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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 200535" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>Fresh ginger. It is a nice antiinflammatory. Since March I have been trying to ue some everyday in some way or another. </p><p>I gave up wheat for 6 weeks, I wish I could say it helped. Dairy seems to aggravate mine more than wheat. Yes, niteshades do make some people worse. So does red meat. </p><p>I also seem to notice worsening of symptoms in spring and autumn. And dureing stormy type weather. Maybe there is a barometric pressure issue related.....and I keep wondering if maybe I do have seasonal allergies that manifest in worsening of my RA. (I never had typical allergy problems with anything) </p><p></p><p>The thing about it is that even if you have no pain, you might still have the internal deterioratin going on. And yes the c-reactive level indicate that. Other times, I have had the pain and swelling but not necessarily any damage progressing. Even more strange, I can have massive swelling and very little pain, or major pain with no outwardly visible swelling. </p><p>I also kept hearing before my diagnosis that it is symmetrical, afflicts the same joints on both sides of the body. Mine is not symmetrical at all, never has been, and one day my right wrist might be a swollen unuseable mess, and 2 days later it might move to my left ankle. Or one day it might be in my right big toe and my right elbow. </p><p>Before the medications I am now on, I also had 2 nodules. They faded away on medications, and no new ones have come up.</p><p>I have been lucky, the methotrexate did make my hair fall out, but.I had none of the other side effects many people complain about. My prednisone does is now low, but, while we keep trying to further reduce it, we have had no luck doing so for over a year now, no matter how slow we try to do it. I expected to pick up every bug-virus etc the kids brought home, but, to my surprise, I don't. Altho the medications do make healing be very slow. If I nick my leg dureing shaving, it can take months to heal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 200535, member: 1697"] Fresh ginger. It is a nice antiinflammatory. Since March I have been trying to ue some everyday in some way or another. I gave up wheat for 6 weeks, I wish I could say it helped. Dairy seems to aggravate mine more than wheat. Yes, niteshades do make some people worse. So does red meat. I also seem to notice worsening of symptoms in spring and autumn. And dureing stormy type weather. Maybe there is a barometric pressure issue related.....and I keep wondering if maybe I do have seasonal allergies that manifest in worsening of my RA. (I never had typical allergy problems with anything) The thing about it is that even if you have no pain, you might still have the internal deterioratin going on. And yes the c-reactive level indicate that. Other times, I have had the pain and swelling but not necessarily any damage progressing. Even more strange, I can have massive swelling and very little pain, or major pain with no outwardly visible swelling. I also kept hearing before my diagnosis that it is symmetrical, afflicts the same joints on both sides of the body. Mine is not symmetrical at all, never has been, and one day my right wrist might be a swollen unuseable mess, and 2 days later it might move to my left ankle. Or one day it might be in my right big toe and my right elbow. Before the medications I am now on, I also had 2 nodules. They faded away on medications, and no new ones have come up. I have been lucky, the methotrexate did make my hair fall out, but.I had none of the other side effects many people complain about. My prednisone does is now low, but, while we keep trying to further reduce it, we have had no luck doing so for over a year now, no matter how slow we try to do it. I expected to pick up every bug-virus etc the kids brought home, but, to my surprise, I don't. Altho the medications do make healing be very slow. If I nick my leg dureing shaving, it can take months to heal. [/QUOTE]
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