... Yes, but...... If NSAIDs reduce inflammation and reduce it to nothing - well for me, that's a cure! That IS healing. Please, don't think that I am knocking...
Indeed, and if you'll go back and read my entire original post again, I think you'll find that in no way was I trying to persuade anyone to do anything....
Hi Ann: I don't think we took your post as a "cure-all".....in fact your info was very informative and I want to thank you for sharing it. Anti-inflammatories...
Hi, Ann, I agree with Susan and hope you'll not go into lurke mode. Your post was very informative and we need to share more of what has helped and not helped...
Hi Ann, I have to agree with Susan I,ve had costo now for 2 years and am sick of it, i'll try anythin once so its always good to read other posts with ...
Well, let me just thank everyone for their kind words and messages - you made my day! So much so that, if no one objects, I'd be willing to share some of the...
Thanks Ann......I will be looking forward to any information you come across regarding natural ways to help this affliction. I've given up with the ...
Hi Anne, Thank you for sharing that with us. I'm keen to trying anything but drugs as I'm sensitive to the side effects of them. I have had Costo for 2 years...
Is it possible to get disability for costochondritis. I was diagnosed with it in the Marine Corps, and still have episodes. Is anyone recieving disability from...
Hi, I have had costochondritis for years, but only recently found out exactly what it was. For the past two weeks, I have noticed that it is getting...
Hello Ann I'm sorry if I upset you. Please don't be offended or stop posting just because someone disagrees with you! Surely this forum should be an...
Hi my name is Casey and I'm a 21 year old female from Wisconsin. I have been diagnosed with Costochondritis twice in the last two years. My first experience...
Hi, Barbara. Can you tell me how much glucosamine and fish oil you are taking and how long you've been on them? I'd like to give it a try. I don't hesitate...
Hi, Casey. My costo was triggered by an upper respiratory infection almost two years ago and I'm wondering if the infection you had didn't trigger yours the...
Hi, Terri. Most of us feared the worse when we first experienced symptoms of costo and had panic attacks too cause it's sure scary. Have you had a cardio and...
DISCLAIMER: The following is simply information I have found during my "ordinary person" research of costochondritis and related symptoms/treatment. It is in...
My apologies for not including a second reference source in my earlier post (title above) about inflammation in the body and why it takes longer for natural...
Hello, Mare and Barbara! Personal Research Post #1 is now online (many, many more to come, hopefully, if it's okay with everyone!), complete with the book...
Hi, Ann. Any info you come across that you think would be helpful would sure be welcome. As you said, there is so little info on costo out there especially...
I like the way you're organizing your posts (subject line). That makes it easier to go back and reread or access particular info. Much appreciated. Mare...
Hi Everyone, I was wondering if any of you Costo Sufferers have tried a product called Flexanol. It was actually junk mail in my mailbox but I became...
HI EVERYONE, SORRY BUT I'VE BEEN GONE VISITING MY DAUGHTER IN TACOMA WASHINGTON. THEN I CAME HOME AND MY FATHER IN LAW HAD A STROKE SO I'VE BEEN AT THE...
Hi, Karen. I'm glad you gave us an update. I've been wondering what happened to you. You've sure got a lot on your plate. Have you done a search on the...
Very interesting, Wendy! You know, a few months ago, I certainly would have dismissed this "miracle product" claim, for sure. But after reading their claims...
Ann - thanks so much for posting all this info! So nice of you to retype sections of printed materials. I'm a big fan of Dr. Weil too. I was glad to read...
Sorry, don't have any suggestions. Have had 2 appts. for mammogram this yr. and cancelled both due to being in such pain I didn't think I could stand the vice...
3 yrs. ago when I was in the "rule out" phase of being diagnosed with costo, my cardiologist point blank said "If this was your heart and it was this painful,...
Sherry, I'm so sorry you're going through a bad flare right now. Can you rest? You need to go to bed and hug a hot water bottle. That's my answer to...
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