Our health is everything, it determines how we survive from day to day, how we make choices, look at decisions, and benefit from our own lives.  When we are injured, or ailing, it effects every single minute.  And millions of people are suffering from arthritis or other ailments, and the trick is to figure out how to live with it, how to work around it, and how to make ourselves able to function, and feel the lowest amount of symptoms with the most amount of freedom that we can avail to ourselves.

From having had a very very active life so far, and some injuries for sure, I was told I had arthritis in both knees, in one knee almost down to the bone.

I have always taken the best care of myself that I could, and have gone to the chiropractor, taken vitamens, some medications, and worked out as much as possible.  What I was told was the space between one's vertibrae decreases as we age, causing pain and limiting activity.  So the thing to do is to take this supplement Chondroitin because it's the first product known to rebuild the cartilage and prolong the amount of time that this deteriation takes place.  And there are some cases, where this supplement suffices, and people do not need knee replacements.  It comes in a pill or a juice form now.  And the juice is called Elations, sold at pharmacy's and Walmart.  It's amazing the difference I felt right away when I started taking this simple formula.

I like to be active all of the time.  And I was lucky enough to learn that as an option to a knee replacement, I could try Chondrinol, this new supplement, that helps rebuild damaged cartilage.   So I started taking it 18 months ago, and I was amazed that it really did make me feel better.

My knees had gotten to the point, where I couldn't bend, my neck was also stiff, and I just felt awful, and had been so discouraged.  So I was willing to try this, even though it was expensive.  It was so worth the chance that it would make a difference in how I felt.  And it's been a huge difference, I would say that I feel more than 75% better than I did.  I still have my days where it hurts, but compared to being unable to be active and on crutches, now I am active and walking fine.

I can hold that off, or never need surgery and it is worth taking this supplement.  The juice is a little over $1 a bottle, and the good pills are about $70 a month.  But they give amazing benefit if they work for you.  The same thing does not work for every person, or every type of knee problem. 

It's something I recommend trying first.  There are certain things that work everyone, and it's great to be your own detective and do some research and see if this will work for you.

Feeling good, and feeling up to doing things as we age is a huge factor.  I try things that sound like they will make a difference, and combine that with many of the recommended things like eating better, exercising, etc.  There is not one exact thing that works for everyone, but I do know that I was devastated to know I wasn't 25 any more, with that activity level.  Once I adjusted my expectations on myself, and did some homework to at least find what worked for me, I wanted to inspire others that have health diagnoses that aren't what they wanted to hear.  It's very hard to wrap your head around those reports, but the things that helps is to really take living your best life into account.   I changed my diet, started more walking, and use this supplement, and it's been a 360 from 18 months ago.

I wish for everyone that they experiment, value the health they have left, and try the newest things on the market that have high success rates, and see if it makes a difference.

I take about $200 worth of vitamens and supplements a month, and a doctor told me it was a waste and I just had expensive pee.  I started laughing because if he saw me without these supplements, he would know that I am worth it, they are worth it, and it's the difference between getting up and going out, or living in bed without moving.

My response to him was "My pee may be expensive, but at least I get to run to the bathroom, walk to every where I want to go, and run back to the bathroom when it's time to pee again, and that's worth at least $200 a month".