Health Boards
Fri-01-05-2015, 20:36 PM
Been a rough road trying to figure out what was causing my condition. I'm not even going to compare the little I have on my hands and feet with others I've read about, so I guess I'm blessed not to have it too badly. But it's bad enough when every time I do anything with my hands it hurts from all the cracks. Couldn't play my guitars even which really bites.
Anyway got to looking around for treatments. Dummy me was starting to believe all the ads for drugs on TV. I made an appointment with the Doc to see about it when I got curious and looked up the price for Stellara. $8000 a shot! Another was like $3500. Hoky Smokes. And then you get the side effects.
In the meantime I was talking to my sister in law who helped me in the beginning and she said she's nearly beat it with just the cream. Don't skip it or it will bite you. So I doubled down and started to see some improvement. Canceled my appointment as I wasn't interested in the drugs. And started reading everything online to try to find a cure.
Well I saw some books on Amazon. One I was able to read 60 pages by Dr. Pagano concerning diet. Made sense as I have done the Atkins diet with success a few years ago and still try to eat halfway healthy. No soda or sweet tea. No McDonald's or junk like that. So I ordered a couple of books and they both said the same thing concerning what foods to avoid and how to treat it. They may be on to something.
So I have been trying to follow this diet and I'm seeing results. Eating all kinds of rabbit food and avoiding the nightshades. Adventuring with new ways to cook fish and chicken and hunting down healthy foods (which in this one horse town can be a challenge). Been trying new ways to cook rice as well. And lots of fruit, my desert when my wife and daughter pull out the chocolate, or cheesecake, or icecream.... LOL!
I'm also taking Fish Oil twice a day, along with Vit D3, calcium, B's and a multivitamin. And drinking lots of water.
Also my wife and I have her parents under our roof. He's Italian and says it at least 50 time a day like it's a miracle or some BS. Everything revolves around food with those two, especially spaghetti. It's like it's a sacred friggin cow. So you can imagine the crap I'm dealing with when I proclaim I can't eat their spaghetti this Sunday when everyone is over for dinner. I finally got him to lay off when I showed what progress I'm having following this diet. Also nothing like fixing two meals for dinner too. Since I work 12 hour days I've been eating dinner at work so I don't have to put up with it.
Well anyway my hands are smoothing out and it's ben a few weeks since I've had a crack in my fingers. Been able to start playing again, especially since I finished my latest guitar. I'm bound and determined to get over this. I'm going to order the Slippery Elm Capsules and Saffron Tea next to really get over this.
I also made a believer of myself. I cheated as I was working a bunch of overtime and came home tired. Wife had pizza in the oven and I didn't want to fix anything. The next night she talked me into fixing a Mexican feast. The next day my hands and feet broke out. Showed her and she's a whole lot more willing to go along with what I'm doing now.
Anyway got to looking around for treatments. Dummy me was starting to believe all the ads for drugs on TV. I made an appointment with the Doc to see about it when I got curious and looked up the price for Stellara. $8000 a shot! Another was like $3500. Hoky Smokes. And then you get the side effects.
In the meantime I was talking to my sister in law who helped me in the beginning and she said she's nearly beat it with just the cream. Don't skip it or it will bite you. So I doubled down and started to see some improvement. Canceled my appointment as I wasn't interested in the drugs. And started reading everything online to try to find a cure.
Well I saw some books on Amazon. One I was able to read 60 pages by Dr. Pagano concerning diet. Made sense as I have done the Atkins diet with success a few years ago and still try to eat halfway healthy. No soda or sweet tea. No McDonald's or junk like that. So I ordered a couple of books and they both said the same thing concerning what foods to avoid and how to treat it. They may be on to something.
So I have been trying to follow this diet and I'm seeing results. Eating all kinds of rabbit food and avoiding the nightshades. Adventuring with new ways to cook fish and chicken and hunting down healthy foods (which in this one horse town can be a challenge). Been trying new ways to cook rice as well. And lots of fruit, my desert when my wife and daughter pull out the chocolate, or cheesecake, or icecream.... LOL!
I'm also taking Fish Oil twice a day, along with Vit D3, calcium, B's and a multivitamin. And drinking lots of water.
Also my wife and I have her parents under our roof. He's Italian and says it at least 50 time a day like it's a miracle or some BS. Everything revolves around food with those two, especially spaghetti. It's like it's a sacred friggin cow. So you can imagine the crap I'm dealing with when I proclaim I can't eat their spaghetti this Sunday when everyone is over for dinner. I finally got him to lay off when I showed what progress I'm having following this diet. Also nothing like fixing two meals for dinner too. Since I work 12 hour days I've been eating dinner at work so I don't have to put up with it.
Well anyway my hands are smoothing out and it's ben a few weeks since I've had a crack in my fingers. Been able to start playing again, especially since I finished my latest guitar. I'm bound and determined to get over this. I'm going to order the Slippery Elm Capsules and Saffron Tea next to really get over this.
I also made a believer of myself. I cheated as I was working a bunch of overtime and came home tired. Wife had pizza in the oven and I didn't want to fix anything. The next night she talked me into fixing a Mexican feast. The next day my hands and feet broke out. Showed her and she's a whole lot more willing to go along with what I'm doing now.