[Magdalen] If I stood up and put weight on the legs, the cramps went away immediately.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

You could not make do with gin?

gdr



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have essentially quit drinking anything because of leg cramps.  I've
> never been a liquor drinker.  Red wine was my beverage of choice for
> years.  In my younger years, I drank lots and lots of red wine,  After 50,
> I drank less and less, but still would have up to 2 glasses nightly with
> dinner.  After 60, the cramps set in with having to jump out of bed and
> walk around to smooth out the muscles and take the pain away.  The
> association between a glass or 2 of red wine and leg cramps could not be
> denied.  So in the last several years, I found myself drinking less and
> less.  And, having fewer and fewer nights of leg cramps.  Now, I go weeks,
> months without having a glass of wine and have no trouble with leg cramps.
> Color me thankful to have discovered the cause of the cramping.  I drink
> water with lemon when I'm in a former wine-drinking setting.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> wrote:
>
> > atmosphere if a kind of pub, which is why we often greet newcomers with
> an
> >> invitation to pull up to the table and have a glass of their favorite
> >>
> >
> > Which reminds me -- and perhaps pubmates might have an answer . . .
> >
> > Once upon a time in my impetuous youth, I drank prodigious amounts of
> > beer. Then, about 25 years ago,I started waking up with really painful
> leg
> > cramps on the rear of my calves. I discovered when I didn’t drink beer,
> > there were no leg cramps.
> >
> > So I pretty much gave up on beer in favor of flavored seltzer and red
> wine
> > with dinner.
> >
> > On occasions, going out with friends we'd do beer and pizza, and sure
> > enough,in the middle of the night -- leg cramps.
> >
> > While in Vermont, the restaurant was "out" of any wine I considered
> > drinkable, so decided to try a local beer -- Switchback brewed in
> > Burlington. The first night, I had one glass -- no leg cramps. The next
> > night I tried 2 glasses -- no leg cramps. and the fourth night . . .
>  well
> > I drank more of the stuff than I had drank 25 years ago!  No leg cramps.
> >
> > Upon return, we went out and I had two pony bottles of Rolling Rock --
> and
> > sure enough -- leg cramps!
> >
> > So the question is -- what causes the leg cramps -- and why the local
> beer
> > in Vermont did not result in leg cramps?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
> >
>