Hi there AudioKiwi, I live in Auckland NZ. I've never taken any biologics (although my Rheumy tries his best to get me on them) so I can't offer anything there. Interesting that you moved to a small town to heal. My long term intention is to move away from the city (maybe 15 years time - currently 41). Some would say the environment you surround yourself in has a part to play. I'm also interested in moving closer to the equator as I have heard interesting things about how that can effect ones health with the longer sunshine hours. I notice in summer my inflammation is less than in low light winter.

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Diagnosed AS year 2000 age 26; First onset of major symptoms came with severe food poisoning leaving me in chronic pain hardly able to walk/sleep/sit - never been the same since; HLA-B27 positive; bouts of iritis; no biologics ever, controlling with NSAID's and diet but trying to get off NSAID's through various "biohacking" experimentations; Live in Auckland, New Zealand