Who Are We? Our Story and Experience With Arthritis Julie and Maraika - Two people who share a common bond. Both suffering the painful degenerative disease of Arthritis and both having been able to find relief from the symptoms by using the same natural treatment to give back the quality of life they once enjoyed. We share our stories here so that others may benefit. ************************************************* Arthritis is like owning an automobile.  You have a vehicle which has a make, model, color, and year.  And so there are many different kinds of Arthritis. Yet some can be the same kind but worse than others. We are all individual so each kind takes on its own personality. Many of you may have had it for years and are now maybe thinking that there is no hope left.   Understanding the basics and trying to live with this disease that, with proper care, can be as pain free and comfortable as possible for the rest of our lives is what we are all about.   Julie  has been living with this condition for the past few years, and at first each year appeared to get worse.  Creams, heat pads, medications, you name it she tried them all.  Nothing worked.  Doctors would send her home each time with something else yet again but often the side effects were worse than the pain itself, so that now she had two things to worry about. Just like you are doing now she began to do her own research.  Why was this happening, who could she ask, what could she ask, and where could she get advice.  After seeing so many other people in her life far worse than herself, something had to be done now while at the beginning stage of this disease.  Julie read books, asked many Doctors and did everything she could do to get information from reliable sources. As a piano player, and her grandchildren now getting to the age where they wanted Grandma’s attention she became more proactive about her health in many ways. Julie works with the mentally and physically disabled and has taken many courses on a variety of subjects to become more proficient in their care.  Several of the clients are quite elderly and need special care.  Julie remembers one lady in particular who got some extra pampering because she suffered badly from arthritis in her knees and hips.  This lady never really complained but always said, ‘just give me my wheel chair’.  This was not a good habit to encourage as it soon became a habit.  Julie did do the exercises with her, got her to change positions often and move into another chair, and to walk short distances with her holding her hands.  It was a shame to see that after having to move this client to a home for the elderly she was unable to receive get that special care, and in a short time was so crippled that she can barely move.  Wheel chair bound!!  What a way to live out her life. Exercising does help and we have to keep moving – “slow and easy does it” as they say.  Every time a little more, first 5 steps, then 10 if you find you can do more. After all the research Julie has done about Arthritis, she looks forward to having the opportunity to share her experience and knowledge with everyone.  If it will help just one person that is what makes her happy. Sharing information and helping others is what she likes to do and will   continue to do so especially on a one-to-one basis. If you have Arthritis, ask yourself some of these main questions: Remember to be honest with yourself. . Do I really want help, or do I think it will eventually disappear? . Is what I am doing now working for me? . If not is there room and time for a change? I sincerely want to thank you for taking the time to look around this website.  Bookmark it so that you can easily find next time, as we keep adding more and more to it on a regular basis. Contact me  at any time as I would love to hear from you. Feel free to share it with your friends as we would love to be able to help them also.   Julie Hope Saskatchewan, Canada 1-306-648-2642 (CST)   "Much of the success of life depends upon keeping one’s mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes."   Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)  Maraika Can you relate to Painful joints in your fingers and hands? Were you ever told that it is just another part of aging and that you will just have to “learn to live with it”? As I started to experience pain and inflammation in joints of my fingers, hands and knees this was the advice given to me. My fingers had slowly become very swollen and with extremely painful joints. Especially so if you bumped them which tends to happen a lot if you have pain there already. Every hard surface or object seemed to be a magnet for my sore hands. I was unable to hold a pen or even a piece of paper. Opening jars or removing bottle tops was a problem as my fingers would just not bend. I just “put up with it” most of the time. And once you put up with it often enough they say you can learn to live with it.  I considered myself to lead a fairly healthy lifestyle but with this complaint I always seemed to spend a lot of time at the Doctors.  I was loath to go onto medications as they themselves can present complications but none of the natural remedies I had tried, and I tried most of them, seemed to be effective. I was then studying with a Naturopath so thought I had some insight into what should have given me some relief to my painful and swollen joints. But nothing seemed to make any difference. No potions, creams, pills, herbal remedies, or teas. Then when looking for an answer for another totally different health issue, my son had heard of the success that some doctors were having treating their patients with high potency quality anti-oxidants and nutritional supplements and he insisted that seeing nothing else had worked for me, to give these products a try. I figured I had nothing to lose. So I did. Nothing much changed at first but then 4 months later I felt great, had heaps of energy and as a side bonus the pain in my fingers had lessened to such an extend that I often forgot that I had it in the first place. My joints are still slightly swollen but I am able to bend my fingers and writing is no problem and the only pain I get is if I bump my knuckle joints. I know now that to remove the inflammation is to remove the pain. I have since that time done some extensive studies and completed qualified courses which incorporated learning about the success these nutritional supplements can provide, not just to our overall health and other health issues but particularly with Arthritis and the relief of Joint Pain. Ask yourself these questions. Is your Arthritis restricting your daily life? Are you fed up with the pain? Are you concerned about the side effects of powerful drugs? Are you open minded about an Alternative Solution? Do you want direction in how to go about doing some of your own research? Do you want to be taking control of your life and health before it takes control over you? Are you looking to have some of your questions answered or want more information? Just Click here to send me an email and I will answer your enquiry as soon as possible   Your greatest wealth is your health. Maraika Mason Victoria, Australia Fax:+6154333904   Why do we feel we have to share this information? Why keep all this to ourselves when it can possibly be of some help to someone else. If we can help one person find relieve from pain that is all we ask. Many different observations, help from Specialists, Doctors and Research Scientists, and many others are available at our disposal to pass on to you. Click around our site where you will find tips on how to cope on a daily basis with this debilitating disease, descriptions of other Arthritic conditions, and new items of interest which are added to our site regularly. You may also wish to subscribe to our free Newsletter which is sent out every few months and which contains relevant health findings and other informative topics. More information about the Nutritional System  that Julie and Maraika, along with many others, are using to get relief from their Arthritis symptoms can be supplied by contacting us . We can also supply you with some testimonials of many others who have had success through this 'Nutritional System'  Please feel free to ask any questions or to voice any concerns you may have.   Take control of your own Health. You'll get what you've always gotten if you keep doing what you've always done.