My husband has been recently showing some improvement on the NSD and I was wondering if this is as much help that the diet can bring or will it be a good idea to try Dragon’s antibiotic protocol?

My husband has been on the NSD since November and with no real benefits until three weeks ago. This was when he also cut out yoghurt (which was the only dairy product he was eating) and has felt quite a bit better since then. He went from spending all day in bed to half the day, as the all over muscle stiffness was reduced. I was then very surprised when his blood test showed an increased ESR (108) and a lower CRP (74) even though he was feeling better.

I really want my husband to give the antibiotic protocol ago, but he is reluctant as he doesn’t think he could handle the pain of being without the Voltaren (as I understand he should stop taking them to see the effects of the fast and to stop further tummy damage). Therefore I would only continue to ‘encourage’ him to give it a try if its worth it. Or does that fact that he has shown improvement before taking antibiotics show that he should just continue as he is going with just NSD?

Interestingly my husband has no fusion but just feet problems, his Rheumy thinks that his high inflammation levels are caused by the inflammation in his feet. He is on a waiting list to have surgery on both his Posterior Tibial Tendons- and the Rheumy thinks that will fix the other pains he is having all over the rest of his body.

Thank you all for your time in supporting us this far, I hope as soon as I have some more time that I will be able to stop being taking and start giving some encouragement back. A

Take care,
Emily