by petmomful » Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:56 pm
I wanted to chime in here because I started a thread called, "Pain," and now I cannot find it. I have had 2 neck fusions and I had constant neck pain. I lost my career, my job, stopped driving, stopped exercising, mostly sat around. I had a lot of trouble sitting in front of my sewing machine, and sitting and playing my guitar. I could hardly clean my house, and my husband had to take over anything that involved mopping, vacuuming, or scrubbing. I was very skeptical that this WOE would help with my neck, because no one knew why it hurt, but I felt that if it helped the rest of me feel better, that would give me less to deal with. I started 2 weeks before Xmas, altho I already had stopped eating meat, and ate very little animal products. I have to add that over the years, I went to lots of doctors and specialists. I ended up in pain management which was a nightmare for me. The drugs made me a crying, crazy person, the doctors acted like I was a felon. I hated every minute of it. I was tortured with needles, tests, injections, and PT which did not help. If I refused, I was a "fail." I ended up being terrified of doctors' visits, like PTSD.
So now it has been about 11 weeks. I cannot tell you how much better I feel. (BTW, I am 62.) I am full of energy. I can take a brisk walk for an hour. I take way fewer pain pills. In fact, I haven't had one in 4 days. Don't need those muscle relaxants anymore or those anti-inflammatories either. My neck still gives me pain, but only if I overdo. I am getting better and better. I am able to do more, including going to my grandkids games, something I had to pass up before. I have lost about 18 pounds so far, and I am going to keep going. I have not gotten sick once so far this winter, not even a cold. My daughter, her husband, and my granddaughter, have been sick constantly. They are sick now again. My son and daughter-in-law have been sick. Yet they have no plans on improving their diets. They just keep going the way they are going. I have much less stomach trouble, and I am so grateful for the great healthy, energetic feeling I have now. I am presently trying to decide what kind of water system to get to make sure I am drinking clean, pure water. I could never go back. So, I am assuming that the pain in my neck is due to arthritis and this WOE is helping a lot.
