Bobbie, One thing that occurs to me. You might want to avoid going "cold turkey" on caffeine. I know I had terrible headaches when I quit that I could only get rid of by, you guessed it, sipping a Coke until it stopped. I seem to recall but can't document that some hospitals have amended their "no fluids" policy the morning of surgery to allow a cup of coffee for regular drinkers since a study determined that caffeine withdrawal was extending many patients post-op hospitalization! And just to confuse things, here's a study examining using caffeine to treat muscle pain http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-DB=ustory&-Format=d.html&-lay=a&storyid=4984&-Find Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Renee Taylor To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:57 PM Subject: [CMLHope] Re: Cramps - arms & leg
Wow this is a very enlightening series of emails. I have terrible cramps in my legs, arms, hands, feet, and sides. I am a regular coffee/tea/Dr Pepper drinker. I also have terrible diarrhea ~worse since I began Gleevec about 4 years ago~ which has been linked with a Diary Allergy. I have had a problem with low potassium and blood calcium levels which I thought might have caused the cramps, but I didn't notice any improvement in the cramps after having a potassium infusion and/or taking calcium supplements. I think I may try giving up caffeine. If it stops the cramps, it will be worth the sacrifice. Thanks for sharing your experiences! Bobbie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
