Re: New member: MTX, Diet and Arthritiscentral.com

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I am with you on the anti-veggie thing! My mother maintains (and has for

years!) that my avoidance of veggies is the root of all of my problems. (An

ever present voice throughout my life that followed every cough, limp, or

cut-- " If you'd only eat vegetables, I'm sure you wouldn't have this

problem... " She means well.) I'm trying to eat more veggies, but it's

breaking the habit of 28 years and I just don't like them cooked doggoneit!

Thanks for the info about your rheumy--we need all the info we can get!

Welcome to the group!

Sinead

>From: jmarks@...

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>Subject: [ ] New member: MTX, Diet and

>Arthritiscentral.com

>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 04:30:07 -0000

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>Hi! I am new to this list. I was once taught in school that one of

>the best ways of introducing yourself is to disclose something

>personal about yourself. Since, it's no secret that we all have

>arthritis and live with pain every day, I guess I'll have to get a

>little more personal...I'm a carnivore--I don't eat anything that

>grows from the ground!

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>I'm excited about this discussion group because it makes me feel so

>much better knowing there are this many people who are engaged in

>discussion, support and sharing information about PA. I'm 27 years

>old and have had PA for almost five years. My problems started in my

>left knee. I was 22 at the time and couldn't figure out why I had so

>much pain. After surgery to repair a tear in my meniscus (which made

>things worse), I was finally diagnosed with PA. It was difficult for

>the doctors to diagnose it as PA because I had such acute plaques in

>my scalp--these days the plaques are much more obvious and I now have

>pain in both knees as well as other joints. I started off on

>Azulfadine, but have been on Indocin and Prednisone for the last

>three or four years. For several years, I've also been getting my

>knees drained followed by cortisone shots (which help less and less

>these days).

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>For me it's been interesting to read the posts on MTX and definitely

>the thoughts on how diet affects PA (This is not something I have

>even thought about). I've been talking to my rheumatologist about

>starting Methotrexate, but I've been hesitant because my wife and I

>will be thinking about conceiving in the near future. The diet

>discussions are intriguing. It's not that I have something against

>veggies, it's just that I cannot tolerate the taste--there's probably

>another discussion group that deals with this . I'm interested

>in any feedback on the effects of diet on PA.

>

>One thing I'd like to contribute is a website that is run by my

>rheumatologist, Dr. Rutstein. I invite you all to visit

>http://www.arthritiscentral.com. Dr. Rutstein has a ton of

>information on Arthritis and other Rheumatic diseases which includes

>videos, answers to patients' questions and articles on new

>advances and treatments. A lot of the information is free, but for a

>small annual fee, you can get access to the full video library, all

>of the articles and the rest of the site. I hope you find it as

>educating and useful as I have.

>

>Thanks for reading this long post. I look forward to future

>discussions!

>

>

>Austin, Texas

>

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Plants aren't food, they are what food eats. I used to be a vegetarian, but I

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Rob Glover

<...I'm a carnivore--I don't eat anything that

grows from the ground! >

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In a message dated 02/27/2001 12:36:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,

jmarks@... writes:

<< I'm a carnivore--I don't eat anything that

grows from the ground! >>

Ahhh - there's nothing like a good steak huh?? But if you go back and

read some past postings, you'll see that diet can play a major part in making

you feel better - unfortunately that diet consists of veggie and little red

meat. But if you are feeling good on meat, I wouldn't change it. Just food

for thought - pardon the pun