"home remedies" for arthritis , gout , "bumps"and more

(link for the home remedy, below)

OWIE....My big toe is hurting. Is there no "rest" for the weary?

I've already had bunion surgery on it. The joint had to be "broken" to realign my toe(poor thing) , remove the bunion ,AND bone spurs ,AND some arthritis "stuff" ...
The "rest" afterwards was not particularly "restful" , not does hobbling rather poorly on crutches for MORE than the "promised" 6 weeks lend itself to work on da farm....
(No offence to Dr.'s but they"lie" to get us in there...oh you'll "only" need to be on crutches for 6 weeks...ummm he 'forgot" to include the need for crutches to "learn" to PAINFULLY walk again, the crutches let you "rest" the throbbing foot ,when you are what seems miles from the couch to prop it above the "required" heart level..I haven't noticed any couches on the farm or in pens or paddocks during that time when I was "fluffing" them up...(on crutches).
I did manage to create a sense of merriment for the critters.
The critters found all kinds of ways to "get a way" with mischief during the :
hey, mom is really SLOW... PARTY, PARTY, ...fun, fun ,fun....

"My" spur is growing again (bummer) as is "my" arthritis...Surgery was NOT fun.. umm "me not want to umm "go" there again, if at all possible.

So-o-o- I have decided to try the gin and raisin treatment that I keep coming across

I went to peoples pharmacy to see what they had to say and how to prepare this remedy

I enjoyed reading the posts with testimonials, info and questions.

I am especially interested in the ones about gout and fibromyalgia,looking forward to more info coming in on this...I even submitted a comment about "bumps"

My bump comment...

I enjoyed reading the posts. I plan to try this (next shopping trip) for my painful joints. In response to the "bumps" Q. Somewhere I heard or read whacking them will cause them to break up and reabsorb.I believe these "bumps" may be either the beginning or established bone spurs. Personally I decided to try the whacking (surgery for them is no fun,believe me..been there done that)I've "whacked" the "bumps" on my thumb and a couple of fingers and they apparently were broken and reabsorbed. (this is a hard couple of whacks ,it will hurt,I whack until the "bump" seems to disappear and kind of 'feels" it is longer attached and melting) I've repeated this several times in the past couple of years(whenever "they" seem to try to come back) and it has worked great for me.I also tried whacking a similar larger(thus perhaps well established) bone spur on big toe ,when I learned about this, it only aggravated my poor toe(but not for long,so I felt it was well worth the try).

(after you click on the link below,read the posts, why not click on the back arrow to HURRY back here to farm funnies,so you can enjoy more of my posts :-) some are super silly...

Since we are "talking" about feet ,perhaps you might like to read my post
Smelly feet, Grandpas home remedy

Now , for the home remedy of gin & raisins "how to" info , I recommend reading the posts at:


Gin Soaked Raisins for Arthritis - The People's Pharmacy®

good luck, I hope you find relief, as a "tee-total-er"one suggestion...
remember the line in the move The hunt for Red October ONE PING and ONE PING only ?
Well ,I agree and most heartily recommend 9 gin soaked raisins and 9 only :-)