How have we manage the disease all these years? Many have faithfully follow the treatments from the day we diagnose with the disease. We have to reflect the past and assess now the condition (whether the disease is progressing or reversing). Have we found any solution? Do we live in fear, pain, restricted mobility, doubt, no direction being victims of the disease.
Only we can solve this problem, how? You know how on the intake of natural foods i.e. daily diet-to avoid bad foods that cause flare and good foods to build up energy level. Next is to find herbs effective to suppress the disease not allowing to cause pain when flare up. The ability to fight the disease in the body and render the disease ineffective and leave the body as wastes naturally. We need to stay above the disease to control and manage not let the disease manages us.
Is this message a fraud or true? I have done it so either you skip it or consider searching and working for it. Once on the right path, time reveals gradual improvements and benefits and the result tells the story.
I was DX with RA in April of this year. I have been into natural health and alternative medicine for over 25 years. I owned a health food store for years. Until this time in my life I have not taken meds of any kind. There is NO proof of diet controlling RA although I have heard that the Arthritis Diet for OA is helpful. I have read letters from people who tried alternative medicine for RA for years and ended up with tremendous joint and bone distruction in the process! Once we are on the right path.. everyone's path is different with RA. My first response was to try all alternative treatments, which did not help at all, and delayed my course of slowing down the process of RA.You have tried all alternative treatments "only to your knowledge" and have been into natural health and alternative medicine for over 25 years and owned a health food store for years. Yet you have not find a solution then you have to examine and assess "all your treatments".
If the solution is so easy find, there will be no post in this board. There are good books in the libraries written by medical doctors on natural foods treatments. There are ten, hundred if not thousand of herbs written to be effective for arthritis. There are health food supplements etc.. One needs belief, determination, consistency to find from all these sources an effective solution after evaluation and benefit from it. All point to correct natural foods (not health supplements) and appropriate herbs. It does not matter whether you are on alternative medicine or health foods but the right path!
In search of a cure one must have an open mind. Since you believe "there is NO PROOF of diet controlling RA" then you close the chapter of looking into natual foods that help to build up energy level and slow the progress of arthritis.
Definately the approach of treatment is different from yours. I believe in natural foods like selective vegetables and the methods of cooking, fruits, drinks and no no for health food supplements, canned foods etc.. I go to libraries to gether informations about natural foods to treat diseases from authors who have had experiences. Many of these authors are medical doctors and nurses. These authors against the use of drugs only emphasize on taking correct natural foods. I learn from others and evaluate their experiences and put them into use. This learning process help to rejuvenate body health to fight the disease from progressing. Learning and benefiting come in many stages. Good luck in your search of a cure.