I didn't get hurt fighting in the bar, but it could have been. I had psoriasis from around age 12 until maybe 20 years ago, and now only a bit on my scalp occasionally. Different things work to treat the symptoms for different people, but the only thing that really made it go away for me was less stress; I suppose at some point my attitude must have changed. My arthritis only showed up when I was around 50, maybe a bit earlier, but considering all the hard work I'd done it was expected. Falls and fractures added to that but I still have to consider myself lucky to be working and managing pain on my own. Beware of NSAID anti-inflamatories like arthrotec for arthritis, I nearly got an ulcer because I was on it for far too long and taking dexolant to kill the acid reflux. Cortisone in one knee helped quite a bit, but it doesn't last forever, so now I have to pace myself a bit and just stop what I'm doing when it starts to hurt.

Please don’t put yourself down J...you have a great written skills.

Yeah stress is the # 1 trigger for me for psoriasis, the higher the stress the worse the outbreak.

I haven't found any solution to the stress yet.

I bought one of these - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00007E7RY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 - but it only cost me $306 (2015) not the $643 mentioned there

I got it for my downstairs rental unit as the tenant was complaining about the upstairs people smoking (they said they weren't and it was one of the situations that became a big issue).

I can't give a personal recommendation but he said it helped and he must have liked it as he took it with him when he left.

I bought this one for a family member and they say it works really well.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00LXB1VTO?aaxitk=a4YEjFbSRgYANHEbg8jiEg&pd_rd_i=B00LXB1VTO&pf_rd_p=c9689a83-2b5e-48a7-96d4-b89a2ab0d0ba&hsa_cr_id=7002388800501&sb-ci-n=asinImage&sb-ci-v=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F61jz2Q1EhEL.jpg&sb-ci-a=B00LXB1VTO
according to reviews it's good up to a room size of 15 x21 .. but all these air filters work better in rooms with windows and doors closed.

Here's a thought (and I might be way wrong, lol) but could you use a furnace filter in the window opening, to filter out particles coming in? Something like this - which comes in different sizes...
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/f...w.ds#store=177

or this has good reviews:https://www.amazon.ca/PollenTec-White-Clean-Window-Screen/dp/B072LDX6HT/ref=pd_sbs_121_3/139-7145298-6016811?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B072LDX6HT&pd_rd_r=fe32a98a-9c5f-11e9-b37e-594169a5e18b&pd_rd_w=ayYYw&pd_rd_wg=hJrsH&pf_rd_p=5dcda75b-8643-4da3-9bb1-5c0233790500&pf_rd_r=1M208WZ4MBBB4JGSPGDP&psc=1&refRID=1M208WZ4MBBB4JGSPGDPhttps://www.amazon.com/PollenTec-Clean-Air-Window-Screen/dp/B00LNBP60E/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1LRWK1MBJU7IO&keywords=pollentec&qid=1562027785&s=gateway&sprefix=pollentec%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-3&th=1 or https://www.amazon.ca/Window-Screen-Filter-Prevents-Entering/dp/B0012DP03Q/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Window+Screen+Filter&qid=1562027160&s=hi&sr=1-1

You could get something https://www.amazon.ca/Fenestrelle-Expandable-Adjustable-Horizontal-Vertical/dp/B0776ZP83Q/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_121_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=H17MN2RYFME19QAM7G1T so you can move it from room to room or to another place.

Would have to check with strata rules, could possibly work.

A lot could be solved if they just put in a/c into condos, people could stay cool, and not have to have their windows open over a busy street. I know it can't be healthy living on a busy street like this, especially in an light industrial area 2 blocks from the port, I am sure the air quality isn't great.

Sometimes when a semi truck passes can smell and taste the diesel inside the apartment for a few minutes.

Are we twins? I have a lump of scar tissue in my lower lip, although mine is a reminder of my first husband. I also had psoriasis during my teen years but only get the odd small patch on my scalp now. And I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at 53. Brother!

I have osteoarthritis which has led to degeneration of the spines on several vertebrae at the base of my spine and 3 or 4 more in the lumbar area (just above the waist). That leads to improper muscle attachments to the hips and pelvic girdle, pulling everything out of alignment. The lumbar degeneration means that I can no longer just turn and look behind me, I have to physically change position. Good job that I don't drive!!

