I found something that helps my arthritic thumb

Borax is found in the laundry soap section of the grocery stores. I'm not sure if it's pure borax. I do know it will kill ants when moistened with sugar water.

It is very pure. They do refine it after mining to remove rocks and things and then it is processed to separate it from the salt that is also present. 

If you read up on it when you drink it it reacts with the hydrochloric acid in your stomach which turns it into, sodium chloride, water and elemental boron. Sea salt actually has borax in it because it is water soluble but there is far less of it than sodium chloride. And it kind of makes sense that a person's body would need it just like you need salt as life sprung forth from the ocean. There has been all sorts of research on it and it has shown to benefit bone and teeth health. It also helps prevent calcification of soft tissues. It is a lot of sciency stuff but it makes sense.

I’ve been taking 2 single serving packets of this stuff a day, sometimes 3 a day and it’s helping my joints feel better, not so much aching and it helps with the neuropathy

Plus it helps increase my protein intake

https://protgold.com/

I have to be careful of anything medicine / supplement like to make sure it won't interact with my transplant meds. I'll look into the Borax. I have been taking this and it has helped with the arthritis in my thumb joints:

https://www.amazon.com/Sports-Research-C...C76&sr=1-2

I put a half scoop in my first cup of Joe in the morning and a full scoop in the occasional protein shake. Been taking it for a few years now. It ain't cheap but it has cut the pain in the joint when I grip things by a noticeable amount. This is the unflavored one but they also make it in chocolate and vanilla. The flavored ones taste decent but they don't dissolve as easily as the unflavored.

Terry

Both of you kind of pointed out a disconcerting fact. 1 in 7 adults in the US suffers from arthritis. That fact alone makes the treatment of the symptoms a half trillion dollar a year industry. That is a half trillion reasons every year not to actually cure the illness, especially if the illness could be treated effectively for literally pennies a day. A 4 pound box of borax is $6 at Walmart. It contains about 1000 daily doses which would last about 3 years. That works out to less than a penny a day and in my case at least, it works. Can you imagine the monetary loss to those companies that "treat" arthritis if more people did use this treatment? When looked at that way, it makes a lot of sense why when the doctor in Australia approached a pharma company they went to the parliament and got borax declared to be "poison" and removed it from anything used for human consumption. If they know what is causing the illness and withhold that information in order to profit, they are the second lowest form of human scum that exists. The first lowest being those politicians who made it happen.

I am not a doctor, and I don't know it all, but if my livelihood depended on something continuing to exist, I would do all in my power to make sure it kept existing.

Makes me wonder if Boric Acid would produce the same effect.

Where do you purchase this borax? I can remember 20 mile team borax commercials for laundry

1/4 teaspoon in any liquid? What does it taste like? Does it have to be a quart of liquid?

Walmart in the laundry aisle. 20 mule team is the stuff.

I put it in grape gatorade and cannot taste any difference. I would imagine you could put it in most anything but being that it has a basic ph, mixing it with soft drinks would likely cause it to fizz like crazy and go flat. It doesn't have to be a full quart and one of the dosing options is "a heaping teaspoon in a quart of water" and then drink a teaspoon of that a day. From what I gather the taste isn't fantastic that way.

Something about drinking a laundry supplement just makes me stop and wonder exactly how crazy am I 🤣🤣🤣

I normally just drink plain old fashioned water laced with frozen water 

wish ya could get smaller packs of it

Borax is found in the laundry soap section of the grocery stores. I'm not sure if it's pure borax. I do know it will kill ants when moistened with sugar water.

It is very pure. They do refine it after mining to remove rocks and things and then it is processed to separate it from the salt that is also present. 

If you read up on it when you drink it it reacts with the hydrochloric acid in your stomach which turns it into, sodium chloride, water and elemental boron. Sea salt actually has borax in it because it is water soluble but there is far less of it than sodium chloride. And it kind of makes sense that a person's body would need it just like you need salt as life sprung forth from the ocean. There has been all sorts of research on it and it has shown to benefit bone and teeth health. It also helps prevent calcification of soft tissues. It is a lot of sciency stuff but it makes sense.

Any links you found particularly helpful??

I’ve been taking 2 single serving packets of this stuff a day, sometimes 3 a day and it’s helping my joints feel better, not so much aching and it helps with the neuropathy

Plus it helps increase my protein intake

https://protgold.com/

I have to be careful of anything medicine / supplement like to make sure it won't interact with my transplant meds. I'll look into the Borax. I have been taking this and it has helped with the arthritis in my thumb joints:

https://www.amazon.com/Sports-Research-C...C76&sr=1-2

I put a half scoop in my first cup of Joe in the morning and a full scoop in the occasional protein shake. Been taking it for a few years now. It ain't cheap but it has cut the pain in the joint when I grip things by a noticeable amount. This is the unflavored one but they also make it in chocolate and vanilla. The flavored ones taste decent but they don't dissolve as easily as the unflavored.

Terry

Both of you kind of pointed out a disconcerting fact. 1 in 7 adults in the US suffers from arthritis. That fact alone makes the treatment of the symptoms a half trillion dollar a year industry. That is a half trillion reasons every year not to actually cure the illness, especially if the illness could be treated effectively for literally pennies a day. A 4 pound box of borax is $6 at Walmart. It contains about 1000 daily doses which would last about 3 years. That works out to less than a penny a day and in my case at least, it works. Can you imagine the monetary loss to those companies that "treat" arthritis if more people did use this treatment? When looked at that way, it makes a lot of sense why when the doctor in Australia approached a pharma company they went to the parliament and got borax declared to be "poison" and removed it from anything used for human consumption. If they know what is causing the illness and withhold that information in order to profit, they are the second lowest form of human scum that exists. The first lowest being those politicians who made it happen.

I am not a doctor, and I don't know it all, but if my livelihood depended on something continuing to exist, I would do all in my power to make sure it kept existing.

Now you’re making me wonder what causes arthritis


Mine is in my spine after back surgeries & doc said caused by trauma, same as the arthritis in my knees, caused by trauma as well as my ankles 

so far hands are arthritis free…..but I’m not holding my breath 

like how diabetes is “managed” but no cure exists as it’s a billion dollar money machine

Went to Amazon & found these little gems for women😱😱

Went to Amazon & found these little gems for women😱😱

Any possible taste problem eliminated. 

Went to Amazon & found these little gems for women😱😱

Any possible taste problem eliminated. 

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

There are 2 basic types of arthritis:

Osteoarthritis (OA), also called degenerative arthritis, is the most common type of arthritis. It affects over 32 million people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
With OA, cartilage in your joints breaks down, eventually causing your bones to rub together and your joints to be inflamed, which leads to pain, bone injury, and even bone spur formation.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a type of autoimmune disease in which your body attacks healthy joint tissue.
Common symptoms of RA include morning stiffness and joint pain, typically in the same joint on both sides of your body. Joint deformities can eventually develop.

I have the first one.

Terry