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in reply to: Leg cramps?? #1067502

jenlynn724 wrote:now, everything is cramping.. If i look down, my neck cramps, and if i look over my shoulder my back cramps.. I am going to the doc on 11/30, and i will mention this all to him..

I get this too! Same thing – cramping all over, in my calves, feet, forearms, hands and neck. It was really bad the year before last and a friend told me to take calcium/magnesium and Vit D. That helped quite a lot but didn’t take it away entirely. I’ve stopped taking the calcium over the last few months and I’ve noticed the cramping is starting to get worse again in recent weeks. I think I’ll give the potassium a try this time.

I hope all goes well for you at the DR.’s and the cramping stops soon.

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in reply to: graves and adjuvanted vaccines (esp. H1N1) #1067545

Hi I just stumbled upon this post while strying to search for more info on the squalene adjuvant and immune response. I’m with you jmarvin – I would like to know more about studies on the adjuvant before I take the shot. And I am REALLY iffy on giving my kids the shot since we have family history of autoimmune disease. True everyone seems to say that it’s safe but no one seems to be able to point to any studies. The info I have been able to find was posted in 2000 in the American Journal of Pathology. The study was conducted on rats who were genetically predisposed to Rheumatoid Arthritis. I’m sure the amount of squalene adjuvant used in the study is likely way more than is used in the H1N1 vaccine and we’re talking rats- not humans here … but it was found that the rats developed RA after receiving the squalene injection (if I’m reading that right). This study seems to have been used as a reference for at least 10 books written on immunology. though I’m not familiar with any of them. here is a link to the American Journal of Pathology article if someone wants to read it…I can’t quite understand all the medical teminology ” title=”Confused” /> http://ajp.amjpathol.org/cgi/content/full/156/6/2057

Congratulations on your pregnancy!! ” title=”Smile” /> I too am in Canada and developed symptoms of Graves Disease after my second daughter was born – though I wasn’t diagnosed until about three years ago when I couldn’t hold a pen anymore I was shaking so bad and my eyes were bulging out. My specialist was furious with me when I didn’t want to have the iodine treatment and at one point she acually told me I was being an idiot. My naturopath told me to get more sleep, do relaxation excersises and put me on 2 really horrible tasting herbal tinctures that I had to take three times a day. I know it sounds flaky and maybe it’s just coincidence but I stopped taking the tinctures after about 9 weeks and my T3’s and T4’s have been reduced to normal levels since then- Knock on wood it stays that way. I have blood drawn every three months to check my levels because my GP isn’t happy either that I opted out of the iodine treatment .

I’ll keep checking back here to see if anyone has more news on the adjuvant because like you I would love to know!

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