OK, on the front of my bottle is does say 1250 mg. But on the back on the label it reads: Magnesium (as magnesium malate) 425mg; Malic acid (as magnesium malate and malic acid) 2.5 g per serving. The...
Hello. I know I am very here again/gone again, but I do love this community. I had purchased magnesium malate (as discussed in Fibro 101) some time ago, but have not taken it consistently. I just...
what would be "good brand" of turmeric? I want to try this, as I find I am taking NSAIDS more often than I wish to...also, want to see if it will help my hubs... thanks...
Thanks Sherrine! I got my bottle of Source Naturals from Amazon, 300+ piles, but 120 supply due to the dosing, in a bottle for about $18 and free shipping with Prime. Hehe, I keep forgetting to take...
It's about time! I don't think there are many people out there who actually READ the serving size on items, and follow only that serving size. Think about a bottle of juice or something: many of them...
Hi there -- I just got my first bottle of Magnesium Malate from Source Naturals, and I know from reading the Fibro 101 file that you take magnesium...I was just wondering what dose you take that...
So sorry for your loss......
I will throw in my 2 cents here. I do most of the things that others have said: planning, extra time, not doing anything at all on weeknights after work, using the weekend to recover. I also...
Hi all...sorry to bring up an old post, but wanted to say thanks for the responses; I did actually get this book, the free Kindle version. With working FT, homeschooling, and being in school myself,...
Was it here that I have read about the Trigger Point Workbook? Does anyone use this? I am reading the onlline reviews of this and boy, I might want to get our house a copy of this. Thanks!...
Wow, what an incredible article!!! I am book-marking this article to send to ppl who ask about Fibromyalgia. LOL, this is what it take to lure me out of lurkdom!! theresa...
I am on both as well. Agreeing that maybe it's only some classes of the antidepressants....
I just gotta say, I am with Sherrine -- - I LOVE Birks!!! They totally work wonders for my feet!! Ugly...maybe...but I will take ugly if it means I can walk! theresa...
If by flu-like symptoms you mean that achy, I got run over by a truck feeling...yep that's how I feel a lot of times. I have not been diagnosed with CFS, but would not be surprised if I do have it. I...
This is something I am definitely going to check out; my fatigue is crippling some days. Thanks LJ! theresa...
Joy, I so hear that! I was dx'd with RA first and took so many meds and still felt like crap. Saw a different doc in the practice and she said, no I think your main problem is Fibro... She does think...
Really? Sorry but I did a little LOL when reading that just now...but you know what, I do love pickles and olives so they are going on my shopping list for this week. Even if they don't help with the...
Hello all! I have been a member of this site for some time, but rarely post. I have Fibro and RA, and have a husband with Crohns. His diagnosis is what led me to HealingWell in the first place, about...
This happens to my ankles. I find that if I am not drinking enough water (or have more coffee than usual) my ankles swell like crazy. I really, really need to have lots and lots of water. theresa...
My doc is OK with an occasional drink. I prefer wine and we love getting from a local winery. When we have wine in the house I may have 2-3 glasses a month. On rarer occasions I'll have a beer with...
Thanks for kind welcome! I have read many of the links/articles in Fibro 101 thread -- awesomely helpful information there! My doc did say something about the serotonin issue. She said I can still...
Well since I made a few posts in this forum now, I suppose I should introduce myself. I am not a stranger to Healing Well, as I joined a while back when my husband was diagnosed with Crohns. I joined...
Yes, I do actually have a few good days here and there; days where I jump out of bed and can't wait to get going. Then there are the days when I drag out of bed, barely make it through work and crash...
I use those compression glove from IMAK....I love them. I sleep in them if I have to. I keep a pair at work and a pair at home. Once the cold weather starts, I use them almost every day. One thing:...
Romper Room... (usually just reader here, but this is fun) the "RA" of RA+CDhouse...
We buy the Charmin Blue wrapper for hubs. It's HIS -- no one touches it! Rest of us use Scott; I guess my hubs uses a 24-pack over about a month-2 months. But his Crohn's is the fistulizing kind, so...
