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I thought I read something about that on the BB once, but I couldn't find it.
Tonight I asked a friend how his wife was doing and he said she's having major knee pain. The doctor said she has no fluid left in the knee joint and she is going for very painful injections of some thick gel stuff to help cushion the knee. There is a lot of noise from her joint when she uses the stairs. Doctor says she is not bad enough yet for a new knee. She's probably in her late 50's/early 60's and quite a bit overweight.
Any ideas of what might help so I can point them in the right direction?
Thanks,
Nutmeg
In Reply to: Is there a supplement to rebuild knee joint fluid? posted by Nutmeg on June 25, 2003 at 00:45:35:
Hi, Nutmeg.
First of all you are not the one who should be asking this.
Second, why is it that alternatives are sought only after conventional medicine has so obviously failed? It should be the other way around: the alternatives should be tried first --before the physiology has been so totally destroyed that natural approaches have nothing to work with.
Third, until this person gets to a normal or below normal weight there is no natural approach worth trying.
Finally, she should not be using the knee for anything other than flexibility (no weight bearing) exercises and underwater exercises 3 times a day. She should use a wheelchair for any time where weight bearing might be necesary.
Why have her present "doctors" not told her even that she has to lose weight and must not be going up and down stairs???
At this stage: hopeless!
Walt
In Reply to: Is there a supplement to rebuild knee joint fluid? HOPELESS. Archive in knee. posted by Walt Stoll on June 25, 2003 at 14:54:10:
I'm afraid you might be right, Dr. Stoll. I will suggest the water exercise and point them here. I believe she does use a wheelchair or motorized cart much of the time.
Thank you,
Nutmeg
In Reply to: Is there a supplement to rebuild knee joint fluid? posted by Nutmeg on June 25, 2003 at 00:45:35:
I have heard about the injections. Tell her to try cod liver
oil.
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