My life since discovering LCHF

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I love this.

It is so wonderful to read stories like this.

Such a struggle, sometimes, to know how much to promote low carbing especially with added fat in the mix, because there is so much scepticism - and of course it doesn't work for everyone (nothing does!).

But Diana, your story shows that, like me, this way of eating is incredibly beneficial. I was trying to explain to someone recently what the difference was, and the only way I could describe it was to say 'it's like having a body transplant'.

So pleased for you!

:D:D:D
 
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Thank you @Adelle0607 Please share with your friend. It makes complete sense to me that if one auto-immune disease responds to a change of diet, then the other condition will too. Just wish I'd realised it earlier and made the changes sooner. Thank you for your kind words. I hope your friend finds relief soon too


Hi, I suffer with Polymyalgia and have done so for 6.5 years. Stopped steroids in June due to having major surgery and most reluctant to ever take them again.

Can you tell me how long before you noticed a difference with your RA after eating LCHF? I was diagnosed as prediabetic a month ago and have been following this diet since then.
 

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Hi @Lynn1 Sorry to hear about your condition. I've no experience of steroids although I'm frequently offered them and always refuse.

I'm not exactly sure how long it was before I realised my RA was also improving as I wasn't expecting it to happen. I started LCHF in March and possibly by mid summer I was suddenly aware of walking better and not waking with the usual joint stiffness and pain. Once I realised I was moving freely again, I came off the painkillers, which were the last of my meds to go. Without looking it up, I'm guessing it was about 3 months ago.

The improvement has been maintained and there's been no slipping back, which is why I felt it was safe to post. Just a word of caution - I didn't consult any doctors before doing this, only afterwards, but I have had their approval retrospectively. You might prefer to consult yours first and if you do I hope you won't experience any resistance either.

How are you finding LCHF?
 
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Hi @Lynn1 Sorry to hear about your condition. I've no experience of steroids although I'm frequently offered them and always refuse.

I'm not exactly sure how long it was before I realised my RA was also improving as I wasn't expecting it to happen. I started LCHF in March and possibly by mid summer I was suddenly aware of walking better and not waking with the usual joint stiffness and pain. Once I realised I was moving freely again, I came off the painkillers, which were the last of my meds to go. Without looking it up, I'm guessing it was about 3 months ago.

The improvement has been maintained and there's been no slipping back, which is why I felt it was safe to post. Just a word of caution - I didn't consult any doctors before doing this, only afterwards, but I have had their approval retrospectively. You might prefer to consult yours first and if you do I hope you won't experience any resistance either.

How are you finding LCHF?
Hi @Lynn1 Sorry to hear about your condition. I've no experience of steroids although I'm frequently offered them and always refuse.

I'm not exactly sure how long it was before I realised my RA was also improving as I wasn't expecting it to happen. I started LCHF in March and possibly by mid summer I was suddenly aware of walking better and not waking with the usual joint stiffness and pain. Once I realised I was moving freely again, I came off the painkillers, which were the last of my meds to go. Without looking it up, I'm guessing it was about 3 months ago.

The improvement has been maintained and there's been no slipping back, which is why I felt it was safe to post. Just a word of caution - I didn't consult any doctors before doing this, only afterwards, but I have had their approval retrospectively. You might prefer to consult yours first and if you do I hope you won't experience any resistance either.

How are you finding LCHF?


It was as a result of a blood test for my Polymyalgia that the prediabetes was picked up with a level of 44. I have had a discussion with my GP regarding steroids and, although she was keen for me to start taking them again, I politely declined. I had to come off them in June for knee replacement surgery as my surgeon would not operate whilst I was taking them. I am having the second knee replaced in March, 2015. I believe the steroids have caused more damage than good; only ever masking the underlying problem.
 

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Hi @Lynn1 Sorry to hear about your condition. I've no experience of steroids although I'm frequently offered them and always refuse.

I'm not exactly sure how long it was before I realised my RA was also improving as I wasn't expecting it to happen. I started LCHF in March and possibly by mid summer I was suddenly aware of walking better and not waking with the usual joint stiffness and pain. Once I realised I was moving freely again, I came off the painkillers, which were the last of my meds to go. Without looking it up, I'm guessing it was about 3 months ago.

