Members phyrexia Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 That's all I want to know. What caused his death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VanR Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 I'm not sure but I believe it was some form of pulmonary disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cerebrix Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Shawn Lane WikiShawn had psoriasis his whole life and also suffered from psoriatic arthritis from the age of about 13. This did little to impair his playing once he got going, but sometimes he could hardly walk, and he had trouble getting around. On September 26, 2003 Shawn died in a hospital in Memphis, shortly after being told that he would have to remain on medical oxygen the rest of his life. He is interred in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wilmer Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Yes, and probably it was all his medications, and difficulties to walk, that made him over weight. Sad story, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sitamoia50 Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Originally posted by phyrexia That's all I want to know. What caused his death? His heart stopped beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spudro Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Originally posted by wilmer Yes, and probably it was all his medications, and difficulties to walk, that made him over weight. Sad story, really. Shawn was an overweight child. I met Shawn when he was 15 yrs old. He was a terror even then and one helluva nice guy. He and I connected because we both played Holmes Mississippi Bluesmaster amps... killer sounding solid state amps! I don't believe it was his illness and medications that made him overweight. It would be the other way around if anything. It is an incredible loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Originally posted by cerebrix quote:Shawn Lane WikiShawn had psoriasis his whole life and also suffered from psoriatic arthritis from the age of about 13. This did little to impair his playing once he got going, but sometimes he could hardly walk, and he had trouble getting around. On September 26, 2003 Shawn died in a hospital in Memphis, shortly after being told that he would have to remain on medical oxygen the rest of his life. He is interred in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis. I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The arthritis destroyed my left foot. At the moment, I get around pretty well. But, the arthritis does affect my fingers sometimes. I stopped taking all those crazy medications 3 years ago. I continued to see my doctors for a while, but they kept trying to persuade me to get back on all those horrible drugs despite the fact that my condition was improving without them. I finally came to the conclusion that my doctors were mostly drug pushers. There is no money in curing people. The money is in treating people forever. Now all my symptoms are minor. I eat lots of veggies and try to keep my fat intake at a low level and I take Aleve once in a while. Basically, I found my own treatment and it worked better than all those drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Milkman1 Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Originally posted by jrockbridge I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The arthritis destroyed my left foot. At the moment, I get around pretty well. But, the arthritis does affect my fingers sometimes.I stopped taking all those crazy medications 3 years ago. I continued to see my doctors for a while, but they kept trying to persuade me to get back on all those horrible drugs despite the fact that my condition was improving without them. I finally came to the conclusion that my doctors were mostly drug pushers. There is no money in curing people. The money is in treating people forever.Now all my symptoms are minor. I eat lots of veggies and try to keep my fat intake at a low level and I take Aleve once in a while. Basically, I found my own treatment and it worked better than all those drugs. Amen. Same goes for cholestoral reducers like Lipitor and crestor (which are known to have some pretty lousy side effects). Doctors are very quick to look for a chemical solution that will keep you on pills for the rest of your life instead of trying to cure the root cause. Much can be achieved through diet and excercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jbford1 Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Amen to that.. drugs should be the last resort whenever possible... sometimes they are needed, but you can try to help yourself in more natural ways sometimes... Originally posted by Milkman1 Amen.Same goes for cholestoral reducers like Lipitor and crestor (which are known to have some pretty lousy side effects). Doctors are very quick to look for a chemical solution that will keep you on pills for the rest of your life instead of trying to cure the root cause.Much can be achieved through diet and excercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cerebrix Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Originally posted by jrockbridge I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The arthritis destroyed my left foot. At the moment, I get around pretty well. But, the arthritis does affect my fingers sometimes.I stopped taking all those crazy medications 3 years ago. I continued to see my doctors for a while, but they kept trying to persuade me to get back on all those horrible drugs despite the fact that my condition was improving without them. I finally came to the conclusion that my doctors were mostly drug pushers. There is no money in curing people. The money is in treating people forever.Now all my symptoms are minor. I eat lots of veggies and try to keep