26-03-2015 07:39 PM - edited 26-03-2015 07:40 PM
Please treat this post as a community service announcement - it's ben put up in good faith, in the hope it can assist others.
For several years now, I've been suffering osteoarthritis in both knees, having had 5 ops to remove all articular and meniscal cartilage - so the bones are gradually grinding themselves down, and the discomfort's well, pretty bad at times.
Latley, both thumbs are starting to play up as well, and grip strength has reduced substantially - pill bottles are out of the question!
I've existed on diclofenac tablets to get thru particularly bad days. Trouble is, diclofenac's not too good for the kidneys - which are on the blink due to diabetes.
Hang on! It's not all bad!
Last weekend, I was wandering around a local market, and came across a gent selling little bottles of love potion no9 - well, no, they were called...wait for it - "Extreme Brown!" Yep - atrocious name!
Yeah - I though the same, too. Anyway, after my first thoughts about snake oil salesmen, I allowed him to rub a little into my right knee and left thumb. I left the stall, with absolutley no pressure to buy, and came back an hour later to buy, as the pain had diminished by 60-70%!
No, I don't believe all the sales hype, as I was a salesperson for many years, so I know the tricks. So whether this stuff actually does some good, or just masks the pain, I don't know and don't care. I just know that the freedom from pain feels pretty darn good!
But seriously, 5-8 drops every morning and night, massaged in, has , in 5 days...
a) reduced swelling in the joints, and
b) Eased the pain so much, that I can walk more than 500m at a stretch. Jars and bottles are no longer an issue for the thumbs, either.
It's all natural as far as I can tell, but as with any proprietary concoction, the actual ingredients are secret. Google 'extreme brown' for more info.
Feel free to abuse me and call it psychosomatic B/S - I really don't care - but if there are other arthritis sufferers out there, and I know there's at least a few, you too might benefit. Most people I know reckon I'm the biggest skeptic they know.
on 27-03-2015 05:48 PM
I buy Pure Magnesium Oil, $56.50 nz for 355 mils, it does help.
It does go a long way.
on 27-03-2015 05:59 PM
Sorry, joanie. Not gonna bite. It's just getting stupid now.
so those who bite thread to cut it are stupid? i guess you can use scizzors, or a knife to cut the thread, what are you sewing? mending a tear?, sewing on a cool patch?
oh, how about sewing in a clock, into the back of a jacket or coat, just so those behind you will know what time it is ? ? ? ? ?
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on 27-03-2015 06:19 PM
@lionrose.7 wrote:I buy Pure Magnesium Oil, $56.50 nz for 355 mils, it does help.
It does go a long way.
True - I've heard good things about it, and it does seem to work, but not for me, as I have dodgy kidneys, and it interferes with all the other meds I take, so my GP has warned me off. I guess I'll just have to keep looking.
on 27-03-2015 06:26 PM
Evil sorry to hear that, The Magnesium oil has helped my thumb.
on 27-03-2015 06:29 PM
@lionrose.7 wrote:Evil sorry to hear that, The Magnesium oil has helped my thumb.
That's quite ok...just another of life's little hiccups! Good to see it works for you, though. Arthritic thumbs aren't much fun!
on 27-03-2015 06:31 PM
@softail-joanie wrote:Sorry, joanie. Not gonna bite. It's just getting stupid now.
so those who bite thread to cut it are stupid? i guess you can use scizzors, or a knife to cut the thread, what are you sewing? mending a tear?, sewing on a cool patch?
oh, how about sewing in a clock, into the back of a jacket or coat, just so those behind you will know what time it is ? ? ? ? ?
.
on 27-03-2015 06:39 PM
i still don't understand what your doing with brown thread thats possibly extreemly strong.
on 27-03-2015 06:44 PM
Joanie what ever you are taking tonight walk away from it, you are talking gibberish
on 27-03-2015 07:12 PM
@softail-joanie wrote:i still don't understand what your doing with brown thread thats possibly extreemly strong.
Makes just about as much sense...
on 28-03-2015 11:28 AM
@evil_akuma_2002 wrote:
@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:
Ingredients:
Vitamin A
Vitamin B
Vitamin C
Magnesium
Selenium
Silicon
Over 80 Trace minerals
Peppermint
$80?...... Expensive placebo..
That's what I thought...until it worked!
It's called the placebo effect.