Missed window of opportunity ? I'm starting MTX

March 19, 2009

Hi all,

It's Leonie here again in Australia. I hope I haven't toally missed my window

of opportunity in treating my RA - please pray for me that I haven't. I've

left it for nearly 10 years, doing cockamamie natural therapies which didn't

work. I've tried lots of things to no avail, and I kinda feel ripped off that so

many supposed experts on the net promise to cure one of RA with some special

diet or supplement etc - it's all a lie. It's just not true in most cases. RA

is not curable - maybe a few manage to escape it due to the right circumstances,

but that's all. I'd rather have cancer - at least you do hear about people who

cured themself of that one ! The supps and diet I took got rid of some of the

pain which fooled me into thinking my disease wasnt so bad after all. Meanwhile

it was very bad !! My joints have all gone to potand I've already had one total

joint replacement operation which stressed me out badly. I was just so scared

of DMARDs and still am - I kept thinking there must be something out there for

me ! I have no choice now anyway- the disease is finally getting vicious and I

need to control it before it controls me. ... well it's already controlled me

big time since I can't do a darn thing any more. Walking around the block is

like running a marathon.

I took MTX about 3 months ago when I got desperate and it make my chest and

windpipe hurt big time, so now I'm petrified. I'm going to start slower this

time. Hope it works cos I don't fancy doing Arava. I'm soooo depressed. Thanks

for listening.

best wishes, Leonie

> > :

> >

> > Please also consider the fact that heavy medication (DMARDS and

> > bilogics) is not the only route available. You may want to consider a

> > more natural path depending of course on how managable your RA

> > currently is. Current literature states that heavy meds offer better

> > outcome as one of 's recent posts suggested. I have been taking

> > specific vitamins and supplements in addition to rigorous joint

> > exercises frequently through the day followed by periods of rest to the

> > joints (exercise is key I believe) with nothing stronger than regular

> > strength ibuprofen (no stomach issues so far) and find this path to

> > make my RA quite manageable. There are good days and not so good days,

> > but nothing that I haven't been able to handle. Also note that I've

> > been doing this kind of treatment since the day I was diagnosed.

> >

> > Brad

>

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