If the flare isn't too terrible, I ride it out:

get plenty of sleep, eat right, drink lots of tea especially green and oolong, take extra vitamin C, walk if I can, ice whatever needs icing.

If the flare is bad though, the only thing I've found that really helps my bad flares is methylprednisone. Even the Humira is no match for my bad flares.

I do think though if someday I am able to do a "fecal transplant" in pill form, that maybe I can lick this thing.


sue

Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)