Oooh! Healing foot cake! Yes please

I've been naughty. I made an orange and almond cake because I have visitors arriving tomorrow, got to feed them summat!! It smells divine...I will make some orange syrup to soak into it, makes a lush dessert with some creme fraiche! *puts some in chinproof safe*

Other than that I have rested the foot. Oh, and gone to Lidl but again, needed some food to feed my guests who have no idea I am a crock!!

Ta raa

Rhubarb and carmalised ginger clafoutis is here. Looks a bit messy, rhubarb hasn't really held its shape not that I expected it too. But tastes divine. Nice with creme fraiche too! Help yourselves if you have room after orange and almond pudding-cake.

Phwoarr! I've always got room for clafoutis Yummy! Especially with those flavours.

Lovely. Thanks An!!!
Twass you will soon be healed with all this cake !
If you can manage a cheese scone they are very healing too

Of course I can manage one! I can manage TWO

Having rested a lot, I think there may be a tiny bit of improvement. My magnesium oil should arrive tomorrow too I have had one or two scream aloud moments but far less than yesterday

Oh that's good news too!
Cake is a great healer

I started off with 5 sprays on my foot (as per instructions and to see how i reacted to it) and massaged it in for a bit. Since it was alright i went up to 10 (five on each foot!!!) people say it might sting or itch when you first start using it but it didn't with me, although if i get any on the back of my hands they get itchy but not the palms it absorbs quite quick so if you do get itchy leave it on and when it drives you crazy wash it off and you'll still have the benefit!

Good tip! Hopefully I will tolerate it well I've just had another glass of warm water with apple cider vinegar and honey....absolutely revolting and makes you feel sick but I know it is meant to have health benefits, and one of them is supposed to be reducing inflammation in the tissues, so sticking with it. I will be very interested to hear the results of An's experiment!

ACV made me feel queasy too Twass. We had 30ml topped up to 200ml with water. Very cold water made it less astringent tastng. I also found adding something umami helped with the taste shock. I tried it with a tiny bit of marmite or bovril in the water which seemed to balance out the acidity. I did feel mildy sickly until I ate something, after a few mouthfuls of food the tummy settled.

Its all on the internal inflammation for me. Nothing else has changed so unless we see reductions in internal inflammation I will go back to using it on my chips.. and I rarely eat chips.

Ooh such lovely homemade cakes! I feel very shabby adding blueberry and lemon muffins to the safe, but they will keep. Nite all x

Ooh, I hadn't thought of adding marmite....I will try that as I love marmite


Lidl muffins are so gorgeous and light you needn't feel ashamed, they are BETTER than home made!

mmmmm lidl muffins are so moist feel no shame tk feel no shame!!!

Twass, i've been eating a banana a day as the potassium in the banana is supposed to react with the uric acid (the high uric acid levels are what cause the inflammation and pain in arthritis) and transform it into a form easily excreted by the kidneys. i have to say even though it's only been a week or so my feet feel better some days i don't even need the spray i do it on alternate days so maybe the bananas and the tart cherry juice are starting to have an effect?
CLICK HERE this is thecherry juice ive been taking. Apparently two tablespoons (i have it in tonic water and it's yummy)for 2 months will reduce uric acid levels by 40% everyone on the gout forums swear by it!!!

I have a small banana or half a big one each morning on my cereal I've heard about the cherry juice too. I really hope it works for you!

My magnesium spray arrived, despite an earlier delivery update from Amazon saying it would come on Saturday So I have sprayed two big sprays on the foot and rubbed it in. THe excess on my hand I slapped on my hip, which always moans a bit when I can't walk properly on the duff foot. No tingling or anything at all so far. I will do another spray later and some before bed

My friend has already had one hip replaced despite only being 47, and now waiting to have the second one done. Do you think the cherry juice would help her? And the magnesium oil?

Yeah i didn't have any tingling or itchyness either and im allergic to bloody everything! even the the anti allergy pills the doctor gave me because of an allergic reaction to a dressing!!! Yeah spray some more on before bed....of course you can give it another spray with afternoon tea too!! It's meant to be good if you get cramp too. The frst few days i used it i fell asleep not long after So be warned! that seems to have worn off now though.