The improvement has been maintained and there's been no slipping back, which is why I felt it was safe to post. Just a word of caution - I didn't consult any doctors before doing this, only afterwards, but I have had their approval retrospectively. You might prefer to consult yours first and if you do I hope you won't experience any resistance either.

How are you finding LCHF?

Have been LCHF for about three weeks and it is working well. My weight was never really a problem and I am now only 1.5 lbs within my first target of 8 st 12lbs. My problem is being unable to exercise due to my knees, but hopefully that will improve next year after my second surgery.
 
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I love this.

It is so wonderful to read stories like this.

Such a struggle, sometimes, to know how much to promote low carbing especially with added fat in the mix, because there is so much scepticism - and of course it doesn't work for everyone (nothing does!).

But Diana, your story shows that, like me, this way of eating is incredibly beneficial. I was trying to explain to someone recently what the difference was, and the only way I could describe it was to say 'it's like having a body transplant'.

So pleased for you!

:D:D:D

Thank you @Brunneria . Yes, definitely a struggle but also unexpectedly beneficial. A body and mind transplant, I'd say! Thanks for all the encouragement and support
 
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Have been LCHF for about three weeks and it is working well. My weight was never really a problem and I am now only 1.5 lbs within my first target of 8 st 12lbs. My problem is being unable to exercise due to my knees, but hopefully that will improve next year after my second surgery.

I'm glad its working for you too @Lynn1. I found exercise difficult too so had a personal trainer work out a personal exercise plan. I also found swimming helped and took the weight off my joints.

Do let us know how you get on and keep asking questions. You'll find tremendous support here and a wealth of knowledge and experience.
 
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I thought I'd post an update of progress since I discovered this forum earlier in the year and converted to low carbing on the strength of the success stories here.

I was diagnosed with T2 and rheumatoid arthritis within a short space of time and no medical professional ever mentioned a connection between these two autoimmune diseases.

Having always been fit, healthy and with a happy disposition, never having been in hospital (except to give birth three times) or needed medication, and hadn't had a cold or flu in 15 years, my health suddenly deteriorated and was in quite a bad way healthwise at the start of this year. I'd had an operation cancelled which was to realign joints which had become deformed through a rapid deterioration in rheumatoid arthritis. I'd been unable to wear heels for about 2 years because I couldn't bend my toes sufficiently to walk in anything other than flat shoes and was told I'd never be able to wear heels again. So last year, with a heavy heart, I sold my lovely Russell & Bromley heeled shoes, boots and party shoes on ebay.

The operation was cancelled when my blood sugars at the pre-op assessment were considered too high to operate and I was referred to the dietician at the hospital who gave me my first glucose meter and showed me how to test my bloods by finger pricking. At 11am, the dietician recorded them at 13.9. My HbA1c was 85. The dietician also gave me a home monitoring diary, telling me only to test on alternate days.

I was already on Metformin by this time, having been prescribed it in late December 2013 when my HbA1c was 89, (in August the same year had been 97)

This told me that the Metformin alone wasn't having much effect and I was looking for ways to help myself, and return to my healthy state of mind and body, when a chance suggestion from a friend to give up bread, led me to this forum.

After reading about LCHF I converted overnight and within about 3 days my energy levels were returning and the mental fog cleared. I had none of the carb 'flu I was warned about, perhaps because carbs hadn't featured too much in my diet as I've never been fond of pasta or potatoes but bread and home-baking have been weaknesses. I rarely drink alcohol except on special occasions and never more than a single glass of anything, which is only really to be sociable.

While other posters here were recording impressive weight loss and lowered fasting bs readings, these two were slow to respond with me, but daytime readings have averaged between 5-7 with the occasional 4's and a few highs when I've experimented to see what I can tolerate in the way of naughty food and soft drinks but I always drop back to 6-7 within 2 hours of consuming anything bad.

Apart from losing just over a stone in weight, the most noticeable improvement has been in my rheumatoid arthritis. Since commencing LCHF in March this year, I noticed my inflammed joints were reducing in size and were less painful, so I tried giving up my weekly self-administered injections of methotrexate (a high dose of 25mg). I suffered no ill effects so gradually I gave up the other medications which were supposed to complement the Metoject - Salazopyrin, hydroxychloroquine and Folic Acid.

