This will be hard to write  yet I have to pay it forward
 I want with all heart to help folks in Chronic pain etc.

Please don't feel sorry for me when you read this, I am a tough old dame and have my grandmothers guts.
My son once said, pain bring clarity of mind and I believe it makes for gratitude in small joys too.

It's Jan 7th a New Year and I have a new goal to get well again and I am, thanks to MSM  & Vitamin C in combination.

To explain better I have to go back to when I was 12 and tell my story.  As a kid was plagued by Rheumatism and what the doctor called growing pains, plus sore red blobs on my arms and legs and for a whole year boils in my ears, the latter was cured by one shot of penicillin which before had only been given to soldiers in WW2, what I really had was a mild form of lupus.

I did not know at the time that the sun has a big effect on my body because I have an over active immune system. At 15 my Dad bought me my own business and because I was indoors during daylight hours my pains declined. Over the years I had flare ups of  lupus, some really bad and other just mild. I developed RH Arthritis and it was thought I had a TB hip.... no doctor mentioned Lupus till I was 48.   So I carried on by taking up to 12 Entrophen a day 

 I had been in the moving business from age 10 but had to quit at 50 because of a crumbling spine which had developed arthritis, my left hip was still bad too.  My husband quit as well for the similar reasons. We moved to Fenelon Falls to open Pirates Pizza in 1986. It was a big success, but we sold it after 2 years to look after our daughter and her 2 babes.  Both of Graham and I became the artisans we should have been all along, but we had no idea that we could be so creative.

 About 1993 my left hand became very painful, very swollen, so much so, my Doctor ordered a specially molded brace as my hand was useless any any knock was dreadfully painful.

In 1997  we got a computer and I gave up painting to write a book about my grandmother and her six young sons Graham helped towards the end.
He died in 2000.

One night I was watching the Larry King show with James Coburn the actor.  James was spreading the word via TV and the media about Organic MSM Sulfur
 ( not to be confused with prescription sulfide with its bad side-effects )
James had been in a wheelchair for many years due to severe RH Arthritis. After taking MSM he was able to to stand and walk again. He made a film and was able to walk on stage to accept his Oscar... see link below

MSM was hard to find those days, but I got some and began taking it  ie 8 1,000 mgs a day.   About three months later I put the brace away,  no more pain, no more swelling and I could use it again.
Then I became making tons of concrete garden art, see photos in this blog.

I stopped taking MSM, I was better very strong and healthy..

 I had a stroke in late 2006 due to the stress of 24/7 care-giving to my sick daughter. After the stroke I decided to reno the house and sell it because my daughter was getting worse.  Going up and down the step ladder for months caused me to have bursitis in my bad hip. I went to my doctor and got an x ray.  What a shock  it was bone on bone and had been for years, apparently the first xray I had had in 2000  showed it, but my doc had sent the wrong X ray!!!!  I still had to wait till May 2008  for a hip operation, it never struck me to take MSM.   After the operation I woke up and couldn't move my leg, not even my toes, it was paralyzed and remained so. I was really pissed off, not for me but for my daughter  How the hell was I supposed to keep her safe.   I was in rehab for ten weeks and came home in a wheel chair with my leg in a brace. At the time my daughter was in Whitby Mental Health Hospital (in 25 years she had spent 7 years locked up.)
 She was a sweetheart, very kind and gentle, her illness was due to having babies ie post partum depression, over time she developed Schizophrenia and she had Bi polar disorder too.
I got her out of hospital but because of her self inflicted accidents, I tied her to me with a nylon rope... at home.
I saw a very bleak future only living minute by minute... maybe as hermits.
Before the operation if she  had a good day we would go into the village she was very friendly and funny.
  I could still drive with my good leg, but Liz couldn't lift my wheel car in the van because when she was sectioned a cop held her arm in a such strong hold he gave her a frozen shoulder and she had become very fragile due to osteoporosis from the long time drugs side effects. One day she said... Mum I can't  keep my promise to you, 5 days later she killed herself.  It was very peaceful she had a big happy smile of her face, finally she was at peace with no more torture.  I had got her to 50, it was a promise I made so she could see her beloved children as adults. Her promise to me was she would look after me when I got old.

BTW the wonderful people of Fenelon Falls took my Elizabeth under their wings its a wonderful place to live..

So after that for 4 years I struggled on, thankfully I have 3great sons and grand children and wonderful friends in the village and on line. 
I developed Fibromyalgia and my spine got worse, there was nerve pain and muscle spasms in my leg too. I used a walker and eventually the brace came off.  I had a stairs chair gilder to get into the basement.

 Thanks to my dear friend Bob in the US  and my son, I began painting again in 2010  but I was in a lot of pain, on Morphine, Celebrex  etc.
 
Little did I know how bad the side effects were, the pain pills caused bleeding ulcers and Barretts Esophagus.  I got weaker and weaker due to the pain and lack of real food.  I could only eat slop and Ensure. I came off the strong pain meds when I realized how much damage they had caused.
It was hard after that so I spent a lot of time in bed.

After helping to organize a Santa Day in Fenelon in 2012  which I said was my 'Last Hurrah,' I was ready to finally give up and just fade away. Then  one night like a bolt of lightening I thought, I wonder if MSM would help my spine but I brushed off the thought because my spine was so far gone has I had developed Spinal Stynosis too

Yet!    the computer was there at the end of my bed, what harm was there. I thought Sod it! I'll do some research. What a big happy surprise.  I found it cure, balances or improves some many things that plagues us in this so called modern age....
For the last 50 years soil has been polluted by chemical fertilizers and animals ie cattle and chickens  are fed  hormones. What chance do our kids have,so many with  ADD, Allergies and Asthma..

Organic MSM Sulfur starts in the sea then becomes rain... and as we all know rain of our face is harmless, without it we die.

After only 4 days of taking MSM it made a difference to the Barretts,  no more pain, no excess acid, no throwing up blood, it balanced the acid and alkaline, no week long flare ups and I began slowly eating normal food.  Ensure is so boring. Now a month later my pains are much less,  I can half  high my left leg  and every day I walk up and down the stairs as much can.

( Every single person who has cancer has too much acid in their bodies.  Think on that  it's all about balance)

So being me, I have another obsession/project   passing on  this wonder news.
PLEASE if you have read this, and don't think I'm as mad as a hatter, pass these links on.
There are folks out there who long to be pain free and would love a normal boring day well folks have
Today I feel Fabulous  Euphoric in fact.
If you want to try MSM etc and can't really afford Canadian prices check out
Swansons Vitamins on line in the US.. they have great deals ie 2 for 1  LOL I don't get a pay back


Please take time to read these links... and pass it on if you can... Remember...

" Together small voices make Roar.".

copy and paste if necessary

www.msm-info.com

 James Coburn
http://www.dancingalgae.com/msmtwo.html

 http://dherbs.com/articles/msm-sulfur-vs-sulfur-393.html

http://all-natural.com/msm.html

http://healthnews.benabraham.com/html/msm_-_we_can_t_do_well_without.html

http://www.cancertutor.com/Other/MSM-Article.htm