Upper Lordotic Spine Curves Inwards

Hi,

Thank you so very much for responding. I recieved my pills yesterday and started the Bryonia 30c this morning. I will absolutely refrain from all things you mentioned. One question though, should I refrain from powdered garlic and chocolate as well?

Thank you again. The constant pain is wearing me down so much these days.

Hello,

Today is the final day of the Cal Phos and I am reporting in as requested...

During the first three days while on the Bryonia I had reduced pain which was really nice. By the end of that 3rd day I felt a slight lump in my mid throat (close to the adam's apple if a woman had one) which is an old symptom I experienced as a teenager when they had not yet diagnosed me with anything.

While I took the Cal Phos the neck/spine pain returned and my stomach began burning severely in the middle of the night as it used to and I am swalloing all the time feeling as if i'm trying to swallow that lump. At times the lump sensation moves further down and sometimes further up without reason.

Also another symptom from 5 years ago has returned - a rib close to the bottom of the sternum feels as if it pops in and out of place slightly causing discomfort and actual pain if it 'cracks'. If I press on the rib it feels better even after I stop pressing until the next time I feel it move from its proper place. (A chiropractor treating me years ago said my cartlidge is tearing due to muscle spasms in my back around that dip.)

During the time that my neck and spine has hurt the most this week I have pressed inwards on my collar bones (they protude in a very ugly manner due to the spine pressing in) and gotten some relief that way but only while pressing. I also tended to feel my stomach somewhat shift while pressing on my collar bones as if its relaxing for a moment and then gurgle once.

Was lying in bed last night after waking to visit the restroom and suddenly felt a sensation of a large wooden block or other square density of some sort entering my bladder and then resting there and causing me to revisit the restroom. In the restroom though I went very very little. I've never experienced this wooden block sensation before.

Also, I failed to mention I feel guilt and regret over even the smallest indescrepency.

Hi,

I am starting the Bryonia today but wanted to let you know I woke up with my digestive track irritated from my throat to my upper intestines. I have been taking my PPI like normal so I'm not sure why I'm having this sudden flare up.

This is the way I felt when the gastritis set in severely years ago. It caused me to agree to start taking a PPI after being curled in bed for months from the pain because I wouldnt let the doctors touch me.

I drank a glass of milk this morning in hopes it would help and it did for an hour or so but now its the way it was this morning. I'm taking deep breaths trying to ignore the pain and resulting nausea but was wondering if I could take Ranitidine or something strong or if a homeopathic medicine would help that would be even better? I am unable to take Tums or Rolaids or anything with Calcium Crabonate as it makes me hurt more for whatever reason. The more I hurt in my digestive track the less I can focus and I become shaky.

Thank you again for all your help.

The second dose of Bryonia today cut the pain in half and it lasted for about 3 hours! :)

Is it possible for me to take it more often and throughout the night so as to avoid the pain or will it disrupt something?

THANKS!!!!

How many tubes (80 pellets in each) of the three above mentioned remedies should I obtain?

Also, could I ask for one more suggestion so I can order everything at once? My 12 month old still wakes every two hours to eat and the doctors want me to let her cry until she falls back to sleep. This does not work as she does not fall back to sleep and I am uncomfortable with it as she becomes more and more upset. Could you suggest a remedy to help her sleep a little longer perhaps? She has a mild temperament, happy in general and loves spiced foods if you need that information.

Reporting in....

During the 7 days on Bryonia I had less pain in my spine. It seemed to be shifting to the muscles around the spine and at my shoulders at times. Well, that was until I got food poisoning on the 7th day and now from throwing up everything hurts again.

I don't think I took my last dose of Bryonia that night and took some colloidal silver to help with the poisoning. Is this alright?

I absolutely must say thank you since Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th I had no nausea at all. Probably the first time I have gone a day without nausea in... I'm realizing I can't remember ever having a completely settled stomach. Even as a child mom said I would wake throwing up and the hospital would say 'she has a nervous stomach'. (A nervous stomach in my sleep???) The regular nausea returned after Friday and Saturday but those two days were great.

Also on Friday the 11th, I sneezed with a full bladder and my bladder betrayed me slightly!

End of the 7th day & reporting in...

Day 1 - Took Bryonia
Burning in stomach and nausea. Had to sit still and wait for it to pass. At mid-day had sensation of needing to stretch out rib cage to make rook for stomach. By end of day spine pain had returned, on right side at first and then from neck just down spine to dip. More nausea.

Day 2
Very tired. Felt as if heart turned over or fluttered a few times through the day. Abdominal pain was rather bad.

Day 3
Same as day 2 plus feeling of food being in back of throat near nasal passages. I kept using my tongue to push it back and swallow over and over again. Then would burp loudly in the evening.

