Thread: arthritis

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

I just made my new years resolution to cycle 6000 kms this year for my 60th b-day.

Ahh, which birthday was that??

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

brilliant

can you link me the thread?

PM me an email address and I'll send it that way.

Last time I posted a link to another forum, got me a year in the DH.

Originally Posted by palexxxx

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

I just made my new years resolution to cycle 6000 kms this year for my 60th b-day.

Ahh, which birthday was that??

Well the big six o! Kinda scary, and my mom will turn 95 this year which is also frightening.

Mame sure you understand the difference between rheumatoid arthritis and osteo arthritis. The causes and treatments are different.

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yes
which one is the inherited chronic one?

i have that apparently

my wife will go to hospital tomorrow and get a misdiagnosis i expect

As long as it's arthritis, rather than arthrosis, it can be improved through dietary therapy. Used to know folks in London to consult (I had clicking joints back then). It's a very strict diet with supplements, done it for half a year and the arthritis was gone.

Back now after decades of drug & alc abuse though.

Arthritis in the knees is endemic amongst Thai women, usually starts in their 40s, mine got it as well. Just like Western birds get thyroid problems.

she's 37 i think

will be 38 in a week

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

she's going to the hospital tomorrow but i really don't trust these fukkers to do medicine well

What they actually do well is diagnosis. The treatment is a different kettle of fish.

What I'd like to stress is that self-diagnosis of either yourself or your wife can take you down the wrong path completely, and waste time, mental/emotional energy and money. Just because it seems to be one thing does not mean it is. For instance, you or your wife could be suffering the after-effects of dengue.

Are your muscles tight ? Do you get cramps, particularly in your calves ? Many people (esp as they get older) are deficient in magnesium. I cured 5 years of back pain by taking magnesium tablets....but preferably they should be ones with it in a few different forms, in case your body does not absorb one form very well.

Originally Posted by Latindancer

For instance, you or your wife could be suffering the after-effects of dengue.

thanks but i think we are immune owing to favism

i have had my pains for many years
was diagnosed at around 25

my wife's is new and a bit more bothersome

she started taking magnesium a few days ago

she started taking magnesium a few days ago

That has no connection, one of those silly self-treatment things.

Originally Posted by stroller

That has no connection, one of those silly self-treatment things.

can you elaborate stroll?

what stuff is not a silly self treatment thing?

everything i have read says that magnesium is good for arthritis

Do you know that Magnesium is missing?


Why not do a websearch on diets for arthritis?

i have but i thought i'd bring it to the forum for my sins

i actually trust a bit of subjective evidence

I have arthritis in the hands and fingers. It is much worse during the winter months, one reason why I like to be in Thailand in Dec/Jan.

I started playing the piano in September. Despite a complete lack of timing, I manage to get through all the major scales and a few Hanon series every day (about 1 hour a day) and it has worked wonders with the fingers. Very little pain nowadays and no diabetic nails anymore.

Originally Posted by stroller

Do you know that Magnesium is missing?

There is not so much of it in the modern diet, especially in market garden - grown vegetables.
It's less well absorbed from food as people get older.
And taking a few cheapish tablets can do no harm, as it is not possible to overdose.

CMN, make sure your wife's tablets have Mg in a few different forms, and be aware that magnesium oxide is the least well-absorbed form. Even some famous manufacturers include it though because it's cheap.

Originally Posted by stroller

Arthritis in the knees is endemic amongst Thai women, usually starts in their 40s, mine got it as well. Just like Western birds get thyroid problems.

I'm not surpised with the amount of squatting that they do.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i have but i thought i'd bring it to the forum for my sins

i actually trust a bit of subjective evidence

As you do.

Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i have rheumatism

think it's genetic and i mostly put up with it but it's getting worse

my wife has started to get bad joint pains all over her body and it's difficult to gauge pain levels but she has never complained as long as i have known her

what's the best holistic remedy that works?

CMN you really should consider the link I sent you,sounds like you surely would benefit from what i said.

Yeah. The 10 years locked up in a small cell with 50 murderers while surviving on a daily bowl of rotting fish-heads seasoned with gaoler's phlegm should take his mind off the arthritis. What kind of dickhead would recommend illegal drugs to a person living in a country with some of the harshest drug laws and most corrupt police on the planet?

I was tested by the NHS about 12 years ago to exclude rheumatoid arthritis. Chroinic osteoarthritis is usually age related and caused by wear and tear. For major joints like knees and hips, joint replacement is the most effective treatment. The NHS has age limits for replacement joints but that should not be a problem here.
Improved weather and low impact exercise opportunities here have helped my chronic condition enormously. I gave up running a few years ago but cycling and swimming are great all round.

Bob your such a drama queen, do you not have any savvy about you at all, the shit people pump into themselves does more harm than good.

Anyone that happens to have an ounce of sense would know you do things discreetly, why suffer when theres an option,if you read up on the subject you may find it helps many.

Duh does Bob not understand discreetly.?

Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower

Duh does Bob not understand discreetly.?

Ah yes, the discrete smell of skunk wafting across the rice-fields. Nobody would ever know what that was, they'll probably confuse its subtle aroma with that of ice-cream, or the smell of rain on a sunny day, or a freshly rumpled whore. You twat!

Bob Read the link,you don't just smoke it,there are alternatives.

tut ut tut, the stuff may help your blood pressure as well,its must be getting to boiling point by now.

CMN sorry about the disruption to the thread Bobs on meltdown.