It depends what's causing the hip pain if it's wear and tear on the joint i'm not so sure. I don't know about the cherry but the magnesium might help as it says it's for bone health!

The cherry juice i started taking when i got the super high uric acid levels in my blood from having to do so much fasting due to my tummy problems. The uric acid builds up, forms crystals which then can cause gout, arthritis and kidney stones (*eek*). I went to gout and arthritis forums and also the mayo clinic in america to read what foods lower uric acid levels and the answers i got from nutritionists and sufferers were cherry juice, banana, lime juice (you can imagine my face when i read that!) and for some reason low fat yoghurt (but not normal yoghurt )

So i just started having them all!!! Like i said before the cherry juice is supposed to take 2-3 months to kick in reducing the actual levels of uric acid in the blood. But i have found the days i don't take the cherry juice i get twinges and the days i d things are much less painful. She can only, it's yummy too so it's not a hardship and i guess it's worth giving it a go if there's hope it could help.

Thank you planets, I will pass on your words of wisdom. The hip is wear and tear, or old age and bad usage as she would say. She wore her hips out having fun in her twenties. Nuff said

Currently I can only wear my very old and scruffy gardening sandals, just tried the newer ones but the duff foot protested almost at once. The gardening ones are Birkenstockalikes and falling apart....not very attractive but I seem to have no choice I even tried to slip on my garden crocs but the foot screamed in protest. Very odd

Grr! How did I miss the cake and muffins?

It never hangs around very long, and anyway everything is locked away in the chin proof safe Now if you were to join in the conversation like a normal person instead of only appearing to steal food, we'd share it with you willingly

Indeed. I would even PM you - gong bang style!

That's very interesting planets, have ordered the magnesium oil too, and next time I'm in town will visit H & B for cherry juice. (I have one cherry on my cherry tree )



Hiya twass, I wore out my knee in my twenties dancing. Turning leg for jiving.

Live in my crocs! Weather dreadful here, but have half the slurry out

Hi tk! Well it might be coincidence or it might be placebo regarding pain, i shall know more when i get the bloods done i have them done next week but it's the ones after that will be interesting.

At H & B here at the moment it's on offer buy one get one for a penny!!!
Horrid dentistry today *booooo hisssss*

Have started watching Penny Dreadful (also filmed in Dublin along with anything else decent!) If you like gothic styley it's very good!!! It's a mixture of several characters from Gothic Novels of the 1890s and im hoooked! I binge watched the whole first series It's beautifully filmed too. stars Eva Green (who is very good), Timothy Dalton (who i've sat next to ) and the rather lovely Josh Hartnett (who i'd like to sit next to )

Planets gives it the thumbs up!

Ooh I hadn't heard of Penny Dreadful, it looks right up my street.....I shall have to look into how to get it

I can feel a wee bit of improvement in the foot, having used the Magnesium spray ..... so far so good!

I hope all goes ok at the dentist planets....surely no more teeth out? You won't have any left

Amazon had the first two series for £18 on dvd......*looks innocent*

ooo that's good!!! i have to say i noticed a difference very quickly too hope it continues to help!

No, this is to sort out a bridge (or whatever it's called) to cover up where the tooth was removed. Just it's such a faff hundred mile round trip *sighs with tiredness*

Not seen Penny Dreadful, how did you end up sitting next to Timothy Dalton?

Good luck with the dentist

Ooh, now you're tempting me

100 miles????? That really is a bridge too far! I'll get me coat...........

Such a glamerous life you have TK. Rubber shoes, rainy days and cow poo!

Actually I think they are slurry spreading where I am. I am at my Mum's where she is recovering from an op. There is a distinct fragrance inthe air which I assume comes from the fields nearby. They are out of sight but perhaps not out of whiff range. I actually quite like ...correction...don't mind the smell of cow dung.

We had the combine here today and the field of grain just up the hill got reaped. You could smell it! Mingled of course with the ever present whiff of cows.