Posted 5/23/2020 1:37 AM (GMT -5)
I have not posted for about 1/2 a year. I will remind those who remember me that half a year ago i was a mess. My right knee was so bad that i had to get around using 2 walking sticks as crutches. I could not make it from the betroom to the washroom without my canes. about a year ago, a friend of mine met me casually and he suggested that i start taking MSM. He sold me some and i tried it and it tasted so awful that i put it aside without finishing the amount I got. At Christmas time I met this man again and i did not lie to him. I told him that i was not taking it and i felt bad. I promised him and myself that i would try again. I did and after 1 week - which was New years day, i realized that my right knee was feeling stronger just a little bit. I managed to make it down the hallway without my canes, i called wife and it was like a miracle. I had hope of walking again all be it with great difficulty. I could not help myself. Tears still well up inside me when i think about it and realize that i might walk again. It still hurts to walk but now i can go for a walk. I have not touched my canes now for 2 weeks. The pain in the knee is still there but the whole right leg is learning again how to function as it should. I think muscles that had not been used have atrophied and are now being called again to be used in a normal manner. And the pain is still there when i walk BUT NOW I WALK EVERYDAY DOING HOUSEHOLD THINGS. I CAN WALK UP THE STAIRS ONE STEP AT A TIME. I CAN BEND DOWN AND PICK UP THINGS OFF THE FLOOR. I CAN DREAM AGAIN OF WALKING NORMALLY. This is now the middle of year 6 of the problem with my right leg and if things go well as they appear to be going, mayby with God/s help, i will walk again normally some time in year 7. I am learning to walk again at the age of 76 and i feel lucky to be alive. I think that it is the MSM plus about 8 other supplements that is doing the job. All i can say to myself is Wow. What a difference for me since last Christmas. xfmlg