I then noticed I was once again jumping out of bed in the mornings like Tigger, with a return to the energy levels I'd always had before diagnosis, and I wasn't in any pain from my joints. So I began to wean myself off the 8 Co-codamol tablets I'd been prescribed daily.

This wasn't too pleasant and for about 3 nights I didn't sleep well due to an overly alert mind, but I think I got away lightly after reading some horror stories of withdrawal symptoms.

I had already stopped taking 40 mg of Simvastatin after consultation with my DN who agreed to trade off the statins against a higher dose of Metformin. After a 3 month "holiday" from the statins, she has agreed I have no need to go back on them. My last review in September this year showed my HbA1c had dropped from 59 to 51; my cholesterol was slightly up at 5,1; LDL was slightly up at 2.6 but HDL and Trigs were 1.77 and 1.6 respectively.

I consider I now have a grip on my diabetes and my arthritis. I no longer walk with a limp, but with a spring in my step and am a keen Nordic Walker, swimmer and cyclist. A frozen shoulder type pain which I'd had for months and was picked up at an ultrasound scan as an inflamed tendon and shoulder joint has completely healed and I have regained full use and movement of my arm and shoulder, which before I couldn't lift above the shoulder joint, or carry any weight or even a handbag in that hand. Dressing was difficult with only the use of one arm, as was showering and hair-washing

On Monday this week I went to my GP and requested a review of all my medications after confessing I had stopped taking everything on my 2 page prescription except Metformin. He told me never to apologise for giving up medication as it was my body and I was making informed choices. He could see from my blood results that my diabetes was now controlled and he was greatly impressed with my latest HbA1c results.

He explained in some detail why our daily bs readings are not important but went into graphic detail of the hidden damage diabetes does to our organs

Today I went for my 6 month rheumatology appointment, carrying a large shopping bag full of used sharps from earlier in the year, and 5 months worth of unused injection needles filled with the nasty Methotrexate drug.

The nurse practitioner showed me my blood results on the screen and told me there was a marked improvement which meant the increased dose of methotrexate must be working….. Hmmm! She also checked my joints for inflammation and noticed the improvement. She asked me to rate on a 0 - 10 scale my pain. I rated it 1. Previous recordings have been 8-9.

I then confessed to not taking any of my medications since commencing LCHF in March. She looked a bit bemused and said that the methotrexate would stay in my system for 3 months and was probably still working. I mentioned that it was well 8 months since I had taken any, and she agreed, saying well, diet will help you too…..

So I asked her to compare today's results with those in March.

My disease progression score in March last year was "off the scale" according to the nurse - a scale which runs from 2 - 5.00. In March mine was 5.02. Today it is 3.75 and is considered to have dropped to mid-range.

The inflammation of my joints which affected both hands, ankles, one shoulder and both feet have all improved - most are pain free with little or no swelling, except for both my ring fingers, but these are slowly returning to normal.

Yesterday while have a general autumn clear out, I found my favourite pair of heels which I was too attached to, to sell on ebay. Out of curiosity I tried them on. They slipped on easily and more importantly I walked easily in them! I CAN once again walk in heels. Great news since I have my son's wedding in January!

I'm sure the LCHF sceptics out there will find reasons to deny these massive improvements in my health and quality of life are not associated to my lifestyle changes, but the simple fact is that apart from gradually giving up a lot of medication, my food choices are the only changes I have made. There has been no detrimental effect on my health, only improvements.

I wouldn't advocate anyone else should give up medications without professional advice or supervision. I didn't intend to, but I couldn't ignore the improvements in other aspects of my health which I wasn't actually addressing. It was purely accidental. It is only after giving myself 8+ months to test that this was actually happening, that I began returning the unused medications and confessing to the medical professionals involved in my treatment.

I accept that I have 2 serious, aggressive (RA) and progressive diseases but the improvement in my joints, and feeling my mind, body and general health are once again all in sync. This more than compensates for my stubborn fasting blood readings and slow but sure weight loss, and removes any temptation to obsess about numbers on a monitor. The proof for me has been in restoring my health to where it was up until diagnosis almost 10 years ago.

