RE: Micheal going bananas~

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Micheal I am just interested to hear if your banana intake has continued to

work, did u go off of it and see what happens? I eat a banana a day just

because I am on the oatmeal daily to try and lower cholesterol,as the lipitor

caused muscle pain, and wonder if it did not cause it permantley, as they still

hurt mostly in calves all the time. I know fibro does it to, but this is just

the same ache that started when on lipitor, this is a terrible drug. So

unfortunatley the banana does not work for me as I can not get off the pain or

muscle relaxor meds. In the past yr the Fibro has started consuming more of me

with pain, and not even relieved with the vicodin and am afraid I am going to

have to go on a stronger med, if I don't find something that will back this

maddening disease off even for a few hrs a day. I to have eaten pain meds like

skittles, m+m's of any of those can't eat just one snacks! I am tired of the

med's I know they are not good, but am going insane

with the pain. Hope your bananas keep you going, any natural is so much

better. Take Care Sharon

Honeycutt wrote:

Wellcome Micheal, You sound kinda busy! To say the least. The banana theory,

humn? Yes Fibro " aka " the

MONSTER really really SUX!! Oh a I'm and I welcome You to my group, well

it's yours too might I add-.

Micheal I HOPE You find the Love, encouragement and Support that I have found

since joining about 10 mos. ago.

GOD Bless YOU Micheal ! ! ! . . . ................................. . . .

S.E. Arkansas GOD grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change the

courage to change the things I canand the wisdom to know the difference. Amen !

! !

To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group@...: mkroske6149@...:

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:37:52 +0000Subject: Greetings from Illinois.....My

introduction to the group.

Hell all,I just wanted to introduce myself to the group and just drop a few

lines on how I am starting to cope with this affliction. I will start off with a

bit about me....My name is and I reside in Illinois and I am a recent

divorcee. So far it has been a roller coaster of a ride ever since my divorce

and now I have one more thing to add to the pile of things I have going on in my

life. I am a full time student and I also work full time so I have a busy

scheduale and sometimes it I find it very hard to make it through the day with

in the last few months. I put out a few pics of myself so all of you can put a

facwe with the writings and conversations. The reason why I am putting out this

post is because I was recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and well it really

sucks to have to do this one on my own...people just don't understand how one

person can be in so much pain with out explanation. I also have RA and I been

doing a lot of reading on both subjects and I

have come up with a bit of theory that may help some of you all. I noticed that

there is a link (well with me there is) with a potassium deficiency. So I have

set out to see what would happen and so far, it has been 4 days since i started

this little routine in the morning to just eat a banana a day and so far it has

had a great relief to the pain that I have had for the last couple months.The

first day I noticed a slight improvement and I was able to sleep better and not

to mention that I did not feel so lethargic. Day 2: I noticed a bigger

difference, almost a calmer feeling through out my body and even more less of a

pain. I was More awake and alert at the job with little to no hard times on

concentrating on tasks. Also i took less pain relievers then I have been

normally. I have been on pain pills for about 4 weeks and every 4 to 6 hours I

had to pop more just as if I was popping m & m's. Day 3: Woke up as if I could

take on the world....little to no pain and I only had

to take pain relievers twice this day...mood has over all improved and this has

been one of the best days since I started this little experiment on myself. I

did notice that by the end of the day the aches and minor pains were moderate,

but nothing I couldn't handle with a couple Tylenol's. Day 4: So far so good....

I small aches and pains, but over all still a good day. Now I know that this

might not be for everyone but I did want to share all of this information with

you and maybe it might help you. I think I am going to see I will fair for the

rest of the week on the this simple plan....then next week i will stop the plan

and see what happens. So far I have dis proven the theory an apple a day and

replaced it with a banana a day.

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