Roll back #2: 36 years of freedom from arthritis
Kay's story is still remarkable, 36 years after it began.
In 1970, Kay Ferguson from Wellesley MA had such bad arthritis in her hips that she couldn't get in and out of the car - and she still had kids at home.
Her doctor put her on Darvon, and gave her a cortisone shot when it got so bad that she couldn't sleep several nights in row - and of course they both realized there would be bad side effects. It wasn't a good long term program, but nothing else was working.
Through a long series of events, she came across a substance* (not a drug) that resulted in no more pain, and a lot more flexibility. She and her family even drove cross-country to Arizona that summer.
She was cured!
Only she wasn't. She ran out of what she was taking, and within a week the pain and stiffness came back. It took her a while to track down some more, and once she got going again the pains went away. Kay hadn't felt that limber and painfree and able to sleep and do the errands for a long time.
She had rolled back the clock.
And now for the rest of the story: the clock is still rolled back. At 86, she is still free from arthritis - except for a troublesome spot at the base of one thumb. Sometimes that acts up and she takes a little more of the formulation. She knows she's not 'cured'. But it hardly matters: she hardly knows she's 'got' arthritis.
*I would be happy to name the products mentioned in these postings but it is against the the rules of the company they come from. Email me or click on the links for details.
In 1970, Kay Ferguson from Wellesley MA had such bad arthritis in her hips that she couldn't get in and out of the car - and she still had kids at home.
Her doctor put her on Darvon, and gave her a cortisone shot when it got so bad that she couldn't sleep several nights in row - and of course they both realized there would be bad side effects. It wasn't a good long term program, but nothing else was working.
Through a long series of events, she came across a substance* (not a drug) that resulted in no more pain, and a lot more flexibility. She and her family even drove cross-country to Arizona that summer.
She was cured!
Only she wasn't. She ran out of what she was taking, and within a week the pain and stiffness came back. It took her a while to track down some more, and once she got going again the pains went away. Kay hadn't felt that limber and painfree and able to sleep and do the errands for a long time.
She had rolled back the clock.
And now for the rest of the story: the clock is still rolled back. At 86, she is still free from arthritis - except for a troublesome spot at the base of one thumb. Sometimes that acts up and she takes a little more of the formulation. She knows she's not 'cured'. But it hardly matters: she hardly knows she's 'got' arthritis.
*I would be happy to name the products mentioned in these postings but it is against the the rules of the company they come from. Email me or click on the links for details.
posted by Peg Lewis at 9:11 AM
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