**Update on diet changes & RA

*Update* I am having huge successes in alleviating my symptoms from changing my diet!! Please if you are visiting and have RA...try this. Or contact me... I am not only a mission to fix myself but to help others!

Monday, December 6, 2010

So long prednisone!

Good news.  I've officially (and successfully) weaned off of prednisone!  It took a little while but I'm finally done.  I had been on it for 2 yrs.  I went from 20mg, down to 10mg, down to 5mg, then down to 2.5mg.  It is a hard drug to get off of... I had a few days where I felt pretty drained.  But now, I can officially say that I take zero prescription meds and am feeling better than I did when I was on all of them! 

I've also got some other good news...I've heard from a few other RA bloggers out there that they have tried the elimination diet and it's been successful for them too!!  That makes me happy!  I hope more people give it a shot. 

Have a wonderful day all.

3 comments:

  1. Wow Jen! That is awesome news. I hope everything keeps just getting better.

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  2. CONGRATS! That's fantastic news!
    I started an elimination diet, but it wasn't going well. I couldn't decide on a safe food. I'm seeing a acupuncturist & she was saying grains are not good for my health issues. I originally had chosen brown rice & broccoli as my safe food. So I'm at a loss. And I'm not sure if I have the will power to do this over the holidays! I've cut out gluten, dairy & sugar already. Sticking to that over the holidays will be tricky enough. But you are still (as ever!) an inspiration! Thanks for the update!

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  3. Thanks Kat!!! I'm going to try that fudge recipe this week!

    @ Zoey: Thanks for the message! I'm sure you can and will do it when you're good and ready! Believe it or not, there are a lot of foods out there that are tasty that happen to be gluten/dairy/refined sugar free. Email me if you want more info- I can help you get some ideas! jen_mcconnery@yahoo.ca

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