I had so much swelling in my body for years that it was far more painful than my ra ever could be.
Now that my probiotics have seemed to wipe away what doctors couldn't figure out, now i feel my RA. Alll my areas are definately full of swelling, and even though it is nothing compared to the pain i did have, it still hurts lol.
I am super super super super happy that i have gone about 4 days now without a cane. It is a miricle and i am afraid it will stop and go back to normal. "keeping fingers crossed".
But, "OW" RA hurts now :( If my doc ever signs those papers i can get Hemira and hopefully get better.
Those probiotics still have some work to do...they won't take away all your pain but they will cut out more of it besides the swelling.
Keep going and I've got my fingers crossed for you too!
Pip
What was your swelling from? And how long did you take the probiotics to help? Anyway i am glad you feel better. We always like improvement.YAY BG!!! I'm so glad you're feeling better.Whenever my body swelled from head to toe, my stomach also was achy, full of pain etc.
I am not sure if i have chrons (probably spelled it wrong) but my family has it on both sides and digestion is a problem.
I have had sooooooooo much trouble with pale or clay color stools my whole life with bowel movements once every 3 days or so. This has been since a child and got worse once the RA set it.
My uterus which was the first tihng that went bad when RA appeared (infection and polyps) has also been bad ever since.
Well, i have been taking the probiotics to try and get rid of my bacterial vaginosis which is caused by immune problems and wanted to fix my stomach cuz i hate being sick allt he time and found the probiotics.
Oddly enough, it still hasn't fixed the BV, but swelling in the stomach and uterus are wayyyyyy down from what they were, i can eat stuff i couldn't before and my odd swelling is gone.
I read that you can get odd edema in the lower portion of you body due to pressure from swollen bowels and uterus. They put pressure on the veins etc. and cause you to swell.
But, my shoulder meat that always swelled has gone down too. I had edema in the face that is no longer there, shoulders, arms, fingers, legs top and bottom, feet etc. and it is all gone.
Every day i am a tiny bit better. But that tiny bit is a ton when weeks go by.
So far i have been on probiotics non-stop for a little over a week and still feel great. Going to see my family doctor tomorrow to talk with him and take a sed rate to see if it went down.
I have also been doing down on prednisone from 10mg and now down to 7.5 (been on it a long while) and so far no change in my body, i haven't gotten worse.
I am supposed to be getting on himura soon, but if i get better, i will not take it.
I am also on antibiotics for almost a month streight, about 4 days off in between cuz of BV. So it might be helping too, i don't know. I just know i got better before the antibiotic when i used the probiotics for a week streight over a month ago. I stopped it cuz i thought it was just a fluke and wasn't really helping. I was wrong. It does help a lot.
My RA does feel better today. It was bad yesterday when it rained but is feeling darn good today, i sat on the couch which is big for me cuz it sits so low.
I just pray it doesn't end.
Alright i understand now. My tummy has problems and my liver and I quit having my periods last flare. I used to get way worse stomache and bowel problems. I have an irritable bowel disease dx from old time ago. My problems are slightly different. I get more at the moment spastic colon and i am flaring and sjorgrens bad at the moment. Raised my pred from 5 mg to 7.5 today helped a little bit. I am going to have to 10 mg at least tomorrow for the spastic colon and dryness everywhere. As I had been down to 5 mg about a month and was faring tolleribly but slightly misereable. I dx myself more toward the autoimmune hepitiis side as i have every symtom for that. The pred was helping my spastic colon but i got a cold and am swelling and boom sjorgrens spastic colon came back hard with the swelling in joints. I have barrets disease and could never take the prilosec and nexium as it would dry me up in the bowel area so bad i would bleed. Anyway i used to swell in the bowel area alot more. I noticed for me that it was better on years i got to busy for my flu shots. Seemed that way as when i got the flu shots i was in swollen colon misery for six months after. And not perfect but not as dibilitating on years i did not. I hear you i am on antibiotics also. Well glad you are feeling better.