[email protected] wrote:

> Just FYI,
>
> Since I began making my own CS a couple months ago, my 62 year old
> mother has been consuming 4-6 tablespoons of it daily.  She has
> suffered from rheumatoid arthritis (among many other things) for the
> past 15 years or so...  and just had reconstructive surgery on one of
> her hands due to the incredible crippling that the arthritis caused.
> She has been on every medication that her MD (I call him the 'quack')
> could think of (against my advice) and has never found anything that
> did much for her pain.  Often times she would be in so much pain that
> she literally could not stand up from a chair if she'd been sitting
> for a while.  The drug cocktail that she is on has greatly weakened
> her immune system and it took quite a bit of coaxing, but I finally
> persuaded her to at least give CS a try.  I am very pleased to say
> that while she still has an occasional "bad day," for the most part
> she is suffering FAR less from the pain associated with her
> arthritis.&nb! sp; Her pain levels have not been this low in several
> years.  I certainly cannot speak on all of the mechanisms at play
> here, but the CS is the only change she has made.  It also completely
> cleared up a skin infection in four days (topically - with soaked
> cotton balls) that she has had between her toes for 2 years -- that
> none of the prescription med's the doc gave her even touched.
>
> FWIW,
>
> Mike

Try a mix of CS/DMSO (50/50) topically on the remaining pain.  It works
wonders for my husband.

Jeannie


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One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.

Jeannie McReynolds
Oregon Coast