I can handle the OA in my knees, hands, etc, but it's pretty hard when the hips act up ......... it actually becomes a bit like that old Jazz song "Dem Bones"! I can definitely tell that the ankle bone is connected to the knee bone, the knee bone is connected to the hip bone, but in reverse!

A couple of finger joints are also showing signs of OA, and I can no longer straighten either thumb out flat and level with my palm. I have no strength in my hands, though I try not to give a "wet fish" handshake. I've also had to give up knitting, which was one of my favourite hobbies.

So far I'm managing the pain with Tylenol, with Tylenol3 as the strongest and on an "as needed" basis, plus regular physio and exercises given me by the physio.

My mother had OA, but her hands were quite distorted. She lived on Codis ........ used to get large boxes of it on prescription from the doctor.

Both sides of my family going back to the grandparents kindly made me liable for heart problems, hence I'm on 3 medications to try to prevent either stroke or heart attack!

I can't blame them for having 2 different types of breast cancer or skin cancer though!

Daughter said that the torrential rain overnight on Saturday reminded her of a time in the mid-1980s when we were camping in the US. We were on a nicely wooded private site just outside a National Park because all the park sites were full, I think it was Yellowstone.

The heavens opened overnight, and we became aware that water was rushing by on each side of the tent as well as beating on the top and sides. Then we heard shouting.

The site behind us was very slightly elevated, and the tent there was being washed down on to our site by a river of water. They got out, looking like drowned rats.

We gave it a little longer as we were dry inside and no water was either coming in at ground level or running underneath the tent. But as soon as dawn broke, we were out of there, just threw the tent in to the back of the car (a station wagon), threw everything else where we could, and left.

The weather cleared up, and we were able to find an early camp site, set the tent up and get it dried off.

Learned a supervisor I used to have died last week, bit shocking to everyone has nobody knew he was struggling.

OA runs in my family too - but from my Dad's side, I have it in my hips and couldn't walk more than 20 feet without locking up and not being able to move forwards or backwards.. (literally - coming to a standstill when crossing roads isn't the greatest of ideas) plus of course being in pain... plus my hands are slowly distorting - index fingers are bent (my aunt's hands ended up like claws) and thumb joints are huge.. I can't open a lot of things any longer, nor have fine tuning ability. Since losing weight after the stroke and doing gentle leg exercises 4-6 times a day my hips have finally loosened up enough that I can actually walk to the corner and back without stopping in tears or locking up... and I danced for the first time in 15 years at my birthday this year.. My Dad also passed on TIA's and potential cardiac problems.. having had both, as did his parents before him.

My Mum's side of the family gave me the genetics for familial hypercholesterolemia and heart issues - 3 generations before me died from myocardal infarcation very suddenly and without warning.. my grandmother, for instance, died sitting upright on a train coming back from filming in Europe and was found when the train pulled into London.. her mother dropped dead chatting with a neighbour on the street. Every member of my family has / has had cardiac/stroke/TIA/Cholesterol issues.. cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, brother, sisters.. and me of course!

I keep taking the pills.. but only after researching them and determining whether they will likely cause more issues than they cure.. and watching everything I eat, trying to keep active and not get too stressed about things that don't really matter anyway!

Hey ho - such is life!

Siouxie ...............

Oh, I am sorry. I haven't been as bad as you in my hips. It must scary to have them lock. I had a period when I would get a sudden stabbing pain in one knee then the knee would just give way. I measured my length across the side walk one day when it did that as I had just got off the bus and let go of the pole. I didn't hurt myself, but it was worrying

we adjust!

OH is having a harder time than me ..... he still thinks there is magic wand somewhere that will make me immediately better.

I have been binge watching i Zombie and it takes place in Seattle but is filmed in Vancouver, and probably convinces most of the audience its Seattle but if you spent anytime in Vancouver or live here its really hard to pretend its Seattle lol

Former premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall cancelled our provincial film tax credit, killing the movie business here. Some of the industry professionals sold their houses and moved their families to places that were still welcoming Hollywood money, and some changed careers. Wall's stupid move isn't something that can be easily corrected.

Not everyone wants to share their personal struggles with others and remain rather private. My daughter never told any of her friends that she was battling stage 3 breast cancer for the last 9 months.