It seems like every few months I'll have a session of leg cramps at night. There are two different types. Some hit the back of the lower legs. They hurt like hell but usually I can get up and stretch them myself. And often the next day I'll limp a bit as a result. The other type will go after the inner thigh. They start on the inside of the knee and radiate up to the top of the leg – right where the leg joins the body. And these suckers really hurt. It's enough to make a grown man mew like a newborn kitten. Usually the only thing that will get them to stop is deep pressure on the two points where the pain begins and ends.

I take calcium, drink plenty of water and eat bananas for potassium. My sister suggests drinking tonic water at night for the quinine. What else would you suggest? I have an appointment to see my new doctor anyway { we just moved } so I'll bring this up with him too but I was wondering if anyone else had this problem and what they do about it.

Something else – I can't prove this but I think this usually happens while I dreaming. I don't know if there is any relationship there or not. And yes our new house has two story's but this started long ago when we were living in a one story house.

Getting older is not for sissies.