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margaret22251
margaret22251

I have been waking up at 4 oclock for months, and when i get upmy neck and shoulders are swollen and hurl like hell. Well after reading the messages about foods, anti-inflamotary, and also magnesium, i starded a little experimemt.

My last meal is around 7pm, and i also have protien and vegs, on waking i found i was starving, so a little light when on in my brain(yes i do have one)!

Last night at 9.15pm, i had a banana, and live pro biotic banana, and and late about 10.30 a glass of tonic(for bad full leg cramps)

Woke up this morning 5.45 went to bathroom, back into bed till 6.45, neck and shoulders not swollen, tender, but not swollen, 

Now is this a fluke, what do you think, but i will do thism again, my list of foods low in gi, and anti-inflamotory never leave my work top.

I also bought some magnesium tablets 150gms from h/b, not sure if to take them until i see doctor.biggrin the sun is shining on this Easter morning

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  • linda17563
    linda17563 margaret22251

    Posted

    Happy Easter Margaret....try anything that might help, I do...within reason of course!  Keep us posted.....Linda
  • ingo
    ingo margaret22251

    Posted

    Hi Margaret,  Glad to hear you seem to be doing better.  From what I have read, diet can play a big role in curbing inflammatory issues.  Some good suggestions from Dr. Weil's website.  Also have followed Dr. Joel Fuhrman.  Good luck!
    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 ingo

      Posted

      thank you, anything to reduce pain helps, but i suppose it does not take the pmr away.
  • pauline36422
    pauline36422 margaret22251

    Posted

    well here  is   nother  question..    most of my pain has  gone    but my knees  arnt

    too  good  but  i dont  thnk  its  pmr , only   when  i bend them   they  feel    as if they

    givng way

    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 pauline36422

      Posted

      i used to get pain in my hips really bad so i could hardly walk, got up one morning it hjad gone on its own , this was before i went on pred, my hands hurt if i knit to long buts that gone, my foot used to sweel and that feels easier, but i think the pre is doing that, but i will continue on the food eating at nigh, because if i can sleep and get up with no pain in my neck thats something.
  • margo25238
    margo25238 margaret22251

    Posted

    Something about magnesium...a nutritionist told me that mag. comes in powdered form, flovored and unflavored and has very good absorbsion...keep us informed about your experimenting - i am a newbee - 3 months.

    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 margo25238

      Posted

      did the same last night banana and yogurt 9.30, woke at 2 to go to bathroom , then out like a lark till 6.45, just a bit of pain this morning, but over did it yesterday
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