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by captgenefl
Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:23 am
Forum: Physical Treatments
Topic: Does smokeing marijuana help??
Replies: 17
Views: 12568

pot a safe drug but makes my rls worse , wish it did not but it does.
by captgenefl
Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:11 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: hey all
Replies: 1
Views: 933

hey all

Hope you are ok. Dodged bullet on hurricane here but many folks did not in New Orleans area. But i hope folks here are safe.
by captgenefl
Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:03 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Confusion about Ferritin Levels
Replies: 13
Views: 4112

Hey all, found this link for foods high in iron,


http://www.weightlossforall.com/iron-rich-food.htm


Adding foods high in iron helped my leg pain as well as general health. I'll pass on the ox tongue one though.

Take care,
Captgene
by captgenefl
Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:57 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: hey all
Replies: 5
Views: 2428

well roof done and OK here , scuffed up and regular stuff but i good shape, man was hot to roof here.But cool that i still can do it , wife on fresh paypaya and blueberries now .
Hope you all are OK,
Caprgene
by captgenefl
Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:56 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: hey all
Replies: 5
Views: 2428

Thanks becat

80% roof done now and ok . Heat index has been near 110 degrees f. most days and I knock off work mid day because too hot to work but cool I can still do it. Was hell at first working on roof , but exercise really seemed to help leg pain stuff. I think the veggies really helped me and iron pills . I...
by captgenefl
Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:51 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: hey all
Replies: 5
Views: 2428

hey all

half the roof on so far so good , leg pain a given but ok . food stuff or god helping or both.
by captgenefl
Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:29 am
Forum: Physical Treatments
Topic: ALLCALM
Replies: 10
Views: 6622

You can get a 100 pills of calcium / magnesium/ zinc at walmart for $2.96
they seem to help me , also blueberries and a iron pill as well seem to help quite well.

Captgene
by captgenefl
Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:33 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: becat and sara and others
Replies: 2
Views: 922

I was kinda thinking along the line that RLS may be related to the body not being able to get rid of something in most folks systems that have leg pain and other areas of pain. Similar to gout but not same as. Kinda like an old car that does not run right and you work on it and think and work and te...
by captgenefl
Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:53 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: foods and health
Replies: 14
Views: 3564

On the soda thing, it might be better to cut back slowly for me then , because in Florida with the heat I drink alota soda. I have to put on a new roof here so I'll be sore as heck anyway . Folks here sure have helped me get by and I would like to thank'm all for their ideas and help. Whenever I get...
by captgenefl
Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:35 pm
Forum: Physical Treatments
Topic: Artificial sweeteners
Replies: 8
Views: 5538

I had a Doctor tell me the phosphoric acid in soda can make a lot of illnesses worse. Oh well I guess I can give up soda for a month just to see if it helps. Somehow I feel like if I live to be 80 years old I'll be on a rice and water and a hand full of pills ,diet. This getting old thing stinks. Wh...
by captgenefl
Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:52 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: foods and health
Replies: 14
Views: 3564

Hey Kris , Sorry you are suffering . But a few years ago and for a ten year period, I had gout so bad I was in a wheel chair and I too thought my time was about up, the doctors could do little to help me but in time I ran into a doctors' asst. that gave me Prednizone and in a few weeks I was walking...
by captgenefl
Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:46 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Try this
Replies: 17
Views: 4990

I tried Blueberries plus an iron pill this weekend and together they really helped me. I even did some roofing , I use to hate to roof but it was cool just to be able to do it again. It took a couple of days of blueberries and iron pills before the leg pain got better though. I even drank a few beer...
by captgenefl
Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:44 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Try this
Replies: 17
Views: 4990

Seems no one tried ?
by captgenefl
Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:49 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: foods and health
Replies: 14
Views: 3564

Wendy I have had gout for over ten years and been in a wheel chair for months , and when i was younger i raced moto cross and cars and had several compound fractures , i know pain and have spent several weeks in a burn unit from car racing , i know pain. Point is sometimes no one knows what to do so...
by captgenefl
Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:11 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Try this
Replies: 17
Views: 4990

hey becat Try those watermelons and or tomatoes when it gets bad becat ,and let me know. Blueberries are said to be better but i have not tried them yet. Hard to find plants in florida here now but i'll plant'm when i find'm , birds get most unless you put a net over'm. I would think birds would get...