MR>"THURSTON ACKERMAN" bravely wrote to "TOM WALKER"
(12 Jan 04  22:51:00)
MR> --- on the heady topic of "Re: KNOPPIX 'tricks'"

MR> ->snipped<-

MR> TW>-> I've never been acclimated to long hours driving on trips. a 3
MR> TW>-> hour trip is close to my limit then I have to stop for awhile
MR> TW>-> and walk around a bit (bad knee).

MR> TW> My knees are going bad also. I leave tomorrow afternoon.
MR> TW> We shall see how it goes. But I suspect this to be my LAST trip over 20
MR> TW> or or so also.

MR> TA> Have you youngsters ever tried Glucosamine (500mg) with
MR> TA> chondroitin (400mg) ?   3/day (with 3/day tylenols) has
MR> TA> made me able to move about again; after I had to give up
MR> TA> Vioxx (that had produced a couple troublesome bleeding
MR> TA> stomach ulcers a couple years ago 8-(.

MR>You might give Vitamin D a look. I've known of it for a number of years
MR>in that we in NA probably have a deficiency and on the news yesterday
MR>they announced a study found 40% less MS in those taking it as
MR>supplement. One fellow may even have been cured of it by taking massive
MR>doses daily. Which reminds me I haven't taken mine yet this morning.

Thanks Mike. I am also mindful of the usefullness of vitamin D
to also better facilitate the absorbtion of vitamin C to replace
that which we lose faster as we age.

Ciao, Ack.

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