Just dropping in to my journal to say, I am still doing OK. Still going on the diet and going strong.
Actually, after that last flare/illness, I have reached a new and better level of normal function/pain reduction.
Let me modify this by saying my pain on a daily basis is nowhere near where it was when I began. I notice some things occasionally, and I forget all about it many times a day. Some things linger on - like the knee pain that started it all - but even that is not terrible, more slightly uncomfortable. I have full range of motion now and can walk or sit for long periods with out increased problems.
But I want it GONE
On the other hand, my hands and wrists are pretty much normal, just not as strong as they once were ( I wonder why, haha) and my stiffness is also less and less.
I have a hawk-eye for symptoms now, and many of the ones I think of as "unresolved" (except for the knee) would not have even crossed my radar before I *knew* I had psoriatic arthritis. But now my goal is as close to perfect health as I can get.
I feel as though there is some sort of slow healing going on - and perhaps I dumped a bunch of stored toxins in my fat when I was sick, and caused a flare, because I lost more weight during that time and am now around 119-123 from day to day. So about 10 more pounds gone. And a new level of healing.
Met two women in the supermarket today with RA. Actually, I over heard their conversation and introduced myself because I was just so excited to meet them - they were talking about dietary treatment of RA!
But as it turns out, they were not talking about it to the degree that I practice, and once I mentioned I was on no meds and solely relying on diet there was a definite chill towards me.
Maybe they thought I was a nut job - could be, I DO live in LA, there are plenty of them.
Too bad. But on the bright side, the experience makes me want to start a local meet-up for folks with autoimmune disease. Anyone on this board live in Los Angeles and have an autoimmune condition? Wanna hang out?
Nicole