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• 06/09/2008 @ 05:11 Mebenji said

  

  Oh, I imagine happy surprise when she wakes up with this draped over her!

  -Mebenji

• 06/09/2008 @ 05:19 harmony said

  

  Thank you Jomo, you are so thoughtful - my wall on a quilt, how marvellous. Will sleep safe under that tonight. Perhaps it can protect me form all the terrible leg cramps I'm having during the nights (as awell as proetct me form all others negatives, of course.

  Happiness is.... my wall on a quilt.

• 06/09/2008 @ 06:41 Mebenji said

  

  Leg cramps? Like your calf muscle is suddenly so contracted it feels like a rock? I get cramps in my legs like that - very painful, and it just gets more painful until I can 'fix' it for the time being, which I do by lying with my leg straight and pointing my foo up, and bending it towards me as if my toe nails have eyes and want to look at me from where they are (no I don't pull my toes up to face me with my hands see - that's what I mean.) Doing so hurts like hell for a bit, but then I begin to feel the tension in the leg muscle release and ease.

  I've been told by my GP that the cramps are caused by too little water drunk and/or too much salt eaten...I think he might actually be right for me anyway...

  Have a good night's sleep, tonight and many other nights to come, Harmony, Jomo, (everyone - I don't like leaving people out of my wishes).

  (((Hugs)))

  -Mebenji

• 06/09/2008 @ 07:11 Jomo said

  

  Leg cramps can also be caused by not enough salt -

  The way to stop it is what Mebenji said - to stretch the muscle the other way as much as you can - this will pull it out of the cramp.

  I think.

• 06/09/2008 @ 09:31 ant said

  

  and also by an imbalance of calcium too

• 06/09/2008 @ 09:35 harmony said

  

  I swear that insulin affects my calf muscles - makes them very tight and unloosenable.

• 06/09/2008 @ 11:02 ant said

  

  Have you thought of doing any stretching exercises - diabetes affects your circulation - maybe some stretching could be useful?