Crippled hands - no joke ....help please

[gritsar]

I didn't read all the replies, but from your OP what you described sounds very much like Raynaud's Syndrome; which I have. Mine is pretty extensive and involves my lower arms too.
Isotoner gloves and keeping my hands as warm as possible at all times are the two things I have found that help the most. The isotoner gloves work by keeping a slight pressure on the hands at all times.
There are everyday tasks that I won't do anymore - mixing meatloaf, emptying ice trays, etc., because of the pain the cold causes.

Good luck to you.

 

[bargain]

Well, I'm coming back to say what's it's not....It's not Sgogren's syndrome for which I'm grate ful....It's not rheumatoid arthris but it is some widespread osteoarthritis with some "trigger finger involved"

In order to preserve the liver, I'm trying to back away from the antiinflamatory/pain killers until absolutely necessary.

But the most interesting finding was a severe shortage of Vitamin D.

I'm on prescription Vitamin D

And getting some relief......I never would have guessed this in my lifetime, but if it helps....Okay.

Certain other things are getting checked on as well, but I'm grateful for progress and

Yes, this experience has made me so much more aware and grateful for my hands and my "farm" working body.....

I suspect some raynaud's except doc said no on that one.

 

[gritsar]

Read yet another plug for Vitamin D3 last night. Reader's Digest went so far as to say it's really the only vitamin worth spending your money on.
I take 5,000 IUs of the D3 daily and I can tell when I do without it.
I agree with you on protecting the liver. I stay away from NSAIDs as much as possible, even if they didn't set my GI tract on fire.
Good luck to you.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

OP, if you take fermented cod liver oil, you will get the most benefit, because A and D work synergisticly together.
Plus, it will help rebuild any problems your liver has encountered form anything you have been taking.
THe other thing is, its all natural and animal derived, rather then being something that is plant derived (incomplete) or synthetic.
The general result of taking it for deficiencies, is that results are seen in as little as overnight.
http://www.westonaprice.org/Dietary-Supplements-What-the-Industry-does-NOT-want-you-to-know.html
Add to that drinking real homemade bone broths, made with bones that have cartilage on them still, and the marrow exposed.