Home remedies help ward off hip surgery

Dear Dr. Gott: I have been a candidate for hip surgery for the past five years, although my doctor has discouraged it. X-rays show bone on bone.

Three cortisone shots helped, but the relief was brief.

I read your article mentioning castor-oil rubs and grape juice with pectin. I tried them.

Within a few days, the soreness and weakness in my hip disappeared 80 percent, and I’m now walking farther and playing more tennis than I have in years, without pain or discomfort.

The treatment possibly won’t work for everyone, but for me it’s a near miracle.

Dear Reader: Thank you for sharing your positive experience with these alternative therapies.

You are not alone.

I’ve received hundreds of letters from people whose lives were changed for the better by using castor oil and/or pectin.

To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my health report “Osteoarthritis.” Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2 to Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.