Hand/leg cramps

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Hi, Gracie,

I've only had a few cramps in my foot, but nothing like Ed is going

through. I hope his pain is better by the time you get this post. Is the

Quinine for the cramping?

I am on Evista and drink a lot of skim milk for calcium for osteoporosis.

But calcium supplements don't dissolve well in my stomach due to the amount

of Prevacid I take (for the varices). So, I just try to get it naturally.

Does calcium help cramps too?

Take care,

krooner1@... wrote:

> Hi ,

>

> I'm sorry you were in the hospital....hope you are feeling better. I

> hope we can meet someday. Ed is doing okay but he's been getting some

> " killer cramps " lately that scare me. He gets them in his legs and

> hands and when he does he just freezes and trembles until they go away.

> I know it's really painful and I wish there was something I could do.

> He is taking calcium supplements and Quinine (both were suggested by

> Dr. Kaplan). Do you ever get these?

>

> Gracie

> wife of Ed, dx. '93, listed '98

>

> mlt118 wrote:

> original article:/group//?start=5220

> > Hi, Gracie,

> > I just got out of New England Med. I had a low-grade fever that

> wouldn't

> > resolve on Saturday, and I went in finally on Sunday. I stayed

> overnight

> > for IV antibiotic doses and was released on Monday (just one day this

> time).

> > It really wasn't too bad. I saw Dr. Lee and talked more to Myron

> (case

> > manager for the transplant team). I'll go in on the 29th for another

> ERCP

> > and then the following week for the colonoscopy (It keeps getting

> pushed

> > back a bit, which doesn't bother me at al <g>).

> > So, we'll miss each other again, but as often as I go in, I'm sure

> we'll be

> > there at the same time in the future.

> >

> >

>

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