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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 378490" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>I have had RA since I was 18 (more than 30 years now). Please have them check for Lyme disease because it's relatively rare for RA to be diagnosed in people who are past 30. Not impossible or unheard of but far less likely than in people between 18 and 26.</p><p></p><p>I have been through many flares and remissions over the past 30+ years. I took Naproxen when it was an experimental drug back in the late '70's. It helped my menstrual cramps more than my RA, which was apparently a common finding! I've taken gold shots in the butt and later on, in the arm. I've had courses of prednisone, methotrexate, sulfa drugs, penacillamine and many others that I can't recall. I have been fortunate in that my last flare in 2006 was beaten into submission by gold and I didn't have to try Remicade or Humera, etc.</p><p></p><p>Once I went to a nutritionist and she told me to give up members of the nightshade family. I had no problems with mushrooms (I tell waiters I'm allergic to them because I hate them so muc) but I couldn't give up tomatoes.</p><p></p><p>I have never found any herbal supplements or the like to be as effective as the medications I have taken. I do try to take fish oil tablets but they are so huge and give me reflux so I often "forget." Personally, I wouldn't waste my money on any of the supplements, etc. I spent plenty over the years and nothing helped.</p><p></p><p>I do highly recommend starting every morning with a shower as hot as you can stand it for about 10 minutes, letting the water hit your joints. Don't forget your hands - I keep mine under the water and flex and release them. It helps keep them more limber for writing and typing. I use thicker pens and sometimes sleep with a wrist brace though I haven't done that for quite some time.</p><p></p><p>When my flares were their worst, I used to keep a diary of symptoms for the doctor. </p><p></p><p>I have had my knees drained many times, also my ankles (not as much) and even my elbow once. I have been very lucky - when I was first diagnosed, I was told that I would be in a wheelchair by age 25, I am twice that and still walking.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and please feel free to ask any other questions you have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 378490, member: 3493"] I have had RA since I was 18 (more than 30 years now). Please have them check for Lyme disease because it's relatively rare for RA to be diagnosed in people who are past 30. Not impossible or unheard of but far less likely than in people between 18 and 26. I have been through many flares and remissions over the past 30+ years. I took Naproxen when it was an experimental drug back in the late '70's. It helped my menstrual cramps more than my RA, which was apparently a common finding! I've taken gold shots in the butt and later on, in the arm. I've had courses of prednisone, methotrexate, sulfa drugs, penacillamine and many others that I can't recall. I have been fortunate in that my last flare in 2006 was beaten into submission by gold and I didn't have to try Remicade or Humera, etc. Once I went to a nutritionist and she told me to give up members of the nightshade family. I had no problems with mushrooms (I tell waiters I'm allergic to them because I hate them so muc) but I couldn't give up tomatoes. I have never found any herbal supplements or the like to be as effective as the medications I have taken. I do try to take fish oil tablets but they are so huge and give me reflux so I often "forget." Personally, I wouldn't waste my money on any of the supplements, etc. I spent plenty over the years and nothing helped. I do highly recommend starting every morning with a shower as hot as you can stand it for about 10 minutes, letting the water hit your joints. Don't forget your hands - I keep mine under the water and flex and release them. It helps keep them more limber for writing and typing. I use thicker pens and sometimes sleep with a wrist brace though I haven't done that for quite some time. When my flares were their worst, I used to keep a diary of symptoms for the doctor. I have had my knees drained many times, also my ankles (not as much) and even my elbow once. I have been very lucky - when I was first diagnosed, I was told that I would be in a wheelchair by age 25, I am twice that and still walking. Good luck and please feel free to ask any other questions you have. [/QUOTE]
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