Feeling moany but guilty

Enjoy your pie Jane.... and don't be too hard on yourself.

Sounds interesting. I like apples and always have some on the go. Curcumin will be worth investigating by the sound of it. Does it work like capsaicin by confusing pain pathways to the brain or is it an anti-inflammatory? Just off to Google it...

Acupuncture! My gp trained in it and cured it in one go.

Hi Jane 10,

I have everiy sympathy for you. I've been very low since March when I had a knee replacement, still can't bend my leg fully yet. It was the isolation that was worse. I couldn't get out easily, have no family so only had three visitors for over two months and a neighbour. Missed my job and my work friends, and evenings out, but on top of that since February have had acute pins and needles in my hands so my fingers feel as though they're going to burst and have been diagnosed with cervical Spondylosis. This can be a degenerative disease but I do feel the bad desk and chair have triggered this off. The Doctor won't operate as it could cause paralysis. Hence the pain from the pins and needles is excruciating. I've tried physio and acupuncture without effect and next week go to a Chiropractor. I'll admit being on my own has been soooo traumatic. Hence I do understand. Enjoy the pork pies!

Rozina

Curcumin is the active ingredient in Turmeric. It's an anti-inflammatory. These natural remedies are not necessarily straightforward to buy in the right doses I have found, so a bit of reading of the small print is needed. To aid absorption, it needs to be one that is blended with piperine (black pepper). It also might need a bit of trial and error to find which one works best for you.
I found it worked in a couple of weeks, but it might not be the same for everyone of course.

I'm with Jalima - a big pie might be something to feel guilty about, not a mini one! If you have to stop moaning then lots of us will have to! Enjoy your lunch, have a lovely pudding and don't feel guilty!

When I had a painful and swollen knee my practice nurse said the only way to improve it was to loose weight.

If you're a really thin person I apologise and I'm os the wrong track. I cut down, not out, on the wine, and had a go at the 2 5 way of living. That is 800 calories for two days a week and eat as usual for the rest of the week.

Also watch how much added refined sugar you are eating. Take time to learn to read labels on tins and packets of food. I always read how much sugar is in a hundred 100g of the product. Remember one teaspoon of sugar is 4 grams.

My biggest surprise was when I compared tins of tomatoes. Yes tomatoes naturally contain sugar but I think that sugar is added as it encourages people to eat them.

I hope you feel better soon.

I had Tennis Elbow when I was getting my kitchen redone. It was due to emptying all the cupboards. I was given some hand clenching and wrist rolling exercises to do by the physio. I still get the odd twinge 10 years later.

Jane congratulations on your book publication and launch. As for your health problems, why don't you use one elbow crutch instead of a stick. Ask the NHS to put you on the list for a knee replacement after the book launch. Say October. By Christmas you should have got over the worst so for February book a Saga or other escorted holiday in some nice warm place in a lovely location with entertainment, food and drink all included. In the meantime use ActiPatch and electromagnetic Pulse Therapy item on the knee during the day.

All the best.

Thanks all. I know I should lose weight hence the guilt!!
Sorry to hear about your isolation after your knee replacement rozina I know what that's like. People do their best to help and I certainly found out who my true friends were (and are!) after my first knee replacement. There's a lot of us on GN who've had them and I had lots of help and support from them. Don't feel alone!
I'm going to do more homework on Curcumin. There does seem to be good evidence for it.
Acupuncture? Eek! I'll bear it in mind if things don't improve though.

Emily I like your style! Just have to convince DH.

I have had 2 steroid injections for my shoulder, drawback for me is not having the injection but the following day my arm is very painful, after that it is brilliant no pain!

Hope you get sorted out. I do sympathise as when I tried to get out of bed this morning I could hardly move as my hip was so painful, must have damaged it yesterday gardening (I'm only 61)

Glad Melton Mowbury pie cheered you up. or if you prefer.

Jane10 your metabolism needs a little jolt now and then and the Melton Mowbray pie sounds just the ticket!!

I have lost a pound this week - DH, eating more than me and having a couple of pints one night this week (and the Snicker appears to have disappeared from the fridge too) has lost 5 lbs.

He says my problem is that I eat too much - salad!!

I think I jolt my metabolism so often that it's used to it! I did do the 5:2 diet before my TKR and liked it. Must get back to it!

Fried haloumi cheese Anno

Is that book 2 whichI thought was to come out earlier in the year, Jane, or are you on to book three? Have you accelerated your writing while confined with your knee?

Reading that again, I suppose you would have quite liked to be confined WITHOUT your knee at some points.

I think I must try the 2:5 diet if I am going to get anywhere.

No its book 2 Elegran. It was written ages ago it seems to me but all the publication palaver takes ages. I actually couldn't write when I was confined with my knee as I couldn't sit comfortably at my desk at all. Being so rule governed I can only work at a desk!
I'll PM you an invitation to the launch if you'd like to come? Any other interested Grans also welcome. Its always nice to put faces to names!

try acupuncture ,it may make it a bit worse initially but after a couple of days it will really help

I thought that book had already been published, Jane. Yes, I'll come to the launch if I can. Tell me again when it is, if you said above I missed it, and I have to go out soon so can't look back.