posted March 04, 2017 01:34 AM            

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Originally posted by Kannon McAfee:
Wow! I'm just astounded at what you've been through. You are strong beyond measure Thank you for being present with us in this forum. Don't hesitate to email me [ kannonmcafee at gmail ] to let me know what herbs do work for you and to see if I can send you anything from my own stock. I will help you if I can.

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It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.
~Friedrich Nietzsche

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We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live.
~Peter McWilliams

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If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
~Mahatma ~Gandhi

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Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
~Phil Donahue

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I am not alone;
lots of chronically ill disabled folks out there. http://www.facebook.com/ChronicIllnessOnThemighty/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf

If I made any typos I will fix them when Randall restores the edit function.
In the meantime I ask that no one quotes me please.

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posted May 06, 2017 09:18 PM            

Haven't seen you much, I hope
it's because you're enjoying your
spring. Yet the weather might still
be cold there. I'm sending you
healing thoughts.

posted May 08, 2017 02:03 PM            

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Originally posted by Lexxigramer:
Thank you for caring MoonMystic..

Having bad time of it of late. On steroids again. Hopefully will be better in a couple days. I usually get worse about every 5 days or so; and then it lets up some. But some months I get hit harder. Spring for some reason is very hard. Except for going to doctors; have not been out, even here at home to enjoy anything else, even my yard, since
September or so. Only got outside maybe 6 times last summer. Hopefully will have more luck this coming Summer. Having a lot of trouble walking.:'( Multiple tendon ruptures last year from drug reactions. My legs knees to toes are a wreck.:'(
OK...off to sleep some; I hope.

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Lexx,

I didn't read the whole thread but for cartridge, have you tried knox geletin or chicken stock from the bones? I'm trying the knox G for my health problems, not certain how well this is going to help but in case you hadn't before done that, I thought to share with you.
I'm very sorry it's been a rough time for you. Hopefully your climate there will soon become more comfortable so that you can be out to enjoy some nature. I hope your sleep helps lessen some off these pains. sending (((hugs))) your way.
Snuggle in your bed and keep warm. Until these cooler temps vanish.

posted May 08, 2017 05:39 PM            

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Originally posted by MoonMystic:

Lexx,

I didn't read the whole thread but for cartridge, have you tried knox geletin or chicken stock from the bones? I'm trying the knox G for my health problems, not certain how well this is going to help but in case you hadn't before done that, I thought to share with you.
I'm very sorry it's been a rough time for you. Hopefully your climate there will soon become more comfortable so that you can be out to enjoy some nature. I hope your sleep helps lessen some off these pains. sending (((hugs))) your way.
Snuggle in your bed and keep warm. Until these cooler temps vanish.

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posted May 11, 2017 07:16 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Some physicists say this world is the matrix.

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posted May 13, 2017 03:51 AM            

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"A Matter of Minutes" is the third segment of the fifteenth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series The Twilight Zone.

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Also reminds me of Dark City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)

posted August 09, 2017 04:40 AM            

I don't know much about most of your ills except maybe a tiny bit for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) which my partner has. When I met him, he was taking gelatin and occasional glucosamine supplements along with a steady stream of painkillers for the flare ups. Our running joke is that he is the master of soft furnishings since he cradles himself with towels and pillows every night to support himself. He told me all about tossing and turning and not being able to sleep properly for years. I suggested fish oil capsules (omega 3s) which he didn't believe in at first - he's a huge skeptic of natural methods but it made such a difference that he has been taking fish oil capsules every night for the past 6 years despite complaining bitterly about fishy burps etc initially. He gets the odorless ones now but they are expensive. He does not take as much medication now compared to previously but his condition still flares up from time to time.

The other thing that came to mind is diet, specifically the London AS diet based on the research of Dr Alan Ebringer and colleagues. Some AS sufferers online have reported positive results when they followed it but the diet is extremely restrictive. I can't convince my partner the skeptic but am curious if you have tried it. If you haven't, I thought that trying it might bring some relief, at least from the AS component. You would have to follow the diet strictly and reduce/eliminate starchy foods. If you aren't familiar with it I would encourage you to find out more. Diet alone won't fix everything obviously but it's a start. I liked The Positive Pear's site https://thepositivepear.com/tag/the-london-as-diet/ as one example of a holistic approach.