Supplements

I have picked up a lot of information about disk herniation through internet research in the last few days.  I'm trying to sort it all out in my head and figure out just what my plan is.  The non-surgical spine specialist didn't have any appointments available until the end of April, so I needed something to do for this until I can check in with him.  I'll get that figured out and posted up later.

In addition to herniated disks, my mri showed some early signs of osteoarthritis in my affected L5/L6.  (Yeah, I got a bonus vert.  I is speshul.)

Right.  In the past I've not been big on supplements and mostly because your typical daily vit makes me queasy and tired.  Take it with crackers, people want to say.  Great, that takes care of queasy.  It's the tired that sucks!

In my attempt not to become a 90 year old woman in the next year or so, I have decided to supplement.  I trekked to the drugstore and bought my pills.  I walked out of said drugstore and put off the red headbanded, striped pajama-bottomed lady asking for my change.  I realized I forgot to get a pill box and walked back in.  I again left the drugstore and farewelled the crazy lady.  When I got home, I filled up my little box.

Sidenote on the crazy chick.  So when I walked out the first time, she approached me from across the parking lot.  I instinctively snapped into my academy-approved ready stance.  (No, not so much.)  She asked if I had any change.  No, I sure don't.  Well, you have a bless-ed day.  You do the same.  On take two, she at least didn't try to approach me, but HOLLARED across the lot, "Ma'am did you find any change?"  "No, but maybe you'd like to borrow my debit card?"  "Really?"  Yeah, really.  "NO!"  Dumbass.

Back to my drugs.

So this is what I'm downing:

Vitamin D

10,000 I.U. per day for 4 weeks

Calcium Citrate

1000 mg per day

Magnesium

500 mg per day for 4 weeks

Fish Oil

14 g per day for 4 weeks

*That's a lot of Fish Oil.

Folic Acid

400 mcg per day

*not trying to have kids just yet, but they say to start this early (and just in case).  The link is to a video on a study done to test the effects of Folic Acid on female athletes.  It seems to be a generally good thing for us chicks.

Several of the above will be cut in halvsies or so after the first month.  By then, I oughtta be really good at shoving fish pills down my throat.  I'm also taking them in two doses, morning and night.  Sidenote, I completely agree that people would be better off to get their nutrition from actual food and not pills.  Usually I like to cook, but at the moment, I'm not big on standing in the kitchen or anywhere else for very long.  I'm not eating much healthy variety lately, and this is a battle I'm choosing not to pick right now.