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leg pain for 2 years anyonepleasehelp!!

I've used the Remedy Finder twice for my partner, now I'd appreciate some real help/advice. We've been using over-the-counter 30c remedies on ourselves and friends for over 10 years, have books by Kent, Tyler, and Clarke, but remain baffled by my partner's condition. I'll follow the list given in the Guide.
1&2. symptoms & locations. Spasmodic nerve pains. Severe agonising shooting stabbing grinding and bruisy pain in right leg from lower spine and just to the right of spine through hip, buttock and groin, outside of right thigh and knee and shin. Extremely sensitive skin in these areas. Also very cold in these areas. Appearance and sensation of having been beaten very badly, no visible bruising, swelling or redness but lumpy blubbery-looking flesh like woollen cloth which has been left to dry all scrunched up, and distended veins. Skin sometimes dry and parchment-like. Sensations of bones broken, dislocated, beaten, kicked, stabbed with broken glass. Pain sometimes shooting like little electric shocks. Sometimes so bad he cannot walk but has to crawl. Sometimes it gets into his mind so that he's reduced to his identity and his pain. It makes his whole body shake. It makes him cry out and groan and gasp.
In addition, almost total incontinence, clear sometimes cloudy urine leaving a reddish sediment, sometimes painful urination, frequent, sometimes scanty, sometimes a normal quantity, sometimes causing tears to come to his eyes(not because of leg pain), interrupting sleep. Impotence and absence of sexual desire.
Sweats on affected parts, round the neck, and on whole torso.
3. Started by twisting while carrying a 160 litre bag of compost.
4&5. Worse when cold or exposed to cold and/or damp, after bathing. Sometimes too much warmth is worse, but usually is better warm. Sometimes worse sometimes better when lying down, when sitting, when standing. Worse lying on left side. Worse after emotional upset. Sometimes worse by sudden noises. Sometimes worse by coughing. Sometimes worse when sighing a sobbing sigh which happens with shallow breathing which is involuntary, has to be pointed out. Worse by exercise, eventually. Leg symptoms recede completely for a period and then return in a couple of hours full strength, beginning in the knee - in the earlier period - now there is only a day or two of very little pain before symptoms return in no particular place.
6. Sleeps an hour to an hour and a half at a time. Sometimes two or three between 6 am and 11 am. Sometimes takes soluble aspirin, or cocodamol, and a 5mg diazepam depending on severity to get some sleep, sometimes even this is not enough. For some time dreams were of being unable to find the way home, dark and grimy. A dose of sulphur 1M about a month ago seems to have ended these dreams.
8. He is very spiritual in the Gnostic Christian sense, also proud (a Leo), and doesn’t really have fears or anxieties. Doesn’t suffer fools gladly but is very generous and always seeks to help. Has a quick temper. Sometimes very irritable. Sometimes deeply kind and gentle. Tends towards pessimism and a realistic cynicism.
9. Has had a dislike for coffee and bread, and a liking for porridge fairly consistently throughout. We’ve tried eliminating all sorts of things from our diet, to no avail.
10. At age 3 had both legs broken by a paving slab falling across them, the right suffering worse damage than the left. Clinical depression for 9-12 months aged 19-20. Used to suffer a shingles-like complaint every winter & early spring – low vitality, achy back, but no rash. About 15 years ago had very irregular heart beat for a year or so.
11. Last year we tried Chinese acupuncture, the first treatment (needles and a 20-minute massage) was very successful but the second did more damage than was previously experienced – there was no back pain until a needle went in in the lumbar region, and the urinary troubles became more pronounced. A different acupuncturist’s treatment, more recently, had no effect.
12. We’ve seen a professional homeopath who gave Sulph 1M two doses, and Spig potency unknown, with which we were unimpressed, he didn’t ask the right questions and did not consult any books. We have tried a range of homeopathic remedies, chasing the symptoms round and round, some success with Calc., Ars., kali bi., Silica, Sulph., all 30C, and some success with tissue salts Mag Phos., Ferr Phos., 6X. Arsenicum was suggested by the ABC Remedy Finder, and we’d found it for ourselves by using Kent’s Repertory. A couple of months ago the level of pain was such that we called in an emergency paramedic who gave a painkilling injection (Nubain? Not sure of the spelling) and discovered a urinary infection for which he gave a course of anti-biotics. This treatment changed the picture slightly, and the Remedy Finder came up with Staphisagria. This is where we’re up to now.

Staph. seems right (causation suppressed anger certainly applies – unhappy 35-year marriage, acrimonious divorce, death of favourite daughter halfway through divorce, difficulties in setting up new life; and other symptoms agree), and the first dose had more effect than anything else so far, but my partner is suffering rather severe aggravations from the 30C dose. These are relieved to some extent by Sulph 30C, but not much really. Now what we want to know is this. We think we have the right remedy but maybe not the right potency. Should we go higher or lower? Should we try one of the complementary remedies (Caust. or Coloc.) which are also pretty close with their pictures?
I’d really appreciate any advice or suggestions anybody might be able to offer.
Thanks,
Cath.
 
  jimncath on 2005-10-29
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
dear,
I think you should study "Lycopodium".It seems to be close to the symptoms.
drsajid.
 
drsajid last decade
dear,
I think you should study "Lycopodium".It seems to be close to the symptoms.
drsajid.
 
drsajid last decade
It is possible that Arnica 30c taken in the water dose can help to alleviate his condition.

Put in 3 globules of the remedy into a 500ml bottle of spring water which you can get from your supermarket. Shake the bottle well till you see the bubbles forming in the water and sip a teaspoonful 3 times daily.

Report response in a week.
 
Joe De Livera last decade

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