So to any newcomers who may wonder if LCHF works (other eating regimes are available!) or who are becoming despondent by comparing their results with the results of others, don't be despondent. Don't obsess about numbers or weight loss. Always look at the bigger picture - is your quality of sleep better? Has your mental clarity improved and your physical energy returned? Do you have other health conditions which are improving? Is your complexion glowing again?

I can answer yes to all of these and there has been no other change in my life except a dietary one.

I also want to thank everyone who has supported and encouraged me, some on a daily basis, and those who have shared the benefit of their wisdom and experience to explain, motivate and inspire me.

LCHF is now a way of life for me, and something I am totally committed to for life. I could never have imagined that a simple change of food choices and exercise could have such monumental effect on my overall health.

A huge thank you to all

Well done, you have clearly worked hard to improve your health and wellbeing. As I have said in other posts, since starting lchf I have also felt a vast improvement in my health. My sleep pattern has improved, my mood has improved, and I now wake up with no headaches, fogginess, aches or pains or lethargy. I feel better now than I have done in the last 8 years, and although I am now on insulin, I have been able to come off a lot of other medication.
Congratulations, and here's to a continued improvement in your health!
 
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Thank you @Adelle0607 Please share with your friend. It makes complete sense to me that if one auto-immune disease responds to a change of diet, then the other condition will too. Just wish I'd realised it earlier and made the changes sooner. Thank you for your kind words. I hope your friend finds relief soon too

Great Diana.. I guess you have a gluten sensitivity.. look out for unknown places it can be.. like makeup, creams, shampoo's etc..
I started on LCHF3 months ago and also lost 12 kilo's, feel more energetic aswell.. but i had a broken foot so could not do much so it was all due to the change in diet...My bs has gone down some but its still pretty high in the morning.. So am looking for a way how to get it down.. but all in all am really pleased with the reduction of some meds and not getting another problem...
Really glad for you Tisha
 
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Brilliant story Diana, well done :)
 
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Great Diana.. I guess you have a gluten sensitivity.. look out for unknown places it can be.. like makeup, creams, shampoo's etc..
I started on LCHF3 months ago and also lost 12 kilo's, feel more energetic aswell.. but i had a broken foot so could not do much so it was all due to the change in diet...My bs has gone down some but its still pretty high in the morning.. So am looking for a way how to get it down.. but all in all am really pleased with the reduction of some meds and not getting another problem...
Really glad for you Tisha

Thank you @sweetisha Well done on your weight loss too. I've been trying since March to get my fasting levels down and only this week have they started to show signs of consistently dropping to the 6's. I was warned it would take a while, but didn't expect it to take as long as 8 months!

Hang in there - it will happen - and there are lots of tips on this site. Keep up the good work and keep us updated and inspired with your progress
 
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Brilliant story Diana, well done :)

Thank you Rod and also for being amongst those members there from the beginning to support and encourage me in my quest, keeping me inspired and on the straight and narrow :)
 
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I thought I'd post an update of progress since I discovered this forum earlier in the year and converted to low carbing on the strength of the success stories here.

I was diagnosed with T2 and rheumatoid arthritis within a short space of time and no medical professional ever mentioned a connection between these two autoimmune diseases.

Having always been fit, healthy and with a happy disposition, never having been in hospital (except to give birth three times) or needed medication, and hadn't had a cold or flu in 15 years, my health suddenly deteriorated and was in quite a bad way healthwise at the start of this year. I'd had an operation cancelled which was to realign joints which had become deformed through a rapid deterioration in rheumatoid arthritis. I'd been unable to wear heels for about 2 years because I couldn't bend my toes sufficiently to walk in anything other than flat shoes and was told I'd never be able to wear heels again. So last year, with a heavy heart, I sold my lovely Russell & Bromley heeled shoes, boots and party shoes on ebay.

The operation was cancelled when my blood sugars at the pre-op assessment were considered too high to operate and I was referred to the dietician at the hospital who gave me my first glucose meter and showed me how to test my bloods by finger pricking. At 11am, the dietician recorded them at 13.9. My HbA1c was 85. The dietician also gave me a home monitoring diary, telling me only to test on alternate days.

