Thank you Tim for your feedback and tips. I like all the food items you mentioned, so I am going to add those to my shopping list.

For journalism purposes: laps in the pool today, and it felt pretty good. I can certainly feel the place in my mid-back that hurts, but it is such a low level of pain it is more like an acknowledgement that something is wrong. It is a 1 on a 10 scale.

HLA B27+, ESR 9, CRP <0.10
Moderate AS symptoms - possibly pre-AS
My goal is to stop my progression with the disease before it gets worse
Beginning the NSD 10/12/2014