James: > >1. some unusual joint pain in my hands? Bob: > sounds like the beginning of arthritis, which is one the things a high > protein diet is noted for. Yeah, that's what I thought. Complicating factor is, I am recovering from a badly broken wrist which was held in an extreme position by an external fixator for two months. I beleive this pressed the knuckles of my left hand together unnaturally and may be responsible for the pain in that hand. And as for the pain in the thumb joint of my right hand, I think I may have figured that out too. I took a long motorcycle journey last weekend and am using a new lowered handle bar which just happens to put a lot of weight on that particular joint of my throttle hand. I'm going to change the handlebar this weekend and see if that doesn't help both hands. In case anyone's curious, the motorcycle trip was to attend a Deer Tribe Quoduoshka seminar (spiritual sexuality, native American style)