Ever Have A Body Action That Triggers Other Involuntary Movements?

[Denise1952]

Low calcium can also cause muscle cramping. I had a spell of muscle spasms a while back, doc did some blood work and said I had very low calcium and that was a big part of the problem and he told me to take supplements of that and D-3, which I was also low on. Did the trick.

I need to get back on my D3, but the Calcium does a number on me. There is something to take with that to get it to digest better?? Anyway, I get constipated bad. I know, TMI, but I literally won't take my calcium because of that. Anyone have a solution for this?? Thanks, denise

 

[Denise1952]

That is so true Butterfly. We also take D-3. It's when I get lazy about taking my herbs, vitamins and supplements that I run into so much trouble. My husband's Dr's have him take Cal/mag, D-3 to help keep his bones strong as they feel (and I sure agree) that cancer is more apt to move into unhealthy weak bones than healthy ones. Or at lest he is buying more time.

Our neighbor who broke her upper leg a couple years ago was having trouble getting it to heal, in fact she was on morphine for about a year due to pain and I believe drug addiction. She was too sick (and depressed) to go to town to get her meds so we'd drive 60 miles to the other side of the big city to get a Dr's note or some paperwork so we could pick up her Morphine at CVS. So anyway, to get back to my point, my husband told her she wasn't going to heal drinking 24 cans of Pepsi a week and smoking didn't help either. So she laid off the Pepsi for a couple weeks and than ask her Dr and he told her the Pepsi didn't hurt her bones at all. Of course, my husband and I don't believe that for a second. We don't go get her medication any longer. Either she's doing it herself or she's getting someone else to do it. They have cut her off the Morphine now though.

I feel sick watching people drink soda pop, several cans a day where I was living in Eureka. It is bad for us and I feel so lucky I have no craving for it, except literally, once a month or two, I may have a Sprite with popcorn. I never buy but one so I am not tempted to drink more.

I keep a case of water on hand always, and that is my main liquid now, so grateful to have the "habit" of drinking it, and enough, whether I am thirsty or not. Water is like a miracle "drug" if you ask me. I do hope I can figure out how to do the calcium so it doesn't upset my digestion, or lack thereof, lol hugs Linda, and prayers for your hubby too sweetie, Denise

 

[fureverywhere]

I'm on a bunch of things at bed time. Does anybody else get the reaction of a whole body shake? Hubby gets a bit startled, the dogs just change position.

 

[Yaya]

Toe/foot cramps - Stretch the foot upwards towards the front of you, stretching the calf muscles with it, like you are trying to make your toes point upwards to your face.
Circling the foot around from the ankle also helps. And simple leg stretches. Do all this before going to bed while drinking a big glass of water. Also, stretch AFTER a hot bath/shower, when the muscles are still warm - they stretch better then.

 

[Denise1952]

Toe/foot cramps - Stretch the foot upwards towards the front of you, stretching the calf muscles with it, like you are trying to make your toes point upwards to your face.
Circling the foot around from the ankle also helps. And simple leg stretches. Do all this before going to bed while drinking a big glass of water. Also, stretch AFTER a hot bath/shower, when the muscles are still warm - they stretch better then.

I had this help me Yaya, stretching towards me if I'm lying down. Also, I can get rid of a cramp if I can get up fast enough and walk around for a few seconds, weird, but it works. One gal had leg cramps so bad after going into the cold river, up where I was camping last Summer. I tried to get her to get up and walk but she couldn't. She suffered awful for several minutes.

 

[NancyNGA]

A couple of times in the middle of the night I've gotten a bad cramp in a calf muscle. So I pulled my toes upward to stretch the calf, and then get a shin muscle cramp, which was even worse. Had to jump out of bed and stand up on the leg to make them go away.

I always get toe cramps, where the toes curl under, trying to swim in cold water. Sometimes my middle finger will get stuck flexed at the knuckle after working with my hands a lot. Except for the toes, these things seem to happen after an unusual amount of exercise.

 

[Linda]

Fureverywhere, no we haven't had the shaking all over. That sounds extremely uncomfortable. How long does it last and I hope it doesn't happen every night.

Denise, I don't have trouble with constipation and Calcium because of other things I take. My husband stirs up psyllium whole husks (health food store) in juice or water and sometimes he take cascara (Wal-mart) which is an herb. Really its bark from a tree but they grind it up and put it in capsules. Of course, people have to be careful taking laxatives, even natural ones. I only take Calcium that will dissolve in a glass of water. For some reason I have it in my head the harder Calcium tablets don't do much for our systems. That's just my thing.