I've just returned from a visit to my son's new rheumy. He's been 7 weeks on a low starch diet. She examined him and found no evidence of arthritis. Watching him during the exam, he certainly wasn't flinching when his feet were examined in the way he was last time, but he also denied that there had been anything much wrong anyway, so his answers to her questions were different from those given to the first rheumy. He's had a hard time dealing with all this and his way of coping has been to deny everything and blame mum for making a fuss. We're still awaiting the result of the HLA-B27 blood test.
So that's left me with 2 possible scenarios. Either he was wrongly diagnosed in the first place or the diet has worked really well. (I should find out in the near future as she told him that the diet wouldn't make any difference. Being a teenager, he immediately asked her if he could eat potatoes again and promptly ate toast as soon as he got back.) Personally, I'm convinced that the diet has really helped.
Either way, I can't thank everyone involved in this forum enough. He may be lucky and not have arthritis, but if he does the LSD works really well for him, so we know exactly what to do to keep things under control.
Thanks so much to you all for the time you put in to this forum and for the hope you give to those newly diagnosed!
