Guest guest Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 What therapeutic levels do you suggest -- how often; with or without food? Liz On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 02:42 PM, wrote: > MSM plus vitamin C > Magnesium pluc vitamin B complex > > at therapeutic levels for several days, then to a maintenance dose. > > Hope this helps > MJH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 Try Acupuncture and Glucosamine therapy, works wonders , Suzanne <swf2003@n...> wrote: > Liz, > > I just got a cortisone shot in my left shoulder. For the first day it hurt > more than ever, then got better. I¹m a little worried because I heard > cortisone shots are bad for you. Anyway, I finally got desperate enough to > try it. Some people say their pain goes away forever with one shot. I¹ll > keep you posted . . . > > Background: 35 years ago (at the age of 21) I broke the neck of my humerus. > Broken blood vessels may have caused bone to die, and the bone may have > eventually healed in a deformed manner. This is a type of osteonecrosis. I > grew to accept having limited motion in this shoulder, was able to swim and > lift weights, and had no pain. Then about 6 years ago it started hurting > and didn¹t stop for a year. Lots of misery and confusion followed, > especially about pain causing more pain. > > Eventually, after a period of easing back a lot to let the shoulder ³calm > down,² I found that lifting weights very carefully seemed to help. Also, I > have found correct posture when you¹re doing anything is extremely > important. I haven¹t been very good about sticking to the program, however. > My range of motion has decreased a lot, which only increases the difficulty > of using correct posture. This last bout of pain began when I started a new > nurse¹s aide job -- ignoring pain and pushing myself to impress my bosses. > > MRI says ³you have fractured your humerus in the past and it has some > deformity and severe arthritis now. In addition there is bursitis and > tendonitis and a small tear in part of your rotator cuff.² The Orthopedic > who gave me the shot discounted the rotator cuff tear, saying lots of people > with arthritis have rotator cuff tears. He¹s from India, and hard to talk > to, but I¹ve heard he¹s good. > > HTH, > Suzanne Fitzsimons > Adirondacks of NY > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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