I was already on Metformin by this time, having been prescribed it in late December 2013 when my HbA1c was 89, (in August the same year had been 97)

This told me that the Metformin alone wasn't having much effect and I was looking for ways to help myself, and return to my healthy state of mind and body, when a chance suggestion from a friend to give up bread, led me to this forum.

After reading about LCHF I converted overnight and within about 3 days my energy levels were returning and the mental fog cleared. I had none of the carb 'flu I was warned about, perhaps because carbs hadn't featured too much in my diet as I've never been fond of pasta or potatoes but bread and home-baking have been weaknesses. I rarely drink alcohol except on special occasions and never more than a single glass of anything, which is only really to be sociable.

While other posters here were recording impressive weight loss and lowered fasting bs readings, these two were slow to respond with me, but daytime readings have averaged between 5-7 with the occasional 4's and a few highs when I've experimented to see what I can tolerate in the way of naughty food and soft drinks but I always drop back to 6-7 within 2 hours of consuming anything bad.

Apart from losing just over a stone in weight, the most noticeable improvement has been in my rheumatoid arthritis. Since commencing LCHF in March this year, I noticed my inflammed joints were reducing in size and were less painful, so I tried giving up my weekly self-administered injections of methotrexate (a high dose of 25mg). I suffered no ill effects so gradually I gave up the other medications which were supposed to complement the Metoject - Salazopyrin, hydroxychloroquine and Folic Acid.

I then noticed I was once again jumping out of bed in the mornings like Tigger, with a return to the energy levels I'd always had before diagnosis, and I wasn't in any pain from my joints. So I began to wean myself off the 8 Co-codamol tablets I'd been prescribed daily.

This wasn't too pleasant and for about 3 nights I didn't sleep well due to an overly alert mind, but I think I got away lightly after reading some horror stories of withdrawal symptoms.

I had already stopped taking 40 mg of Simvastatin after consultation with my DN who agreed to trade off the statins against a higher dose of Metformin. After a 3 month "holiday" from the statins, she has agreed I have no need to go back on them. My last review in September this year showed my HbA1c had dropped from 59 to 51; my cholesterol was slightly up at 5,1; LDL was slightly up at 2.6 but HDL and Trigs were 1.77 and 1.6 respectively.

I consider I now have a grip on my diabetes and my arthritis. I no longer walk with a limp, but with a spring in my step and am a keen Nordic Walker, swimmer and cyclist. A frozen shoulder type pain which I'd had for months and was picked up at an ultrasound scan as an inflamed tendon and shoulder joint has completely healed and I have regained full use and movement of my arm and shoulder, which before I couldn't lift above the shoulder joint, or carry any weight or even a handbag in that hand. Dressing was difficult with only the use of one arm, as was showering and hair-washing

On Monday this week I went to my GP and requested a review of all my medications after confessing I had stopped taking everything on my 2 page prescription except Metformin. He told me never to apologise for giving up medication as it was my body and I was making informed choices. He could see from my blood results that my diabetes was now controlled and he was greatly impressed with my latest HbA1c results.

He explained in some detail why our daily bs readings are not important but went into graphic detail of the hidden damage diabetes does to our organs

Today I went for my 6 month rheumatology appointment, carrying a large shopping bag full of used sharps from earlier in the year, and 5 months worth of unused injection needles filled with the nasty Methotrexate drug.

The nurse practitioner showed me my blood results on the screen and told me there was a marked improvement which meant the increased dose of methotrexate must be working….. Hmmm! She also checked my joints for inflammation and noticed the improvement. She asked me to rate on a 0 - 10 scale my pain. I rated it 1. Previous recordings have been 8-9.

I then confessed to not taking any of my medications since commencing LCHF in March. She looked a bit bemused and said that the methotrexate would stay in my system for 3 months and was probably still working. I mentioned that it was well 8 months since I had taken any, and she agreed, saying well, diet will help you too…..

So I asked her to compare today's results with those in March.

My disease progression score in March last year was "off the scale" according to the nurse - a scale which runs from 2 - 5.00. In March mine was 5.02. Today it is 3.75 and is considered to have dropped to mid-range.

The inflammation of my joints which affected both hands, ankles, one shoulder and both feet have all improved - most are pain free with little or no swelling, except for both my ring fingers, but these are slowly returning to normal.

