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I've been away for a bit because we got a new puppy, a cocker spaniel-poodle

mix, commonly called a Cockapoo, a female who is 4 months old. Previously we

have rescued dogs and had two mini schnauzers, one after the other.

Unfortunately the ms seem to predisposed to some really serious problems,

autoimmune among them, and both our dogs died from those ailments. The first

one we had about 3-4 years, rescuing her at 7-1/2 yeard old, and the second

we had only 5 months. She was 9-1/2 when we got her. These were

heartbreaking experiences (and terribly expensive too), so even though I've

never raised a puppy (and didn't want to), we decided to do it differently

this time--and--it takes quite a lot of time, as it turns out. So I'm WAY

behind on my email-ing.

About traveling to Lourdes. It wouldn't be the thing for me, but I certainly

agree that personal beliefs are VERY important, so If a trip to Lourdes is in

keeping with your beliefs/intuition, I surely do encourage to do it!

About nodules: I have them too. Most of them formed before I began

treatment with a DMARD (disease modifying meds), but some even after. They

are a lot as described, mostly very small and under the skin so they're not

too visible. But I do have some on my Achilles tendons--one really big and

one smaller. They feel a bit like cartilege. They don't hurt except when

they swell up--them they hurt a lot! Oh, and I am RF positive.

Diets: As a diabetic and overweight, I am always on a diet. Just recently

I've been trying out the Paleo diet, and I'm losing weight real well but

having some digestive symptoms and headaches I don't understand--not too bad

though. I would only say this: If you've found that regular diets, that is,

low fat, high carbohydrate, don't work well for you and/or you have trouble

sticking to them, please consider trying a low carbohydrate diet like Protein

Power or the Paleo diet, for instance. I know lots of people have trouble

with the Atkins plan, but there are many more low carbohydrate diets out

there that emphasize a large intake of non-starchy carbs such as fruits and

vegetables. If you try that kind of diet for a week, you'll know whether

it's right for you or not--WITH YOUR DOCTOR'S ADVICE, of course! Oh yes, and

I have a history of being morbidly obese, as does my sister. The lower, not

NO, carb diets work for us. About doctor's advice, I see an endocrinologist

and Oregon Health Sciences University and he says cutting carbs is

fine--again, not NO carbs.

I'm doing a lot better re RA pain. Maybe the higher dose of metho is cutting

in at last. Sure hope you're all doing better today.

Greatest good wishes to you all,

lie in Oregon

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Growing up I had a black cocker, poodle & schnauzer mix named Max. He was

the cutest thing you ever did see and he lived to the ripe old age of 161/2!

His favorite thing to do was roll rocks around with his nose that he removed

from our garden, some of those rocks were really heavy ones, too!

I must have missed something because I had to delete over 4000 unread emails

(my life has just gotten too busy to spend much time on the computer, but

that’s another story!!) so forgive me if I ask a question that’s already

been answered, but what’s the Paleo diet??

Elly

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Hi lie. Cockapoos are so cute! My mom had one that she rescued

that turned out to be the best

dog. My mom raises poodles, but couldn't resist saving this poor abused

dog. Good luck with

your new puppy!

I'm not sure how long you've been on the Paleo diet, but headaches are

common when eating low carbs

but should pass in a few days. This link has a lot of info about low

carbs:

http://home.talkcity.com/TechnologyWay/wallyb/

It mentions low potassium as also being a cause of headaches with this

diet.

I'm gald the increased mtx is helping!

hugs,

a

rosiolady@... wrote:

> I've been away for a bit because we got a new puppy, a cocker

> spaniel-poodle

> mix, commonly called a Cockapoo, a female who is 4 months old.

> Previously we

> have rescued dogs and had two mini schnauzers, one after the other.

> Unfortunately the ms seem to predisposed to some really serious problems,

> autoimmune among them, and both our dogs died from those ailments.

> The first

> one we had about 3-4 years, rescuing her at 7-1/2 yeard old, and the

> second

> we had only 5 months. She was 9-1/2 when we got her. These were

> heartbreaking experiences (and terribly expensive too), so even though

> I've

> never raised a puppy (and didn't want to), we decided to do it

> differently

> this time--and--it takes quite a lot of time, as it turns out. So I'm

> WAY

> behind on my email-ing.

>

> About traveling to Lourdes. It wouldn't be the thing for me, but I

> certainly

> agree that personal beliefs are VERY important, so If a trip to

> Lourdes is in

> keeping with your beliefs/intuition, I surely do encourage to do it!

>

> About nodules: I have them too. Most of them formed before I began

> treatment with a DMARD (disease modifying meds), but some even after.

> They

> are a lot as described, mostly very small and under the skin so

> they're not

> too visible. But I do have some on my Achilles tendons--one really

> big and

> one smaller. They feel a bit like cartilege. They don't hurt except

> when

> they swell up--them they hurt a lot! Oh, and I am RF positive.

>

> Diets: As a diabetic and overweight, I am always on a diet. Just

> recently

> I've been trying out the Paleo diet, and I'm losing weight real well but

> having some digestive symptoms and headaches I don't understand--not

> too bad

> though. I would only say this: If you've found that regular diets,

> that is,

> low fat, high carbohydrate, don't work well for you and/or you have

> trouble

> sticking to them, please consider trying a low carbohydrate diet like

> Protein

> Power or the Paleo diet, for instance. I know lots of people have

> trouble

> with the Atkins plan, but there are many more low carbohydrate diets out

> there that emphasize a large intake of non-starchy carbs such as

> fruits and

> vegetables. If you try that kind of diet for a week, you'll know whether

> it's right for you or not--WITH YOUR DOCTOR'S ADVICE, of course! Oh

> yes, and

> I have a history of being morbidly obese, as does my sister. The

> lower, not

> NO, carb diets work for us. About doctor's advice, I see an

> endocrinologist

> and Oregon Health Sciences University and he says cutting carbs is

> fine--again, not NO carbs.

>

> I'm doing a lot better re RA pain. Maybe the higher dose of metho is

> cutting

> in at last. Sure hope you're all doing better today.

>

> Greatest good wishes to you all,

>

> lie in Oregon

>

>

>

>

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