I know how you feel since I have had arthritis since I was 14. The pain in my back really started when I stopped growing at 6'3" tall at 17.
Now I am 45 and it hurts so bad to get out of my chair sometimes that I just don't get up for hours on end.
I still work too and after I install an engine into one of the bikes I am working on, only vicodin helps me so I can move.
I took so much Ibuprofen that my stomach lining is gone and hunger causes agonizing pain in my stomach.
Shit man, I am only 45 years old and I feel like I am 85 waiting to die.
I have hepititis C and I think my liver is finally giving up on me because it hurts sometimes so bad that I get buckled over and can't move.
Yeah, I know how you feel, and it sucks. But, the good thing is you aint alone.:thumbsup:
Misery enjoys company but, fuck misery because I am only 45 and have another 20 years ahead of me to still be useful and have fun.:thumbsup: