 Apr 16
most odd to've done such to yer thumb 'n i hope that't continues to heal well. yepperz, we aint "old" 'n now i fear i've set 'bout a chain'f events coz now many folks're usin' the phrase "well seasoned". reckon 't could be worse schtuff folks've picked'p from me, eh? ;)
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Apr 16
It's a darn good way to say old, it doesn't sound as old as old does lol.
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@Marilynda1225 (91044)
• United States
25 Apr 16
The more well-seasoned you get the easier it is to have crazy things happen to body parts LOL hope it heals quickly and I can totally relate to stuff like this.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Apr 16
It was pretty shocking to say the least. I have done crazy stuff like this before, things you have done a million times and them bam I'm hurt.
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Apr 16
It's much better thanks so much. Yup I won't use old again, well seasoned just doesnt sound so darn old lol..
