Gardening with Rabbits
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I knew you had the spirit of a champion, Mary!
@Gardening with Rabbits , the diagnosis was over 40 years ago. I don't know what tests were done. (I could say that I don't remember but apologizing for my forgetfulness is becoming a habit I'm trying to break.)
With the back, other problems of regular old osteoarthritis became involved. That was later but the RA can be blamed (at least, by me) for setting me up. I also blame hearing loss on RA but there were other things involved there also - like noise. Improvement to my health from the low point was fairly steady but it took years from the time when flare-ups were monthly to every other month to a couple times a year, to once every couple of years. Minor rashes still occur but respond very well to steroid creams.
I was also fairly responsive to anti inflammatories but I, and the MD's, quickly learned that my stomach couldn't deal with them for any amount of time. Oral and injected steroids didn't seem to do any good.
As for diet or any other thing, I don't know. Never did the health professionals give me any food advice. I've been aware of various ideas that popped up for a few years. Uncooked fruits and vegetables good. Nightshade vegetables bad and apple cider vinegar good. Coffee bad while red wine good. If there was some consistency to the claims, clinical trial confirmation, something other than chatter - maybe I would have taken some of these seriously. It's rather humdrum of me to just say that slogging along made me feel better and curling up in a ball made my health worse. I've tried to eat healthful food and that took several turns through the years. I've mentioned how my son once thought he might have diabetes so I went right out and bought 3 cookbooks. He didn't have diabetes but I looked at that diet and couldn't help but thinking, "this is just eating healthy food!" About that time I was discovering stir-fries - I mean, beyond what I was enjoying at Asian restaurants. My veggie consumption went up! Finally, trying to control weight gain while having that "most important meal of the day" (breakfast), I began eating more fruit, 3 serving/morning. There's nothing radical about any of this. Nothing radical about my diet unless it's having no problem getting 5 plus servings of fruits and vegetables each day while limiting red meat. Middle of the Road and Moderation, I suppose.
Steve
I think there is something to limiting meat and getting in the fruits and vegetables. My brother has found he has stomach problems with beef and butter unless it is grass fed beef and organic grass fed butter. He can eat just regular chicken or pork from the store. It is kind of shocking to see him eat a meal with grass fed butter and be fine and at first I would forget and put regular butter in a dish and forget to tell him, and within 1 hour of eating he would go home with stomach cramps and diarrhea. This is the test DD had. Doctors told me these tests can be positive and next time negative. I think it is depending on stress, sunlight, amount of sleep and what you are eating. It will be interesting what happens the next time tested IF she changes her ways.
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