Alexandra and her Health Part 1

[aleksandra]

can someone make a list of drugs alix used in her life?
thank you
Oh I allmost forgot, what about those photo's of alix's butterfly mark on her arm. Can I please see it?

[bluetoria]

the French "holy man" - his name escapes me at this moment,  something that starts with a "V"... ), and I think some others...

Vachot. Philippe Vachot.  

aleksandra, I think the 'butterfly marks' you mention were part of a theory that some one put forward that Alexandra suffered from S.L.E. (lupus) in which a 'butterfly rash' may SOMETIMES be seen on a sufferer's face (not arms  
There is no reason at all to believe that Alix had this condition. Her flushes were simply a result of her anxiety.
(And maybe the heat in the ballrooms   )

[aleksandra]

oh okay thanks. stil I dont get the problems she had anyways.

[borgia]

Having had my own emotional issues,I have great feeling for what Alexandra might  and must have had to endure.And honestly,Im very impressed that she managed as well as she did,with out the  therapies and outlets we now have.Brave woman.

[frederika]

i hered she had a problem with her legs and found walking up steep places difficult is this true?

[koloagirl]

 

I believe that she had "sciatica" (spelling?) - which gave her problems in walking - she had had problems with her legs since at least sometime before her engagement period - and I believe it was a lifelong condition.

I remember reading about her being at a spa in a "wheeled chair" around the time of her engagement and being upset that people were flocking to look at her.

There is other info in the thread under "Alix's illnesses"
also - she had a few things going wrong I'm afraid.  

Janet R.

[Speedycat]

There is another thread, can't remember the exact name now, but it had something to do with her childhood.  As a young girl, perhaps 7 or 8 years old, she was running around outside with her sisters and bother and accidentally ran through some old glass panes of a greenhouse.  This caused severe cuts on her legs and some nerve damage.

[lexi4]

Weren't there times when she used a cane?

[koloagirl]

 

Yes, she did use a cane or walking stick - as well as
a wheelchair at times in later life -- there are many pictures of her reclining on her chaise lounge or sofas and some also of her in a wheelchair.  

She usually wouldn't go ashore on the annual holidays aboard the Standart to Finland - but would stay on board the ship while the girlies and Nicholas went ashore - but there are pictures of her also on the beach, and at some picnics on apparently rare occasions.  

One of my absolute favorite pics of Alix is of her on one of these excursions standing on a rock in the water, sans shoes or socks....looking back at the camera....it is glimpses like this that make her seem much more accessable than she usually looks.  

[Athena]

 

[frederika]

some people have all the luck :-/

[lexi4]

Yes, she did use a cane or walking stick - as well as
a wheelchair at times in later life -- there are many pictures of her reclining on her chaise lounge or sofas and some also of her in a wheelchair.  

She usually wouldn't go ashore on the annual holidays aboard the Standart to Finland - but would stay on board the ship while the girlies and Nicholas went ashore - but there are pictures of her also on the beach, and at some picnics on apparently rare occasions.  
I've seen that photo. I love it too.

One of my absolute favorite pics of Alix is of her on one of these excursions standing on a rock in the water, sans shoes or socks....looking back at the camera....it is glimpses like this that make her seem much more accessable than she usually looks.  

[RealAnastasia]

I always wondered why Alix appears always sit, or in a bed, or in a weelchair. I noticed it, watching old Romanov's family photos. I always wondered if sciatica may cause it, since some of my mother relatives suffer from sciatica, and didn't have such troubles to walk. They only had some periodical attacks , but not all time. But I didn't know tah Alix , being a gir,had an accident involving her legs. That's sound more accurate to me. My grandma cut two nerves in her hand with a plate, and she could barely move this hand.

RealAnastasia.

[Alexandra]

The sciatic nerve is one of the most important ones to serve the lower part of the body, notably, the legs and feet. Depending upon the nature of the injury, which can then be exacerbated by the normal ageing process, an individual can experience anything from mild discomfort to actual paralysis.
Her difficult pregnancies and childbeds may also have had a deleterious effect on underlying nerve damage.

[BobAtchison]

I spoke to a female carrier of hemophilia and she said that a carrier can have all sorts of problems themselves that are related to it.  She says she understands what Alexandra was going through and how male doctors would have discounted it.

Can you imagine the pressure Alexandra was under?  It was unbearable!!!  A child with a fatal illness enduring unbelieveable pain because of his own mother;  Nicholas and her whole family being chased and hunted like animals; the gossip, the lies,surrounded by false friends and the worst family you could imagine...

Alexandra was miraculously able to endure it all and still believe in the goodness of people and the love of God for all of us.  I think she buried her fears and fright within her and this made her even sicker.  Many of us know how that can make you sick from personal experience.

Bob