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Call For Remissioners !!

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Hala_Ahmed
Hala_Ahmed

Hi all,

I have been on MTX and plaquenil for three months. Stiffness and swelling is parially under control. There's a bit of improvment in general. However, I'm never pain free especially in the morning. My hands are still aching in the mroning and so do my heels. I was pain free for just two days and I had no idea why. Anyway, my two doctors say I'm in remission !!!

Could anyone here who is in remission define what remission is, how you feel, how your doctors decided you're in remission, how long it took you to get into remission after you started treatement and have you stopped drugs??

Thanks,

Hala

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  • chrissie72261
    chrissie72261 Hala_Ahmed

    Posted

    if your in remission ESR and CRP as got to be incative if its active  then you arent i was told i hope for all of you that if you have remission great  hope it continues im afraid i dont 
  • slm222
    slm222 Hala_Ahmed

    Posted

    Hi Hala,

    I would think we are our own best judges as to if we're in remission or not. The numbers on our charts for RA (AP and CCP panels) don't mean much. There are people who have 'normal' panels and are still in pain, so how can they be in remission or dismissed as non RA? If you're not having ANY pain for several months, I'd say you're probably in 'remission' but I say the word lightly. RA does not have a cure and comes and goes as it pleases; at least that's pretty much been what I've read and what I've experienced. I was diagnosed last summer after a year and a half of pain. I've never had a day since then without some type of pain, fatigue, and/or swelling and stiffness. Once that ALL goes away for a long period of time, I'll say I'm in 'remission'. smile

  • danny16391
    danny16391 Hala_Ahmed

    Posted

    Remission or not,if you have RA you will have it all your life,and you will be taking meds/drugs all your life.
  • chrissie72261
    chrissie72261 Hala_Ahmed

    Posted

    hala you get good periods and you get bad period the disease is for life its not a disease just disappears just lays low then come back ive had arthritis since I was 7grew out of it thought at 18 but came 40 its ten times worst know than then damage to joint unrepairable had surgeried helped but pain still there
  • john816
    john816 Hala_Ahmed

    Posted

    According to my Rhumey, remission means that you are generally feeling well with less pain for consecutively 2 months. Besides, inflammation indexs should be within standard level
    • Light
      Light john816

      Posted

      That sounds about right to me.
  • jay89283
    jay89283 Hala_Ahmed

    Posted

    Hi. I got palindromic rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 23 And it directly affects larger joints like shoulder knee hip jaw etc. I could not sleep i could not chew food i could not comb.. i could not type. life was worse. I was on medication With no relief but now i m cured 30 years old with no symptoms since 4 years... how did this happen.. i m not sure but i want to share with you.. i think drinking lots and lots of water helps you ease symptoms of RA. i would suggest you all to try this... and let me know if it worked for you. As soon as you feel pain drink lots and lots of water... if it still pains then you did not drink enough.. so drink more. I want to know if this therapy helps anyone of you.
    • slm222
      slm222 jay89283

      Posted

      I drink about 2 quarts of water with lemon in it per day. I do it more for the toxicity of the meds and to help the liver, but it has never reduced my pain or inflammation.
    • jay89283
      jay89283 slm222

      Posted

      Ok so may be i was lucky . I also tried fasting eating food only once a day and remaining time eating raw fruits if i feel hungry. May be that helped me.
    • jay89283
      jay89283 slm222

      Posted

      Can you try to take pain killers till your pain is reduced along with drinking 3L of water... then stop pain killers and continue drinking water and tell me if it helped.. also try fasting for once a week at least.
    • danny16391
      danny16391 jay89283

      Posted

      If it doesn't help your RA,it will help your  kidneys and liver.
    • jay89283
      jay89283 danny16391

      Posted

      Fasting and drinking lots of water helped me.. so it can help someone else also.. i am sure.. have you tried it? I would suggest you to try.. as i want all to be cured of this hell.
    • Hala_Ahmed
      Hala_Ahmed jay89283

      Posted

      you're saying that you got cured from RA by drinking a lot of water !!!!
    • danny16391
      danny16391 jay89283

      Posted

      the site,mentions that your type of illness can burn itself out.I'm afraid that there is no cure for RA.
    • jay89283
      jay89283 Hala_Ahmed

      Posted

      Yes thats what i think cured it as i m in remission since 4 years. The only change i did in my life was to fast at least once a week or more eat lots of fruits in fast but food only once but fruits are allowed as much as you want. And whether you fast or not u have to drink lots of water..i have done only this change in my lifestyle and i cannot think of any other reason that cured it. So i want others to try it.
    • jay89283
      jay89283 Hala_Ahmed

      Posted

      Yes thats what i think cured it as i m in remission since 4 years. The only change i did in my life was to fast at least once a week or more eat lots of fruits in fast but food only once but fruits are allowed as much as you want. And whether you fast or not u have to drink lots of water..i have done only this change in my lifestyle and i cannot think of any other reason that cured it. So i want others to try it.
    • jay89283
      jay89283 danny16391

      Posted

      Any type of disease can be cured if you try. Follow your heart.
    • chrissie72261
      chrissie72261 jay89283

      Posted

      Well jay I eat lots fruits and drunk plenty of water and mine worst oily fish surpised to be good but I have a lot of health problem so I hope it carries on remission have you been tested esr rap  I just need something to boost my immune system
    • danny16391
      danny16391 jay89283

      Posted

      Perhaps it was one of the chemicals that are added to the drinking water,so why not find out the various chemicals and try them one at a time,and also try the chemicals that are sprayed over the fruit and into the ground,and dont forget the chemicals that that are injected into the fruit?
    • slm222
      slm222 jay89283

      Posted

      I take pain killers and anti inflammatories every day without much success in pain reduction. I also usually only eat one real meal a day and I do eat a lot of fruit and I drink large amounts of water. Nothing has changed how I feel. Especially the fatigue.
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