Hello NANCY.

24 Sep 09 19:53, you wrote to me:

 NB>>> glucosomine-chondroitin supplements so she did.  She was able to
 NB>>> get

 SR>> knee and never regretted it since. I am also taking those
 SR>> tablets, IU seen an article in a newspaper about it and trying
 SR>> them. Still no joy with the tablets but hey it may do something
 SR>> :)

 NB> It can take a few months for them to really kick in, if they are going
 NB> to work, but then the relief is on-going as long as you keep on taking
 NB> them.  Of course, some people don't find that they work for them...
 NB> and I know a couple of people, myself included, for whom it not only
 NB> does not work but instead causes additional pain.  :(  I've also seen
 NB> lately ads on the TV for a liquid version of it, but haven't pursued
 NB> that.

I took one before but it has only glucosomine so it will take a bit longer
for the full one to work. I have heard a lot of good things about it anyway

 NB>>> Pain meds can be a life saver, if used when and how they
 NB>>> should... but they come with lots of side effects that can cause
 NB>>> more problems.  I'd use them short-term, or for ad-hoc, but not
 NB>>> long-term chronic... there I look for other solutions if at all
 NB>>> possible, including mind over matter types...  :)

 SR>> I suffer with bad heart burn taking tablets so if I can avoid it
 SR>> I will. I know that sometimes tablets are the only way but as
 SR>> there is no cure other than an op for my condition, I p-refer to
 SR>> stay off them

 NB> And after the op, you'd probably need them for a short while as well,
 NB> while things begin healing...  Sounds like, though, like I would be,
 NB> you'd be keeping even that to a minimum.  :)  The basic threshhold
 NB> raisers don't work for me, I can push that up further on my own, so
 NB> I'd need a narcotic that cuts at the root of the pain... and those I
 NB> limit, too, as they tend to bind up the digestion which I really don't
 NB> need. But it's a good thing to have something to fall back on if the
 NB> pain really is intolerable.  :)

I have a feeling that the surgeon is going to wait as long as possible,
even if it means he can do a knee replacement instead. Whilst the damage is
bad enough he is keen to keep me going on my own until intervention is
required. There are days when I think he should do it that second but most
of the time, it is badground pain so I try and bear it

Sean

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