Re:Ignored again!!! Venting again!!

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Hi Becca (and all)

I think the plain truth is that most of the general medical

profession just don't understand enough about CM and it's

associated symptoms, to be able to treat it affectively.

The mere fact that it takes them years before they make

a proper diagnosis (basically because incorrect or

insufficient testing takes place) combined with the

intermittentness of the many unusual symptoms

puts the element of doubt in the mix.

Not that I wish to dampen your spirits but I received the

spinal stimulator treatment here in the UK for a few

sessions back in 2007 but there were no improvements,

if anything, it aggravated matters temporarily - but we're

all individuals and what doesn't work for one can

sometimes work for others.

I was getting swollen hands this year and the liquid

Ibuprofen didn't seem to make much of a difference, except

the sugar content therein seemed to upset my system further

(worsening the blurry vision . . and the piles!) I wake up with

the swelling and this diminishes as the day goes on. I've never

been one to take drugs unless I have to and, due to the list of

side effects, I have declined in the past the medications offered

by my Neurologists (Amytriptylene and Tramadol) although I did

try it briefly. At one time the swelling was quite severe and I

decided to look at natural treatments and I may have hit on a

few effective ones.

I found that cinnamon is a natural anti-bacterial and anti-

inflammatory and guess what? it works! I now include cinnamon

in my food preparation wherever I can, Oregano has similar qualities.

Another example is that I had already discovered years ago that

the serious leg pain usually took place when my leg was 'thin',

when blood was probably in short supply to the limb. A salty bacon

(and tomato) sandwich, which when taken with a drink would

increase blood volume, most certainly helped reduce this

severe pain from happening.

We are after all, what we eat, so if or bodies don't have the correct

store and input of nutrients, vitamins and minerals (I'll call them

essential elements), it cannot carry out it's multi-millions of

chemical exchanges properly, that are crutial for a normal

comfortable life, properly. For instance, I know, due to the very

nature of our condition, many of us sweat profusely from time to

time (especially in the night) rapidly depleting stores of these

essential elements. Lack of available essential elements in the

body leads to malfunction and subsequent pain.

If anyone else has done research, or experimented in this area,

I would like to hear from them, as none of us seem to have a great

deal of success with drugs, so we need to look for a more easily

accessible solution to our day to day challenges.

Barbara

(UK)