Day 4 - Took Bryonia
Not so tired. Feeling of food at back of throat persists, still swallowing. Abdominal pain is bad, heat helps at times but not always. Normally gaseous. Noticed my lymph nodes are not as large or hard as they normally are. (Been this way since childhood.)

Day 5
Same as day 4

Day 6
Same as day 4 & 5 except a tiny bit less abdominal pain.

Day 7
Same as day 6
Neck is really hurting today and I am crying (some happy, some sad) over the simplest things, movies, commercials, memories, etc.

**Have noticed since I've been drinking Rice Milk after the food poisoning incident that I wake a little less at night to visit the restroom. The minute I started drinking water again the very frequent urination returned.
**I'm realizing I eat garlic on 99% of my food since removing raw garlic powder from my diet during this. LOVE garlic. Also, craving tart foods lately like pickles or mint chutney, but I'm unable to have tart foods (even things that just have citric acid added) as they cause severe stomach pain. the only tart foods I can have are tomatoes or lemon which I love both with salt.

This is going to sound ridiculous considering I just had food poisoning but I ended up with some type of stomach bug during the 7 days and wasnt able to take the MagPhos the whole time. During the time I did take it my neck, shoulders, and the dipped area of my spine began hurting severely.

They are still really hurting actually. Whatever bug I picked up attacked my joints and muscles causing me to have trouble moving without pain, even the joints in my toes ached. It was a very odd flu.

Should I start the MagPhos over? Also, from time to time I take BioAllers Indoor Allergy tablets since the home we live in is very old and at times I sneeze and blow my nose until it bleeds, is it alright to be taking this or would you rather me be doing something else?

Also I apologize, I didnt mean to give you the impression I eat garlic presently on everything. I have refrained since you instructed me to do so the very first time. I was just realizing how much I add it to everything now that I have to be aware of it. No worries with everything else, I dont consume caffeine and onions make me sick although I would like to eat them one day if my stomach ever heals.

I have not been able to begin the breathing exercises however as I ALWAYS have the baby at my side. Is there a way to modify this exercise and make it so I can do this while she takes an afternoon nap?

One last question, I have been avoiding mint (candies, herbal tea, toothpaste, etc) and brushing my teeth with salt/baking soda. Is this the best route for me to go or is there a better option than salt/baking soda?

Am I to answer the questions using the allergy to our home as the 'main suffering' or do I continue to focus on my spine? (The allergy only happens in our home. If I'm not in the house, I don't sneeze.)

Patient ID: Sex: F Age: 35

Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering?
**Upper lordotic spine is curved inwards towards my sternum and I am told it is the cause of my very painful gastritis/reflux. Muscles around dip in spine and those muscles at shoulders and neck hurt horribly. In the past it has become severe enough that my feet would twitch when I lean my head forward and down to stretch everything out.



2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
**Very small benign cysts have formed on right leg (one on calf and one on side of mid thigh) in the last couple of years.

**Collar bones protude outward in an ugly manner due to spine being pressed inwards, when I press on them I can feel the pressure in my spine where the curve is and it feels uncomfortable yet a slight relief of pain is felt as well.

**Skin on hands begins peeling off in small flakes if I have ANY contact with water and remains constantly dry no matter the lotions, salves, creams, butters, fatty acids used. Finger tips crack open and bleed.

**Skin on feet is very very dry, is becoming thick and cracks open.

**Cravings vary, lots of salt, lots of sweets. Prefer spices such as garlic, curry, etc. Always hungry. I eat every two hours.

**Bladder is 'poorly compliant' meaning it does not stretch correctly. Different from an overactive bladder. Wake every few hours at night to urinate even if no water is consumed during night leaving me always somewhat less rested than I would like.

**Always cold hands and feet and being in cold weather too long causes fingers and toes to literally turn yellowish white and become numb and somewhat painful.

**Dry scalp and legs.

**Almost constant abdominal distention from gas unless first waking in the morning which stomach is then flat. Gaseous 99% of time and its painful!

**Keloids on stomach from mole removal.

**Fingernails have nasty curve but grow fast.

**Almost no sex drive within the last year accompanied by a mild feeling of hopelessness.

**Foggy memory.

**Allergy to home. No allergy when outside of home. Lining of nose bleeds at times from the constant irritaion of blowing nose.

**Feeling of food in throat at times.



3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
**Temperament tends to be very quick and hot and I absorb the emotions of others around me.

**Concerns repetetively circle over and over in mind at time causing frustration from not being able to dismiss something from my attention. Have used Bach remedy - White Chestnut for this which helped greatly but it upset my stomach oddly enough. Unable to let mind clear.

**Mild feeling of hopelessness - Cry over the simplest things because of this I think.

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
**Severe pain in spine and muscles. Tired. Hopeless. Stomach burns badly. Will spit blood in mornings after a night when stomach has hurt all night. Will double over from abdominal pain caused by gas.


