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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 200514" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Thank you all. </p><p> </p><p>I was just looking for real live people living with this, because I know its not always as dire as a lot of the stories you read on the net. lol</p><p> </p><p>I am fairly lucky because we stumbled onto mine. After dad died last year and my sinus surgery this year and the failure after that to recoup, I went back to my old immunologist and he put lots of little pieces together, ran some blood work, and walla Metabolic syndrome and RA. I have been helped A LOT by the diabetic diet, I went from taking 12-16 ibuprofen a day to rarely any, and I have more energy again, so I'm hopeful that the progression will be slow, but as for right now, I'm not otherwise "treating" the RA, and with what research I've had time to do, I think I may be needing to.</p><p> </p><p>My c-reactive protein is high, but waiting on further testing until my next appointment - after I've done a good 6 months on the "diabetic" diet to see what it is then. My dad probably had this, too, and him passing suddenly is what made thing "click" with my doctor. My brother hurts all the time, too, like I did, but his was worse (he's also a lot older). I'm going to call him and tell him about this. Maybe something will "click" with his doctor, too, from this.</p><p> </p><p>It makes sense. All my life, like Dreamer, I've torn tendons and struggled with various forms on fasciatis, and once I get an injury, it takes FOREVER for it to truly heal and stop swelling - at one point they thought I may have RSD (where your body THINKS you are still injured but aren't - more of a nerve malfunction). Its never been debilitating, but since I've been lucky enough to find this before its truly a problem, I hope to be proactive enough to prevent that from happening.</p><p> </p><p>I think my next appointment with my doctor isn't until January, but I'll be discussing treatments with him at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 200514, member: 1848"] Thank you all. I was just looking for real live people living with this, because I know its not always as dire as a lot of the stories you read on the net. lol I am fairly lucky because we stumbled onto mine. After dad died last year and my sinus surgery this year and the failure after that to recoup, I went back to my old immunologist and he put lots of little pieces together, ran some blood work, and walla Metabolic syndrome and RA. I have been helped A LOT by the diabetic diet, I went from taking 12-16 ibuprofen a day to rarely any, and I have more energy again, so I'm hopeful that the progression will be slow, but as for right now, I'm not otherwise "treating" the RA, and with what research I've had time to do, I think I may be needing to. My c-reactive protein is high, but waiting on further testing until my next appointment - after I've done a good 6 months on the "diabetic" diet to see what it is then. My dad probably had this, too, and him passing suddenly is what made thing "click" with my doctor. My brother hurts all the time, too, like I did, but his was worse (he's also a lot older). I'm going to call him and tell him about this. Maybe something will "click" with his doctor, too, from this. It makes sense. All my life, like Dreamer, I've torn tendons and struggled with various forms on fasciatis, and once I get an injury, it takes FOREVER for it to truly heal and stop swelling - at one point they thought I may have RSD (where your body THINKS you are still injured but aren't - more of a nerve malfunction). Its never been debilitating, but since I've been lucky enough to find this before its truly a problem, I hope to be proactive enough to prevent that from happening. I think my next appointment with my doctor isn't until January, but I'll be discussing treatments with him at that time. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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