Saying a prayer for you Sally as I type this. Hope tomorrow is a better day.

tomorrow is the last day of my current oral prednisone taper. I'm already feeling it. Feel like crap. It seemed like it was actually helping, but as soon as I started to taper down, the horribleness came back.

I wish I could get something to help the inflammation to go down long enough for some sort of healing to happen.

So tired of not being able to do anything fun. All I seem to do is sleep.

You can 'get' something to help with the inflammation. Its a matter of what you 'take' and don't 'take' regarding food. Diet plays a huge role in the inflammatory response, both exacerbating it and helping to calm it. Being overweight can add to that inflammation.

The beauty of it is that you have the choice to do it or not.
The way I understand it is that inflammation is a way to send nutrition to the places they are needed most, and if there is no nutrition the inflammation will continue.

When I really nourish my body- versus just eating, I can tell a big difference.
One of the problems we have in this country is that we are overfed and under nourished and the media and crap-food industry promotes it.

Luckily as adults we have a choice. There is so much info on this topic.


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Sally,
I'm so sorry that you are going through this. I'm praying that you slept well and feel better this morning. Please keep us posted.

missj,
Regarding diet and symptoms, I totally agree.

With love, Erika

I ate an organic whole foods diet for years but it wasn't until I went Gluten Free that my body inflamation went down. I went GF 18 months before I was finally diagnosed and it reduced my daily pain by 90%!
Turns out my son is gluten intolerant as well. Once he was GF he grew 4 inches in 2 months and still seems to be catching up. All his self control problems at school went out the window too, his teacher was amazed at the difference.

On a pharmaceutical note. My remaining pain level has pretty much been obliterated since I started Gabapentin. It's harder to tell when I'm reaching fatigue status but it's only been a week. So I've got some things to learn about my signs not being pain related.