Re: which came first, the allergies or the disease? (edited)

 thank you--I just saw your link to someone else, to the site, and the formula, which really looks good. Is the regular size/cost posted meant to last 2 plus months? You mention "tubs".

The formulas are in powder form. The Bone and Joint comes in both a regular version and a vegetarian version. Each tub of powder lasts an average of 2 months with recommended dosing.

****************
I would really try to rebuild the cartilage before going in for a hip replacement.

*****************

You would, and *I* would, and I would love to be able to say she would, but I think she's been convinced there's no other option. She is frequently now immobilized, and has a lot of pain. This seems to have progressed quite rapidly, but of course it's been happening over years. I know she has a high tolerance for pain, as well.

Tonight, I was thinking of asking her to post here to you, with all her pertinent info. and seeing if the interaction/suggestions would encourage her to, perhaps, at least rebuild the other hip, through natural means. Both are supposedly quite bad. I can't see how the body could balance itself and acclimatize to one hip replacement and not somehow demand that the other be replaced too--if you see what I mean.

People may compensate from the pain after the replacement. But the main issue is that the deterioration of the hip joint indicates that the tissues are weakening. Silica deficiencies are the main culprit here. Because the tissues are weakening she will see continued problems with the various joints as she is already with the knees. So she either has to address the deterioration or keep replacing the joints one by one with artificial joints.

Otherwise, wouldn't the body try to expel the fortegin object? Do people have to take some kind of anti-rejection stuff?

The metals and other materials used are inert to the body so the body does not reject the object and anti-rejection drugs are not needed. But again they do fail in 5 to 10 years and the surgery will have to be performed again.

The body looks for symmetry, right?

Pretty much, but this is why the body compensates with the injured area.

So the other hip will need replacing too, they tell her. And her knees are also giving her trouble--in fact I think it was they about 4 years ago that started to bother her first. Maybe it was always the hips that were the true (source of the) problem.

If the hips were off alignment then this would cause the body to be at an odd angle putting more strain on the knees. For example if you watch people walk you will see many people wobble as they walk. This is generally from the hips being tilted, which lifts one leg higher. This makes the one leg appear and act shorter than the other although they are the same exact length. But this throws the body in to an unnatural stance placing strain on the knee joints that have to also work harder to take up the extra stress from the shifted weight.

I don't understand the progression of this--but her life history starts with asthma and excema, and I think when you suppress these, you get lots of allergies--and then you get allergy shots, and so on; and bronchitis; and "sick building syndrome", from working in sealed buildings. All very acid-forming, and mineral-depleting. And then...on and on.

They likely had her on steroids, which are well known for causing bone deterioration. These also suppress the immune system and atrophy the adrenals leading to the eczema, bronchitis, etc.

By the way asthma is an inflammatory allergic response.

Another big mistake people make is using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for the joint pain. For example ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, etc.), naproxen (Aleve), celecoxib (Celebrex), aspirin, etc. The problem is that the NSAIDs lead to further deterioration of the joints and inhibit healing.

I am still praying for something in the shape of a miracle to stop what feels like it might be a downhill course.