David, MK,
It is not always something that we are doing, taking or not doing...sometimes it is just us. I live a very active lifestyle, no car, tons of walking to/from transport etc and carrying groceries etc...so I should be in great shape. I also work out a lot (usually 1+hr/day) and I take suppliments.
That said, I am permanently exhausted, my hips are killing me, I am living off of NSAIDs and now opiates but I still cannot sleep from the pain. (flipping over my mattress has helped a bit...)
It is nothing that I am doing, doc says I do it all right but if I stop working out, I hurt more, if I stop the NSAIDs I squirm from the pain. Work or no work, exercise or activity I am miserable...I am now seeing a physiotherapist for my hips/back...no real relief...yet. But I have hope.
We are a screwed up bunch, biologically speaking...some of us just have an anatomy that requires high maintenence...I do not know why.
I am starting to belive that inflamation can become systemic like an infection...once one part of my body gets inflamed the rest seems to catch fire too...I become hard pressed to find a joint that does not ache and at the same time my guts start to hurt...don't know if it is a coincidence or not but it just is.
If someone finds a solution please tell me, the only thing that seems to make sense to me is food alergies...maybe something that we are eating is causing a systemic reaction in our bodies that insites inflamation...
Sharon