Hi Hilli! Very glad to hear that you're okay ... would take more than Hurricane Ike eh ? What a mess though!
Aww poor Bob. Don't suppose he'd be thrilled with one of the old remedies .... thrash the affected part with stinging nettles! What about taking half a teaspoon of powdered ginger a day - research, according to my book of home remedies, shows that ginger root helps to relieve arthritis pain, probably because of its ability to increase blood circulations, thus ferrying inflammatory chemicals away from painful joints.
Anyway ... glad to hear you've survived!
sheepie x