Re: Re: Hi again list - more adventures in Rhemuy land, cottage cheese and the hots?????

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Diary is supposedly a flare trigger for migraines, so I suppose the same could

be true for flares. You may have a mild dairy allergy that is excerbated by the

RA. Or it could have been the preservatives in the cottage cheese brand. If

you are like me and can't live without your dairy, try switching to an organic

brand and see if you flare with it. that way you can tell if it is the

preservatives or the dairy itself.

G

[ ] Re: Hi again list - more adventures in Rhemuy land,

cottage cheese and the hots?????

Hi OKD:

I am glad to read that the Enbrel is starting to work for you. I know

you are still in pain, and I hope that subsides in the near future.

I have never associated any foods with my RA flares. I also don't know

if cottage cheese is an aggrivant or not. It will be interesting to see

what our members have to say.

I know you have been in lots of pain for a long time, and I hope that

changes soon for you.

Wishing you many pain free days ahead. Take care of yourself, and rest

as much as you can. It does help.

Hugs,

Barbara

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> Hi everyone:

>

> I havent written lately, just been reading, been feeling blech lately.

Started Enbrel one month ago, dropped prednisone, kept the MTX (6 pills

a week), and upped the pain patch to 50. I gotta say that the hot flares

are not bothering me so much. I only am getting inflammed in my ankles

and back of neck and fingers, the stiffness in the AM and when I am

still remains (I cant shake that) but I never know still how i am going

to wake up. Everyday is a Rheumy adventure. If I take off the pain patch

a day later, I regret it (like today), so I have learned no pain, put a

smaller dose one on...

>

> So last night I had a craving for cottage cheese (oh yeah, I lost my

apetite which is good for me, because i am too fat) so i got one. About

an hour after I ate it I got the worst hot flare i had in recent memory.

I literally had to take ice packs and place it all over my body to the

point where I should have been freezing, and I wasnt. I couldnt shake

the flare until 2AM then I finally went to sleep and then i kept waking

up. Today my neck is killing me.

>

> I hate the hot flares worse than anything, today I still feel the heat

in my body. It has been in the 90's weather-wise and the humidity is

stiffling also....

>

> Could the cottage cheese be a trigger? I am laying off the nightshades

a lot more, I though THOSE were triggers?

>

> Please advise, me being able to read here has been a godsend.

>

> Thanks

>

> OKD

>

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