i've always heard that bananas were great for potassium & potassium was great for leg cramps too. i downloaded the excel spreadsheet offered on the USDA...
I've never found any relief in taking Potassium either in supplement form or by food... Yrs ago..when I was young..and pregnant... calcuim suppliments would...
i'm literally glued to every word in posts like this and jill's. any of them that say anything about meds or pains...trying to learn as much as i can from...
... any of them that say anything about meds or pains...trying to learn to explain myself, everyone says "it hurts" but they don't say where, or how, or how...
a compliment's never made me cry before. i never knew kind words could go such a long way. i've not had many in my direction. thank you for such a pleasant...
... my body every morning- and rated pain level from 1-10. After a few days of 14's I stopped doing this- but it's still a good way to access the day....
Osh writes, "... maybe that's a question for Spense? ..." Okay by me. Put together a list of as many questions as you can think of, post the list and I'm...
spedmus, what part of the country do you teach in? i have been in special education for only 19 years, so i can't match your level of expertise. students...
I've had leg cramps periodically my whole adult life. I didn't think my leg cramps were AS, but if so many of the rest of you get them, maybe they are. I...
i agree with alicia that we just need a good doctor. yet being a professional myself, i know that sometimes i never knew all there was to know about my...
thank you. spenser23as <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Osh writes, "... maybe that's a question for Spense? ..." Okay by me. Put together a list of as many...
OSH, As another person wrote it does seem that with each person there is a unique set of symptoms, pains and decriptions. When I read your post I was also ...
Depending on how often I get the leg cramps, I use quinine. It is a tricky one...but if I had one wish it would be that all doctors were empaths, and everytime...
I haven't tried quinine, but I remember its in some (or used to be in some) ginger ale drinks. Robbie, your suggestion about gatorade was interesting, because...
Just reading through some old e-mails and wanted to comment on this thread. I wasn't diagnosed until after my pregnancy. I had one early miscarriage, that was...
thank you. thank you so much. i can't be the only one who wants to know. how long have you had AS? what year(s) was it more painful? could you still work...
Hi Jill, Quinine is in Tonic Water and works well for foot and leg cramps. A nurse told me about it and so from then on I keep a four-pack of little bottles...
This Week at the Spondy Cafe: !! A breakfast salute to flood-ravaged New Orleans: Featuring cajun bacon, scrambled eggs, biscuits and sausage gravy with...
Hi Jill, Thank you for sharing your pregancy story and also for your previous message about why you're not on a TNF-blocker. I'm an undifferentiated spondy,...
Okay, before I ramble about my 20 years with AS --- I want to send prayers out to the people in Mississippi and Louisiana. On the news they are talking about...
Beat me to it Gigi, that was the next comment I was going to make. LOL. Tonic water on it's own is an "acquired" taste, but it is well worth putting up with to...
I like the Podcast, could we have spondy podcast blogs? SPB's for short ROFLOL ... -- Bairbre-Terese Williams JP +61438897955 +61889792955 "Good friends are...
My Dr. told me the anemia is caused by inflammation. So if your inflammation is under control, the anemia will be gone. I have not been able to get the ...
"... rheumatologic endocrinology and the connection between women's hormones and rheum disease ..." No need to apologize. The effects of hormone imbalances in...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