my fat intake at a low level and I take Aleve once in a while. Basically, I found my own treatment and it worked better than all those drugs. right on brother... good on ya man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members waveman Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Originally posted by jrockbridge I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The arthritis destroyed my left foot. At the moment, I get around pretty well. But, the arthritis does affect my fingers sometimes.I stopped taking all those crazy medications 3 years ago. I continued to see my doctors for a while, but they kept trying to persuade me to get back on all those horrible drugs despite the fact that my condition was improving without them. I finally came to the conclusion that my doctors were mostly drug pushers. There is no money in curing people. The money is in treating people forever.Now all my symptoms are minor. I eat lots of veggies and try to keep my fat intake at a low level and I take Aleve once in a while. Basically, I found my own treatment and it worked better than all those drugs. I have both as well, but very severely. I had to take lot those drugs to make me better, diet and all that crap didn't help much. Thank GOD for Enbrel though. If you get so bad that you need meds again. I highly recommend it. My Arthritas was so bad I couldn't play for years. The one time I did, one of my fingers hurt for months afterwards. Finally conviced my arthritas daoctor to give me a steroid shot in my finger. to make the pain go away. Luckily, my dermitolgist put me on Enbrel. I feel like a regular human being, instead of a cripple, and have been able to start playing again despite hving disfigured fingers and a couple of locked joints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ComingApart Posted November 5, 2006 Members Share Posted November 5, 2006 My psoriatic arthritis has essentially ended my playing and is starting to effect my ability to perform my job duties. It does me good to know that there are others out there dealing with the same issues and have found ways to improve them.I would like to hear some more from other sufferers, both good and bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lump Posted November 5, 2006 Members Share Posted November 5, 2006 Wow, you three just knocked me out of my chair. I've never met anyone else that had psoriatic arthritis. I started getting it my senior year of high school. I had my left hip replaced at age 21, and my right hip replaced at 31. I'm 39 now. I'm doing very well on Remicade. 1 IV every 6 weeks. Oddly I didn't play guitar until right before my first hip replacement. My fingers were so bad the doctor told me to start using them or they'd never get better. I figured what the heck, I'll be laid up from the surgery for a while, and all my friends played(and ever more odd now I play, and they all quit). Seriously, this just blows me away. ComingApart, don't give up hope bud, if you have not seen a specialist, get to one. Lots of different meds that may help, and with the baby boomer aging there'll be more comming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chr1ssyt Posted January 18, 2014 Members Share Posted January 18, 2014 I too have the same condition as Shawn + the same condition as Mick Mars (f**K it may as well have the same conditions as 2 great guitarists) Makes me sad and also angry at Shawn's death... if anyone has the same, as per a pervious poster, the answer to control the desease its 100% not drugs or hydrocortizone or pain killers I found that having a diet of no alcohol, not too much spicy food or not too much red meat is the secret, and also stay away from cigarettes. It sounds very dull in dead but changing my diet perhaps too later that I had descovered it, after 2 hip replacements and full bodt proriasis and **** up fingers and toes, changing the diet, exercise and keeping on playing guitar ie keeping the fingers moving reduces the desease to nothing. so choose life and a healthy diet and its all cool. Drs told me I was mad and changing my diet would have no effect, they were very wrong.I also find supergreens and alkalising drops or capsules makes a huge difference. It can make these deseases disapear. if you have these and need to talk contact me at chr1st@mac.com. When I was 15 I was told I would be dead by 40 and in a wheel chair by 20, my response is bull{censored} absulote crap. you can live a perfectly normal lifemy following the above, my only regeret is I only found thisout at 30 by experimentation. The best peice of advice I ever had was from a friend say to be when I was in a bad place, and very arthrtic arent I lucky! I looked ay him in horror, I was feeling sorry for myself and I couldnt understand what he was sayin almost thinking it was cruel or mocking...then he finished his sentence...arent you lucky...that your body tells you what it likes and what it doesnt. It took me years to realise what he was saying now I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mumfordmcgee Posted January 19, 2014 Members Share Posted January 19, 2014 Is arthritis hereditary? My dad has suffered from it pretty badly for a long time now, which makes me worry I might end up with it in a few years time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted January 19, 2014 Members Share Posted January 19, 2014 what the hell is going on here. are the mods of literally making accounts and posting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted January 20, 2014 Members Share Posted January 20, 2014 mumfordmcgee wrote: Is arthritis hereditary? My dad has suffered from it pretty badly for a long time now, which makes me worry I might end up with it in a few years time. Is your dad named Derivicus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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