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Calcium > -----Original Message----- > From: Audrey [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 9:27 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: advice > > Hi this is *seattle * audrey.. > > My good friend in australia is the reason I joined this list. But not the > reason I now stay on it thanks to all the wonderful people I have come to > know through the emails that come here ..I need some help if it is > possible for him.. I signed him onto the list and he said he did email it > this morning. Up to now, he has been resistant to the idea of a message > board thinking it was hokey or one that was the usual type one sees on > certain sites. I have explained the differences that I have come to > recognize that make this so unique. Today I spoke with him on ICQ, and he > has been unable to go to work; to do the job he has as a nuclear medicine > specialist * my title not his maybe* ... He has been cramping in his > stomach and especially in his legs. It has been hot there during the day > and it is wearing for him . I have read that this is not comfortable for > pwps.. My question is this: Is there any help for his cramps? He has been > drinking gatoraid to add electrolytes and fluids to his body but is that > helpful in reality ? I asked one on the list that and he said it isnt .. I > agree... In this case, I am not the one who is a pwp and not a care > provider and not a family member of his... I am trying so hard to help > find information and to be his shoulder to lean on sometimes and an ear > for him too. What else can I do ? Is there anything at all? He is on > .50mg cogentin and one other anti nausea med which I dont know its name.. > His neuro is in melbourne and he has little faith in him ..an earlier > message I sent explains this doctor's advice in detail .. btw he is > 48/maybe 10 years since onset.. > > > Thank you all for being here for me a semi -lurker I guess... > > audrey