I am a 45 y.o. woman with DDD who have suffered multiple herniated discs during a period of almost 6 months before I finally got my MRI scan, and urgently had my operation within a week after the results from the scan came to my doctor's knowledge. I have had 2 months of physiotherapy after the operation, and I continue my training to keep my back strong. Something I started doing after my operation was to take minerals and vitamins for the first time in my life. My doctor had prescribed medicine for my high blood pressure, and told me that I would have to get use to the idea of taking these meds for the remainder of my life. I did take the meds until the operation, but I searched the web for an explanation to my symptoms and high blood pressure. I found out that I probably had a magnesium deficiency. I tested magnesium while checking my blood pressure...and like a miracle my blood pressure came down to normal levels!!! Not only did the magnesium have a positive effect on my blood pressure, but it made the post operative pain go away!!! I started having cravings for milk while taking magnesium...so I searched the internet for information on why this could be a reaction...and I found out about the importance of taking magnesium, calcium and vitamin D together! The body would not build up the bones with only taking magnesium. And I also found out that during a period of time when I was going through a situation of stress and malnourishment, my body had lacked the minerals and vitamins we normally get through food and probably started to consume it's own reserves...consuming the calcium in the vertebrae itself to fill out the deficiency in other parts of the body. Well, I live in the northern parts where there is not much sunlight ( vitamin D comes from the sun), and I sit inside all day. It makes sense to take supplements! I never eat any fruit either, so I started to eat more fruit and take vitamin C supplements as well. I started feeling better and better. Now, 5 months have passed since the operation, and I feel like 20 again. I do get worried about some days when I get the tingling coming back
..and I get scared that the sciatic hell should start all over again ( especially as the doctor told me it could come back due to my DDD), but I then take am extra dois of my vitamin supplements and magnesium
..do some exercise...and it disappears!!! I am doooo happy to have discovered magnesium and vitamins...and I will make sure to stay fit now! Never, ever do I want to go through sciatic hell again!!! And all the medication, opiates and morphine I had to take to live with the pain....never again!!!! The doctors only work for the pharmaceutical industry... I wish someone would have told me what a deficiency of minerals and vitamins can do to your body. It is the lack of proper nutrition that is responsible for many conditions in the first place! Good luck to all of you, I hope you get better soon. I got my life back and I am sooo happy now!!!
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I am a 45 y.o. woman with DDD who have suffered multiple herniated discs during a period of almost 6 months before I finally got my MRI scan, and urgently had my operation within a week after the results from the scan came to my doctor's knowledge. I have had 2 months of physiotherapy after the operation, and I continue my training to keep my back strong. Something I started doing after my operation was to take minerals and vitamins for the first time in my life. My doctor had prescribed medicine for my high blood pressure, and told me that I would have to get use to the idea of taking these meds for the remainder of my life. I did take the meds until the operation, but I searched the web for an explanation to my symptoms and high blood pressure. I found out that I probably had a magnesium deficiency. I tested magnesium while checking my blood pressure...and like a miracle my blood pressure came down to normal levels!!! Not only did the magnesium have a positive effect on my blood pressure, but it made the post operative pain go away!!! I started having cravings for milk while taking magnesium...so I searched the internet for information on why this could be a reaction...and I found out about the importance of taking magnesium, calcium and vitamin D together! The body would not build up the bones with only taking magnesium. And I also found out that during a period of time when I was going through a situation of stress and malnourishment, my body had lacked the minerals and vitamins we normally get through food and probably started to consume it's own reserves...consuming the calcium in the vertebrae itself to fill out the deficiency in other parts of the body. Well, I live in the northern parts where there is not much sunlight ( vitamin D comes from the sun), and I sit inside all day. It makes sense to take supplements! I never eat any fruit either, so I started to eat more fruit and take vitamin C supplements as well. I started feeling better and better. Now, 5 months have passed since the operation, and I feel like 20 again. I do get worried about some days when I get the tingling coming back
August 5, 2016 - 3:55am..and I get scared that the sciatic hell should start all over again ( especially as the doctor told me it could come back due to my DDD), but I then take am extra dois of my vitamin supplements and magnesium
..do some exercise...and it disappears!!! I am doooo happy to have discovered magnesium and vitamins...and I will make sure to stay fit now! Never, ever do I want to go through sciatic hell again!!! And all the medication, opiates and morphine I had to take to live with the pain....never again!!!! The doctors only work for the pharmaceutical industry... I wish someone would have told me what a deficiency of minerals and vitamins can do to your body. It is the lack of proper nutrition that is responsible for many conditions in the first place! Good luck to all of you, I hope you get better soon. I got my life back and I am sooo happy now!!!
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