Arthritis Slowing Progress
Hi WA family,
Most posts here are about WA, suggestions, comments, questions and subjects related to growth related to your success in your WA journey. This post may not belong here, but I do feel we need to be both physically, and mentally function able to be able to grow our business.
For the past month, and still continuing on I have been partially disabled, and unable to be as active as much as I would like. The reason, a bout of crippling arthritis. If anyone is suffering from pain I hope you will find this helpful. For those who feel this post does not belong here, I hope it will be accepted without prejudice.
Many diseases we suffer from today start in our stomachs. Diet is so important. Inflammation is one of the leading causes of pain and other health problems.
For many years I disrespected my body, and now things are beginning to catch up. It is painful for me to sit here and type with one hand. There are other options available, surgery, acupuncture, detoxifying your body by going on a fasting diet and so on.
Please take care of yourselves. I wish you good health and success.
Wishing you all the best in every aspect of your life,
Your friend always,
Michael
Here are a few things I found:
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Hi Michael. I very sad to learn about what you are struggling with. I am impressed by your perseverance despite your arthritis condition.
I know to a small degree what you are fighting. I have a beginning condition of arthritis myself. It started to manifest itself some years ago, at first in both my fists, then in my left knee, and also in my left ankle. I have also started to notice some changes in my hips as well.
It is minor and I am doing my best to stop the condition from developing further.
Thank you so much for sharing. I hope that you will find a way to alleviate your pain and dome of the disability you are exeperiencing.
Your friend,
Roy
Hi Roy, I am sorry to hear about this. Please, please pay careful attention to your diet. Drink lots of water, the best is distilled water. Perhaps get into yoga to can get your joints more flexible. A supplement of Vitamin D and magnesium will also help.
I have now written two articles on arthritis, and I will be glad to PM the URL's to you.
Arthritis has everything to do with inflammation and you really got to concentrate on ways of keeping inflammation down. The other causes are diet.
Do not ignore this please. I would not want anyone to go through the disabling pain this disease can bring upon any individual.
Best wishes,
Michael
Thank you for your advice and I would love the URL links, so pleas send by PM. I am frequently exercising with a lot flexing and stretching, including some yoga exercises.
Roy
Looks like you've done your homework Lesabre. Hope some of it works for you. No fun being in pain. Bur you're right; arthritis is an autoimmune condition, very often brought on by lifestyle. The good thing is that the correct diet can drastically improve it.
A vegan, largely raw diet, will help no end. Good luck with it.
Anne. x
Hi Anne, thank you. Much appreciated. I have drastically changed my diet, gluten free lots of greens and liquids. Just got to take this one day at a time.
I do not want to take any prescription pain medication, depending on natural and herbal alternatives.
All the best,
Michael
I am so sorry to hear this.
Other good anti-inflamatory foods include flax seed (or oil) and raw manuka honey, fatty fish (salmon and makeral), garlic, broccoli, walnuts, berries, spinach and grapes.
Where are you located? If you are legally able to where you live I strongly recomend using CBD oil topically in addition to a healthy anti-inflamatory diet.
I hope this helps.
Hi Catherine, thank you for your suggestions, much appreciated. This is the first time I have heard of manuka honey, will have a friend check it out for me. My grocery list has been totally altered.
I do have a bottle of CBD oil, legal in Ontario, Canada. I am taking it orally though.
Everything helps Catherine and I am very grateful.
All the best,
Michael
You are more than welcome.
Traditianally manuka honey has been to treat wounds topically becuase of its anti-inflammatory properties. You will still benefit from these when consuming but perhaps less directly.
Pleased to hear that you are using CBD. I would definitely look into topical use. There are a ton of cbd lotions available today. Firends of mine have seen great results for treating pain using it in this way.
As always, consult a doctor first as I am not a trained professional.
I hope this helps. All the best.
Hey Michael, sorry to hear that you are hurting, I can relate from my congestive heart failure 1 year of slow recovery.
Here is a phone number for you. Who is attached to it is Canadian, Roger Snow, the inventor of the first hemp hull processor to remove the hulls, then he made an even better, better one for his own "embryonic hemp processing."
Hemp Hearts Roger Snow, I have 403) 315-4154 some where in Alberta. look at product at hemphearts.net
It's amazing stuff because it has balanced essential fatty acids, of all 3 kinds, the 3's, 6's and 9's. there are 11 grams protein to an ounce, 28 grams. it's anti-inflammatory.
Refrigerate for best keeping to reduce oxidation.
Roger makes hemp oil that is purely pure, and several food grade products. They harvest and process immediately, packing, labeling, numbering each container and where it came from in the field, for inspection by authorities, and right off to cold storage.
Unlike the neighbors getting air pollution, whose crops sit in the fields getting messed with by critters, mold, etc.
