Sheila-
So sorry to hear of your RA diagnosis. Back in the 1970s, my grandfather had it, and did find some relief using diet to help control symptoms, though I believe he also took some medication. I think the book about the diet was called "The Arthritic's Cookbook". As I recall, the diet involved limiting red meat and certain fats, which I know was difficult for my Scottish/English Granddad, but it helped.
I hope that you are able to find a path for your treatment that doesn't involve too many of those meds with the horrifying side effects. Sometimes the cure/treatment seems to be as bad as, or worse than, the disease itself...
Meg
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Sheila,
Speaking of diet, you probably are already aware of this, but nightshades (including potatoes, but not sweet potatoes and yams) are considered to be inflammatory for many people who have RA.
Tex
Speaking of diet, you probably are already aware of this, but nightshades (including potatoes, but not sweet potatoes and yams) are considered to be inflammatory for many people who have RA.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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It seems the modified paleo diet + arthritis diet I'm on are contradictory for RA. On the Paleo diet, I eat a lot of red meat, pork, lamb, shellfish. I don't eat nightshades, legumes etc in accordance with the arthritis diet. Because of the colitis I don't eat any raw veggies or salads or anything with much fiber. MRT results greatly limit other food I can eat; NO chicken, carrots, whey, kaput, amaranth, corn etc etc. Enterolab results were positive for gluten, soy, dairy and eggs. I have also greatly limited grains the past few months.
I stick with this diet religiously because I have been in remission since stopping budesinide and Norman is my friend. Thank God for wine.
Sheila W
I stick with this diet religiously because I have been in remission since stopping budesinide and Norman is my friend. Thank God for wine.
Sheila W
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
A person who never made a mistake never tried something new. Einstein
A person who never made a mistake never tried something new. Einstein
Shelia,
MRT results can change with time and healing. Maybe those MRT red and yellow foods would no longer bother you.
Tex
MRT results can change with time and healing. Maybe those MRT red and yellow foods would no longer bother you.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Good morning, Tex. I have heard about MRT results changing over time and eat chicken every once in a while. Overdoing things once by eating chicken three meals in a row, I had WD the next morning. Olives were high yellow and I do miss using olive oil. I think I'll add that back into my diet. Carrots were red and eliminating them requires having to make my own turkey and beef broth. Perhaps I'll give commercial broth a try as well.
The RA is apparently the cause of my loss of appetite and I'm eating a more strict, fewer grains paleo diet because of that. I haven't had any digestive issues and for that, I'm thankful.
BTW, blood work showed a further drop in my cholesterol despite reliance on protein as a major part of my diet.
Thanks for the reminder about changing MRT results. I don't plan on having the MRT test done again, but will slowly add a few foods that will make meal prep easier.
Thanks again, Sheila W
The RA is apparently the cause of my loss of appetite and I'm eating a more strict, fewer grains paleo diet because of that. I haven't had any digestive issues and for that, I'm thankful.
BTW, blood work showed a further drop in my cholesterol despite reliance on protein as a major part of my diet.
Thanks for the reminder about changing MRT results. I don't plan on having the MRT test done again, but will slowly add a few foods that will make meal prep easier.
Thanks again, Sheila W
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
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Sheila
sorry about your Dx,
Commercial broth is ok, it can be a bit high in yeast - it is unlikely to have the amino acid and gelatin benefits that home made broth can have.
Do you take any magnesium?
Good luck tweaking the eating plan...
sorry about your Dx,
Commercial broth is ok, it can be a bit high in yeast - it is unlikely to have the amino acid and gelatin benefits that home made broth can have.
Do you take any magnesium?
Good luck tweaking the eating plan...
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
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"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
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Hooray!! I don't have rheumatoid arthritis. When I see my PCP, I'll explain to him what the Rheumatologist told me about rheumatoid factor and people with auto-immune disease. Apparently we are likely to show up with a high rheumatoid factor, doesn't mean we necessarily have RA. Even the nuclear test , speckled appearance, can be caused by significant auto immune disease. I would have preferred to NOT be scared spitless at the prospect of RA and the awful drugs needed to control it. BTW, women are more likely to have elevated rheumatoid factor as we age.
I may have mild Sjogren's and had the test for that today. My arthroscopic knee surgery was successful. I had no GI problems at all and after one week, I can walk without pain. Between the stress of the lousy diagnosis and the surgery, I would not have been surprised by some GI reaction. In the past, stress was always a trigger. Must mean I'm in remission.
Sheila W.
I may have mild Sjogren's and had the test for that today. My arthroscopic knee surgery was successful. I had no GI problems at all and after one week, I can walk without pain. Between the stress of the lousy diagnosis and the surgery, I would not have been surprised by some GI reaction. In the past, stress was always a trigger. Must mean I'm in remission.
Sheila W.
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
A person who never made a mistake never tried something new. Einstein
A person who never made a mistake never tried something new. Einstein
Shelia,
Awesome news!
— you must be in remission. 
Tex
Awesome news!
Sheila wrote:Between the stress of the lousy diagnosis and the surgery, I would not have been surprised by some GI reaction. In the past, stress was always a trigger. Must mean I'm in remission.
— you must be in remission. Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