Yesterday while have a general autumn clear out, I found my favourite pair of heels which I was too attached to, to sell on ebay. Out of curiosity I tried them on. They slipped on easily and more importantly I walked easily in them! I CAN once again walk in heels. Great news since I have my son's wedding in January!

I'm sure the LCHF sceptics out there will find reasons to deny these massive improvements in my health and quality of life are not associated to my lifestyle changes, but the simple fact is that apart from gradually giving up a lot of medication, my food choices are the only changes I have made. There has been no detrimental effect on my health, only improvements.

I wouldn't advocate anyone else should give up medications without professional advice or supervision. I didn't intend to, but I couldn't ignore the improvements in other aspects of my health which I wasn't actually addressing. It was purely accidental. It is only after giving myself 8+ months to test that this was actually happening, that I began returning the unused medications and confessing to the medical professionals involved in my treatment.

I accept that I have 2 serious, aggressive (RA) and progressive diseases but the improvement in my joints, and feeling my mind, body and general health are once again all in sync. This more than compensates for my stubborn fasting blood readings and slow but sure weight loss, and removes any temptation to obsess about numbers on a monitor. The proof for me has been in restoring my health to where it was up until diagnosis almost 10 years ago.

So to any newcomers who may wonder if LCHF works (other eating regimes are available!) or who are becoming despondent by comparing their results with the results of others, don't be despondent. Don't obsess about numbers or weight loss. Always look at the bigger picture - is your quality of sleep better? Has your mental clarity improved and your physical energy returned? Do you have other health conditions which are improving? Is your complexion glowing again?

I can answer yes to all of these and there has been no other change in my life except a dietary one.

I also want to thank everyone who has supported and encouraged me, some on a daily basis, and those who have shared the benefit of their wisdom and experience to explain, motivate and inspire me.

LCHF is now a way of life for me, and something I am totally committed to for life. I could never have imagined that a simple change of food choices and exercise could have such monumental effect on my overall health.

A huge thank you to all
 

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Wow that was interesting. I also have arthritis and I have to say it has improved since I have been eating with T2 in mind and vegetables seem to help a lot. My inflammation is not as bad as it was as this time last year when the T2 had not been diagnosed. I will try non-starchy vegetable soup for a week for my evening meal and see if that helps my BS reading this week and hope it keeps the aches and pains away now the weather has take a turn for the worse.
 

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Another little update to report on my progress and commitment to LCHF. Last week I had my half yearly check up with the rheumatologist.

I was asked how long it now was since I came off all my RA drugs and relied on diet alone, and I replied that I had been drug free for over a year.

The report to my GP which I was copied into says:

She feels very well with only occasional flares. Her feet are good and no pain or morning stiffness reported.

Disease activity score 2.21. This is within the agreed target of low/disease activity/remission

Plan: She prefers to maintain the lifestyle changes to manage her arthritis rather than medication.

Next review 12 months.


I'm chuffed to bits with this, especially the decrease in my disease activity score, which when on nasty meds was noted to be "off the scale". Go figure! Also to have my check ups reduced to annually instead of 6 months.

In simple terms, my nutritionist friend says my joints are simply now receiving the right amount of healthy fat to keep them lubricated.
 
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Another little update to report on my progress and commitment to LCHF. Last week I had my half yearly check up with the rheumatologist.

I was asked how long it now was since I came off all my RA drugs and relied on diet alone, and I replied that I had been drug free for over a year.

The report to my GP which I was copied into says:

She feels very well with only occasional flares. Her feet are good and no pain or morning stiffness reported.

Disease activity score 2.21. This is within the agreed target of low/disease activity/remission

Plan: She prefers to maintain the lifestyle changes to manage her arthritis rather than medication.

Next review 12 months.


I'm chuffed to bits with this, especially the decrease in my disease activity score, which when on nasty meds was noted to be "off the scale". Go figure! Also to have my check ups reduced to annually instead of 6 months.

In simple terms, my nutritionist friend says my joints are simply now receiving the right amount of healthy fat to keep them lubricated.
Go Posh Totty! Well done you! Fantastic results! Xxx
 
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What an inspiring story. I missed it first time around (I'd not been diagnosed when it was first posted) and it's just a real tonic to hear of your success.

Well done, and thanks @poshtotty .