Tell me about life with Rheumatoid Arthritis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I have reversed my osteoarthritis with the elimination of sugar and dairy, and greatly reducing gluten. I also do frequent effective exercises recommended by my physical therapist. I wasn’t onboard with the recommended drugs and surgeries.

It’s taken a few months, but I succeeded.

what are examples of what you do eat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I have reversed my osteoarthritis with the elimination of sugar and dairy, and greatly reducing gluten. I also do frequent effective exercises recommended by my physical therapist. I wasn’t onboard with the recommended drugs and surgeries.

It’s taken a few months, but I succeeded.

Learn to read dumb dumb. Osteoarthritis and RA are not equal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - Thank you so much for the responses! Some of the answers are very sad but it’s helpful to know why the drugs are so important.

To the PP who has a different autoimmune arthritis, what is it? Is there treatment that helps you?

It's basically crohn's arthritis-there's a more formal term for it. Mine was in my hands and shoulders but then has been in remission. I'm fortunate in that mine is considered non degenerative. Mine seemed to just go away on it's own -- however, the drug treatments have many overlaps with those for ra

Enteropathic spondyloarthritis