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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I'm just someone who has suffered the regular agony of muscle spasms and 
cramps--some hurt bad enough to make a person nauseous. I have to take lasix 
; 'have had to adjust my potassium.  If you were doing concrete work 
yesterday, you probably just had a normal muscle cramp.  You might want to 
check the green tea, though; I don't know much about herbal 
stuff...........bobford


--- On Thu, 6/26/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Oh, that feels so . . . awful!
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 7:11 AM
> On Jun 26, 2008, at 4:14 AM, bob ford wrote:
> 
> > If you take any type of diuretic, it is almost 
> certainly potassium  
> > deficiency.  Even if you don't, that's still
> probably the case.  If  
> > it starts happening often, you need to see a doc or a
> nurse  
> > practitioner     ( potassium also affects the
> electrical impulses  
> > that run the powerplant in your chest).  You have to
> be careful  
> > supplementing potassium on your own.  Those side
> affects can  
> > be ...er...lethal.  You can get a 90 day supply of
> generic potassium  
> > horse pills from walmart for $12 bucks, but you need a
> scrip.
> > If this not a regular problem, you probably just
> became dehydrated  
> > yesterday--while you were outside , in the heat,
> sitting on the  
> > porch, thinking about all of the work you are going to
> talk Don into  
> > doing.
> 
> Thank you Doctor Ford,
> 
> The only things I take are grains, vegetables, fruits,
> seafood (mostly  
> salmon), poultry (mostly chicken), water, water with green
> tea, beer  
> and wine. Beer is a diuretic in that one processes the
> liquid as urine.
> 
> This has happened occasionally but not with the severity of
> last  
> night. I did hit the sweat work harder yesterday, had some
> concrete  
> work I wanted finished. If I determine a correlation
> between hard  
> physical work and severe cramps I may have to ease off a
> touch. More  
> likely I will figure out a system to make sure I drink more
> sun tea  
> during the day. This might simply be too much sweat out and
> not enough  
> water in.
> 
> I will study the list of veggies and fruits with high
> potassium and  
> maybe make an adjustment. I will also do leg stretches
> before bed.
> 
> Do you take barter for your professional services?