RA and Naturapathic treatment

May 25, 2008

Hi All,

Haven't been to the group site for a while. My daughter was

diagnosed with RA (she's 40) about a year ago. Her rheumy put her

on Placquinil and Celebrex and later on Methotrexate along with

sleeping pills and several pain meds. After a year

there was no improvement, no joint damage but still a lot of

inflammation and a lot of pain meds. After talking to several

people she went to see a recommended Naturapath in a nearby town.

It has been an amazing journey. After one week the inflammation was

down and she was off the sleeping pills and was down from 8 to 12

pain pills to only 2 a day. We are now heading into week 3 and she

is off the Methotrexate also and her regular rhuemy says whatever

she's doing is working as the inflammation is going down. He also

said that sometimes RA is caused by a food allergy. She is on

supplements for inflammation and sleeping and has had two allergy

treatments at the Naturapath's office. She is on a detox diet for 6

weeks (only meat and vegetables, no yeast, sugar, gluten, fruits,

caffiene or dairy products and only water to drink), which she's not

crazy about but has already learned that sugar is a trigger food.

After this week she can start to add fruits back in one at a time.

This will continue over the course of time, adding one food back to

see how it effects her. She is hoping to be able to get off the

Placquinil and the Celebrex and end up only taking a milder form of

anti-inflammatory. I know this is not for everyone but felt I just

had to share as it's been amazing for her. Neither of us thought it

would work this well or this quickly.

Best of luck to all of you suffering from this nasty condition. And

don't give up. Sometimes options do work.

willow

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