Check it out. And why not go to the source, before it was a thing. He is the source.
Do what you will.
Goodnight for now and later I'll tell you about MSM, organic sulfur, Your friend Suzay
Thank you Suzay, appreciate your suggestions. I have bookmarked the hemphearts.net and will be visiting them later on this after noon.
I hope you have recovered from your congestive heart failure.
I have not heard about organic sulfur until you mentioned it. This is the longest time I have been in pain, and it is totally frustrating as I am unable to enjoy some of the physical activities.
All the best,
Michael
Michael,
Got a horse, or an old dog that creaks along in pain? Actually they gave this stuff to more valuable horses to avert lameness, the inability to walk. MSM. Methyl Sulfonyl Methane.
It's THE beautiful natural anti-inflammatory of organic sulphur.
It's the only form of sulfur, (2 spellings) organic beings, that is carbon- based living beings can readily absorb, and not die!
In people, the fore runner to this product was a by product of the paper pulp industry, called DMSO. DIYer's of the time, found it handy, so to speak.
They'd buy it from the hardware store, and use it on themselves. It stinks, and comes out on the breath, and pores. And apparently for them, the relief outweighed the pain, and ostracizing!
I remember this from a tour of a toilet paper making plant in Wash state or Oregon, as a kid, Crown Zelerback? 1961, so I was 10 years old, year of Seattle World's Fair, Space Needle etc.
My family was from Boulder, Colorado, we were on a month long camping trip, with our new, sleeps 4 Camp-O-Tel rooftop of the car, pop up tent camper! That was fun, and affordable.
We used a Rand-McNally Atlas that listed, as my mom said, Flush toilet to flush toilet overnight camping. America was ALIVE!!
Back to the Wonder Stuff! Handy info from me, Suzay, and diagnose -http://me.com
https://www.diagnose-me.com/treatment/MSM-methyl-sulfonyl-methane.php
Alternative names: Methyl Sulfonyl Methane or Methylsulfonylmethane, Methylsulfonyl-methane, or Dimethyl Sulfone.
DISCLAIMER, I AM NOT A DOCTOR OR A VETERINARIAN!
Easy Breezy! It does have a little taste to it, but when you love what it does: i load a plastic spoon of it in my mouth, and 4 swigs of water bottle, swallow, and it's tasteless and down the throat.
MSM is an odorless, essentially tasteless, white crystalline breakdown product of D.M.S.O. demonstrating usefulness as a dietary supplement.
Research suggests that a minimum concentration in the body may be critical to both maintain normal function and structure.
MSM is similar to the better known sulfur-containing compound DMSO; and would actually be DMSO2. As a source of sulfur, MSM is more stable than DMSO and lacks much of the foul odor associated with DMSO.
(Bet you are champing at the bit to try some?)
Let's get the horse in the barn now. OR, Online LE'TS GO TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE/ OR SIMILAR, BUY A 4 LB. Bucket. (For your Horse, AKA You) bucket online , delivered to nearest to you, store then go and pick it up!.
It's about $21 and no shipping,
Michael sorry, I'm shouting, I'm excited!
OTC's over the counter NSAID drugs, non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, destroy your joints over time,
MSM is so good for you. You might be farting out the methane a bit more, but could you live with that?
My doc told me that I could not take ANY nsaids, period. Because my kidney function number was iffy.
(Note for above, buy online. You could also just buy at such a store, a 1 lb bucket for about $13 bucks.)
MSM is available in capsules, dissolvable crystals or powder. The powder or crystals, many say it has absolutely no taste.
MSM is relatively inexpensive; it is said to be "Safe as water and cheap as dirt".
Look for MSM in products for arthritis, both rheumatoid and osteo, for joint support, and anywhere sulfur compounds would be of benefit.
Got Gout? MSM with kick those uric acid crystals OUT! Spoon up at bedtime, freedom in the morning.
OK, Michael, TMI? too much info? A Tractor Supply kind of store. Obtain product, keep it dry! As in transfer some to another container, for easy use.
Alright, that was fun, spreading my nerd brain out to a friend,
Suzay
Hi Suzay, this is amazing news and sounds very promising. Everything I take and my diet changes have made only a small difference. This gives me some hope and that is a great thing. I have bookmarked the page and will look into it some more.
Suzay, I really appreciate this.
Thank you so much, all the best,
Michael
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You're in my prayers, Michael! Thank you for this post, I'll have to show my wife some of your charts! She is not going to like a change in her diet though, but I will have to lead by example and do the same things!
Jeff🙏🙏🙏
Hi Jeff, thank you, much appreciated. Also thank you for all your support. What you put into your stomach can come back to haunt you. A lot of diseases start off from your digestive system. We really got to look ourselves better.
Michael
I completely agree with you Michael after reading a few of your posts. I'll try to do better!
Jeff