5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
**Stomach burning as very young child since preschool or elementary school years. Was taken to hospital repeatedly as young child for stomach pain but I do not remember this. Pain in spine and surrounding muscles since teenager. Actual reflux and feeling of food in throat occured maybe 7 years ago or so. Was going through a horrible depression and unhealthy relationship. Cried daily during that time.



6. Which time of the day you are worst?
**Time of day or night does not affect pain.



7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
**Pressing on collar bones relieves pressure in spine and stomach momentarily and stomach gurgles as if it releases.

**Leaning head forward relieves pain a little but only while leaning. When I lean my head back up pain is still horrible.

**Cannot have vinegar or citric acid - causes severe pain in stomach. (I am able to eat lemons though.)

**Laying flat aggravates things allowing acid to flow into throat.

**Any amount of gas is very painful to my intestines and makes my reflux worse.

**Tums or Calcium Carbonate in general seems to worsen the reflux as well.

**Bryonia 30C helped stomach some!

**Very little helps my stomach. A glass of milk helps for a bit but pain returns. If I do not take a PPI on a regular basis I become very ill.



8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
**No idea. I do not remember much before the age of five. I am told I had pneumonia several times as a child with high fevers causing hallucinations. I remember being sick but not much else.



9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
**Moderate on both.


10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
**Firey temperament. Quick to react. I defend others with a sharpness.

**Suspicious of motives of others as I have grown older.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
**Love them. Feel cozy.

- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
**This completely varies. No rhyme or reason.

- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
**Yes noise and clutter especially.

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
**Cant think of one. Husband doesnt think of one either when I asked him.

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
**Protective. I enjoy family time.

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
**In the last few years I have dreamt of my father trying to kill me. I have no ill patterns with my father. Have no idea what this stems from.


12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
**I do not like tomato seeds but I do like okra seeds. Love tomatoes in general but hate ketchup and cocktail sauce. Dislike olives. Wheat intolerance. Nuts and seeds bother my intestines.

Otherwise cravings vary, lots of salt, lots of sweets. Love fatty foods too. Adore cold fresh vegetables and lemons. Prefer spices such as garlic, curry, etc. I normally eat garlic on 99% of my foods. Always hungry. I eat every two hours.


13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
**Normal although I do wake thristy in the night.

14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
**Excessive. Hungry every two hours and everything makes me gaseous.

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
**Vinegar. Onions. Low fat foods. Beans beans beans although I do love them. Wheat somewhat bothers me. I love avocados but they make my mouth itch horribly.

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
**Normal (often smells like onions or garlic). Under arms sweat and face when I do sweat. Nose always drips when I sweat.

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
**Once or twice a day, normal consistency as long as I take PPI. Several loose a day if not on PPI. If I eat fruit almost any furit I think sets me to the bathroom. I love fibrous foods but they don't love me.

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
**Wake every few hours. Sleep on stomach mostly or on side and partway on stomach.


19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
**Almost no sex drive within last year or two.

20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
**Very sensitive to feelings of others who are suffering.


21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
**Just a PPI. Tried several alternative medicines in past and some helped stomach somewhat but never fixed actual spine of course.


22. What major diseases are running in your family?
**Reproductive and skin cancers. Heart disease. Diabetes.


23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
Skinny.

24. (ONLY FOR FEMALES)

If you are not having normal menstrual cycles, please answer the following questions:

- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
**Seem to be starting early and lasting an extra day for a total of 10 days.

- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
**Just some cramping or loose bowels 1st day. Occasional moodiness the day before.

- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
**Starts heavy and lessens and gets heavy again and lessens again in the last few days.

- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
**Varies in color but not watery.

- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
**Occasionally.
[message edited by lahtedah on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:20:53 BST]

Hello,

Updating on the Lachesis...

The day I took it I had a temper tantrum. My husband actually says I became a raving lunatic. The next day I was still somewhat moody.

During the first week...
*The skin on my fingers greatly improved but now by the end of the second week the condition is returning.
*Had stomach discomfort (like a long weird emptiness) so blatant on two occasions that it woke me.

During the second week....
*I noticed that my spine was hurting right below the dip a great deal which is unusual.
*I'm not sure how to accurately describe this one - but it feels as if my heart has physically moved into my lower throat behind the space between the two collar bones at times. It's a very odd sensation and very unsettling.
*Additionally I had periodic sharp pain in my upper intestines.

The dip in my spine has continued to badly hurt the entire time with the pain moving up into my shoulders by the second week and on up the sides of my neck.
My heartburn was much worse as well.

I almost forgot. When drinking alot of water duing the day as instructed, at night I am up every hour to visit the restroom. Sometimes I visit it and then immediately (within minutes) feel as if I havent been at all and return and have very very little urine that second time.