[Jewelry making - Article 00305] - Re: [Orchid] Is lapidary hard on the hands?

[Donna Hawk]

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    Regarding Cortisone for Carpal tunnel...my 2 cents... 

    I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (mummbledy) years ago - which is a
    syndrome, a collection of symptoms, rather than a disease. My
    version was described as 'tendonitis of the body.' Besides my body,
    both hands were so swollen with Carpal Tunnel they were nearly
    useless. I even had the middle of my tongue go numb from swelling. 

    I got cortisone shots from the carpal tunnel specialist, the
    symptoms went away for only one month and then the rheumatologist put
    me on oral cortisone and Motrin and said 'this is your life, get used
    to it.' Luckily I had an office job at the time, as I was practically
    disabled for any 'real' work. 

    Long story short, four years later I'm reading a pamphlet on
    Magnesium therapy for a wide range of ills. Open to anything that
    would get me off cortisone, I checked toxicity on Magnesium...the
    worst it'll do is put you in the loo for a while (think Philips Milk
    of Magnesia). I started taking therapeutic doses (as much as you can
    take without getting the trots) of simple, cheap Magnesium and a
    month later I was off the cortisone completely. 

    Another three to four years later and now I take 150% of the RDA for
    maintenance and only have problems when I miss my magnesium for a
    week or so (I hate taking pills!). 

    I'm sure this won't necessarily help EVERYONE, but it couldn't hurt,
    and about 75% of the people I know who've tried it are getting good
    results. 

    And no surgery! 

Donna Hawk
Dallas, TX 


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