Another month and time for a small update. I am over the moon. Yes Mrs. D., that lifestyle... since I started to eat sensibly (cutting the sugar was the first step) I have lost 29 kg (63 pounds) in about 4 months. Weight loss was not the goal (although I thought it would help with the arthritis in the knee), it comes as a bonus benefit.

Arthritis still totally gone. PN pain is mostly absent. It occasionally becomes more prominent, but it's the sort of pain like you have walked 30 miles. And in a way, that's what I'm doing, as I'm now working in the garden/around the house 10 to 15 hours every single day. The good food gives me more energy/makes me lose weight/makes me want to be active/rince & repeat. As Stacey mentioned somewhere, the constant moving about probably improves the blood flow to the nerves, and I think that's a very good thing.

Edema: gone. Arthritis in the fingers: gone. Arthritis in the knees: gone. Current weight: 99 kg for 201 cm (coming from 128). Acid reflux: totally gone. Hair loss: stopped. Hyperventilation: 95% gone (It still happens a little bit when I'm driving my car and get worked up).

Not bad for a lifestyle change.

Again, I'm not posting all this to make you feel bad about yourself. I'm just very very lucky, and I seem to be doing the right things. My diet is mostly geared towards 1) combating inflammation and 2) to get as many good nutrients inside in a natural way. The garlic, the turmeric, the ginger... no, it will not cure PN, but the whole lifestyle change is currently making it a minor nuisance. Oh, and my skin is looking a lot healthier and smoother.

Currently still take R-ALA and B12, occasionally biotin, 50mg of aspirin, and 9 grams of EPA/DHA. Starting D3 again, and should also start magnesium again.

Oh, and needless to say: not a drop of alcohol.

Anyway, off to see my music hero* in concert, and what's more, he just sent me a message that I'm on his guest list! Sometimes life doesn't suck.

* He's also the man who's book inspired me to finally get off the booze...