Vitimens and minerals do help some people and it usually does not hurt to try them. -----Original Message----- From: Carla MacInnis [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fibromyalgia Hi, Was a piece on CBC and CTV (Canadian) news shows re: benefits of magnesium for joint pain, fibromyalgia, various heart conditions (irregular heartbeat). Most docs recommend 600mg daily. I take 800mg; 400 morning and evening. I also introduced kelp last week and the improvements/changes are remarkable. No longer falling asleep after dinner, and no longer require an afternoon nap. Amazing and mystifying :) Cheers! Carla http://www.brunnet.net/terrier "J. McCarthy" wrote: > Sorry I've been out of touch for awhile. Been > > My doc and I are trying to figure out why my joints > ache and stuff (feel like I'm 100 years old). We have > discovered two things so far: > > 1) I have 2 herniated discs in my neck which is > causing my left arm and hand (the good side!) to be in > pain and/or numb at times. > > 2) My left knee (good side) which has been increasing > hurting me and is stiff and weak, came up negative on > the MRI. I thought that they would see lots of > arthritis...which could then explain the achyness that > I have in other major joints. > > So, we now are going to look at lupus, MS and FMS.... > > TTYL, > Jen > > --- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Ken, was it you or Kyle who thought he might have > > fibromyalgia, I forget. Any > > way, feeling like you got mugged or ran over by a > > truck is what fibromyalgia > > (FMS) feels like. > > > > mag > > > > www.itilink.com/traine.iti > > ===== > TTYL, > Jennifer > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com