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Hi Joe. I'm often conflicted about what to do when laymen give me medical advice. It only happens when it's not obvious who I am. I know you mean well. But If your general practitioner said his back hurt would you have gone this route, or just assumed he had a handle on his problem? When a person doesn't have a lot of knowledge in a particular area it's only natural for them to draw upon the little knowledge they do have to try and solve what seems like a similar problem, and that is why you are painting me with the brush you yourself have been colored with. I appreciate the concern and your genuineness in wanting to help me, but having a six-year degree in medicine and having this problem for 17-years now I understand exactly what ails me, and it's not RA. No, my problem is degradation of my discs and adhesions. The latter is where scar tissue (lots of it) has formed because of all my lumbar surgeries. The addition of all this fibrous tissue where no solid structures should be further crowds out my body's normal innervation as well as attaching to those nerve fibers preventing their normal ability to slide smoothly about. That irritates the nerves causing them to swell which can quickly become rather severe unless I can reduce the swelling, hence my PERIODIC reliance on steroids. My problem does not involve RA though, at least not at this point.
I'm not a Dr, but if everybody else in my family has a Hiatal hernia I probably
do as well.
I am also one that I'm the lucky boy that also wound up with Psoriasis.
I'm 56 and my knuckles are starting to hurt while I drive.
Could it possibly be Psoriatic Arthritis?
Aches and Pains, Nunyadam, are the most uttered three words of those who have celebrated their 50th Birthday, and we really aren’t any different than the needs of these Crossfires that we dolt over, which are Loving Care and Preventive Maintenance.
At 7,000 miles we know that this wonderful 4 stroke 3.2 liter needs an influx of viscosity to prevent that dreaded friction of piston and cylinder wall. When our ignition key begins to falter, we know a procedure has to be preformed. An oxygen sensor gone bad leads to a check engine light.
For ourselves, we pay attention to our own system listening for early warning signs and following up on these clues. A blood pressure check and a panel of markers from a blood test are no different than the diagnostic tool that we insert to our cars computer.
The aching knuckles could be a warning sign that your Synovial joints are corrupted. Maybe just your DNA code doing its job where it may never get worse while it comes and goes. The key is inflammation which is a sign your autoimmune system is corrupted. If you already have been diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis you probably are prone to more attack on different areas of your body.
These are things you can do. Read up as much as you can, jot down your symptoms and review them with your primary care doc. Proper meds, diet, and exercise can be great Preventive Maintenance. Good luck to you !!
Yesterday I made the purchase of an '04. This morning I did the solder repair on the PCM RCM. Today, I drive the crap out of it to see what else shows up!
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We finally took delivery of our ‘07 coupe today. It received the full spa treatment: clay bar, polishing, & ceramic coating. Tomorrow will be upgrade the radio day.
Hey Nunyadam, nice job on the windshield frame. Did you blend in the paint at the repair or did you paint the entire frame? What paint code did you use for the silver and where did you get it? Thanks.
Words cannot express the giddy smile on my face this evening. Bought this car for $2k, all of the warning lights on and spoiler stuck up, and a few other misc items...
Replaced the RCM today, it all works as it should!!!!
Had to get it in the highway to make sure
The wing deployed as it was supposed to, although it was was 9:30 and too dark to watch it happen. Guess I’ll have to do it again during the daylight.
Checked the low beams too, as they were pointed to the ground. One bulb was upside down, the other wasn’t secured by the clip. Got them sorted and can see the road ahead.
It was a good and productive late evening of tinkering.
This forum has been a wealth of knowledge. A huge thank you to contributors for the discussions and advise.
(Photo is from a couple days ago, the only one I have so far)
Words cannot express the giddy smile on my face this evening. Bought this car for $2k, all of the warning lights on and spoiler stuck up, and a few other misc items...
Replaced the RCM today, it all works as it should!!!!
Had to get it in the highway to make sure
The wing deployed as it was supposed to, although it was was 9:30 and too dark to watch it happen. Guess I’ll have to do it again during the daylight.
Checked the low beams too, as they were pointed to the ground. One bulb was upside down, the other wasn’t secured by the clip. Got them sorted and can see the road ahead.
It was a good and productive late evening of tinkering.
This forum has been a wealth of knowledge. A huge thank you to contributors for the discussions and advise.
(Photo is from a couple days ago, the only one I have so far)
Welcome! Nice looker! Great deal, good luck and many years of FUN!
Today (last night) I replaced the “cup holder” with a bin.
Then, as I had no history of the cars 94k miles, replaced the idler pulley, belt tensioner pulley, and the drive belt. Glad I did, as the idler pulley was split in half! The rattling I thought was the bearing was the pulley itself.
(RCM in the passenger seat headed to Tighed1 for repair) 3D printed storage bin from the big auction site. Split idler pulley.
Installed a chrome ball shifter on the SRT that I received from Rob at Needswings. I’ve been looking high and low for one and of course he had one, thanks again Rob.
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Welcome! Nice looker! Great deal, good luck and many years of FUN! 