My husband has fistulizing Crohn's, and Remicade has been his miracle drug. He has been on it for almost 3 years already (gosh!). It healed his 2 fistulas and has not looked back! He still has some...
I am another RA sufferer whose blood work was all normal. I was lucky enough to have a doc who DX'd me on the spot based on observation, physical exam, family history, and just spending a whole lot...
I believe it was only a few treatments. He was on the once every 8 weeks regimen. I know it was NOT a long time at all, and we were pleasantly surprised. ~RA~...
Just chiming in to totally agree with Nanners on this! Take it slow! You don't want to cause yourself any more pain/suffering than you are already dealing with. HUGS. ~RA~...
Hi there and welcome to Remicade! My husband's doc put him on Remi in order to heal fistulas as well. That is actually his primary form of this DD. Remicade did wonders for for hubs and he has just...
My hubs sees a doc from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. They have a satellite office nearer to where we actually live, and he sees his doc there. My hubs has been a patient there for almost 4...
I have been on MTX for almost 3 years now, currently my dose is 20mg a week...I take mine right before I go to bed on a Friday night and I sleep in on Saturday. I have never had a problem with...
On the probiotic note: my husband felt worse once he started taking Align as well; he toughed it out for a month plus, and then he stopped. Ever since he started taking them he has not felt well. Is...
Thanks for your reply, and glad it seems to be helping you! Once before, when hubs DID have a stubborn fistula, he did use this combo. But the remicade finally cleared that up and he has been...
Hi I was wondering if anyone can give me some insight: hubs has been having a terrible couple of weeks -- abdominal pain/bloating, more BMs than normal, cramps...he eventually asked for the evil...
Absolutely get the FMLA paperwork signed! For me, it has been a godsend! I actually have papers filed for my own illness, and for when my husband needs me. I have a wonderful boss (a former...
How interesting that so many on Remicade actually do have the opposite thing happen in that they seem to get less colds! I thought my hubs was really the odd one; at first when he went on it, we...
I am on Humira for RA -- I know, different -- but I really just wanted to add that the pen is SOOOO easy, you never see the needle. It stings while going in (about 10 seconds) then you are done! Fast...
My hubs must be the odd one out when it comes to this: in the almost 3 years he has been on Remicade, honestly the man has not had one cold! This is a man who, if you looked at him from across the...
I am so with you there! We as women feel like we HAVE to do it all. In my house, we deal with Crohn's (hubs) and RA (me) and I usually end up feeling guilty if I simply CAN'T do things. I work FT,...
My RA number is always negative! It's been almost 3 years since I was Dx'd. I was hit all at once from head to toe. Three years later, my major areas are my feet, my hands and my hips; with knees,...
Thank you all for your replies. I feel better knowing that others are indeed feeling the exact same way as I am ! Misery loves company rignt? Someone asked if I was on prednisone: nope; she doesn't...
it seems like most ppl here are taking this plaquenil along with mtx; I wonder if I should be as well....I am only on mtx and an nsaid; I see my rhuemmy again on Sept 16, and that's the 5 weeks at 15...
hey, thanks for the reply! and thanks for the great suggestions. I am only taking 1mg of folic acid, and that's not even her advice (the doc), it's ffrrom my boss, a "retired" rhummy. So I will up...
Hi All! Haven't been here in a while: life got very crazy! I was dx'd late in May, and immediately started on mtx 10mg and Naproxen 500 mg x2 per day. July went back to doc: then MTX 12.5 mg per...
Well, I am apparently very very lucky: my first appointment with the rheummy got me a dx and meds; she said she could run bloodwork, etc and wait to see what it says, but she said "the most important...
Hi, and thanks for the response. Answers: yes, it was fasting (blood glucose); I took mtx on Tues (3rd dose) and bloodwork was first thing Friday morn; I think they were supposed to do a CCP, but it...
Hello All! I thought I would properly introduce myself since I have been lurking for a while, and made a few posts a while back. I am "pookiekidsmom", the wife of a Crohnie (have made some posts here...
OK, so having been just recently Dx'd, now I have few questions about meds, progression on disease, "catching it early", etc. I have taken one dose of MTX (boy it's nice not to have to remember how...