Laurel,
Do you have inflammation markers on your bloodwork? The only reason I ask is because that proves its not all in your head. I know you don't have to have elevated inflammation markers to have AS, I was just wondering if that might help you with your dilemma.
One thing I read that was interesting was if you look at a chart where alot of the lymph nodes are in the body it is where people with fibro feel pain and tenderness. Lymph nodes catch viruses or bad stuff and work on getting rid of it and when your sick your lymph nodes swell sometimes and are tender. I read about a doctor in San Marino, CAlifornia that uses Mucinex becasue it is an expectorant and he had success with his fibro patients.Maybe it gets rid of what is in the lymph nodes and makes for less tenderness and less pain ??
It sounds interesting.
My idea is this: Some of the junk food we eat enters our body and it is so natural and artificial our bidy sees it as foriegn and then goes to attack it and we feel pain. I read this somewhere but some of our food is not what I call food anymore its so far from it. I hope you feel better and get some releif soon, take care.
Diet change has improved my RA. I feel best eating raw veggies and some fruits and avoiding grains, sugars, nightshades, beans and dairy. Sed rate dropped from 65 to 19, but it took over a year. www.fatsickandnearlydead.com excess fat/oils = pain for me recipes for raw food on Youtube "raw food romance" and "healing josephine" Josephine is in remission from RA after two years by change diet/exercise
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