Bad Day at the Slopes

Good Evening All- Last Thursday was my son's first day of snowboard practice. The slopes were a little icy. My son said he snowboarded poorly. He didn't have enough strength to cut thru the ice and fell. He didn't fall too hard, he said. But couldn't understand why he was hurting so bad. Well, I didn't want to tell him at that time, but some of the Accutane symptoms is fatigue and body aches and slow healing. I'm told the body will adjust to the Accutane in about the 3rd month, and some of the side effects will reduce down. In the mean time, I am very concerned about him snowboarding. It's a dangerous enough sport even in the best shape. How do you tell your teen who lives for boarding he shouldn't compete right now? I'm watching to see how he's feeling. It's been several days, and he's not limping right now. He is having trouble getting up in the mornings for school. I gave him some Advil for the pain, and am told MSM if very good for body aches. I am trying him on the MSM for a while to see if he feels any improvement for the next week or so, until his body starts adjusting to the medication. Another advid body builder on Accutane mentioned a high carb. diet, and energy drinks before practice and competitions. I will try that as well. Thank you Support Group, you're all wonderful! I'd be a mess without you! Juliann PS- My son's acne is really starting to show some terrific results. The larger cyst have shrunk down to just some red marks now. His face looks sunburned, especially on the nose. I hope he's using that sunblock!!! The Derma-Smooth/FS shampoo treatment did wonders for his itchy flakey scalp. He's thrilled about that. (60mg, 135#'s, wk-7)