RA is like taking a rollercoaster ride – and never getting off! RA is certainly an up/down experience with lots of highs and lows. My comparison works except for one thing: our days don’t fly by in a buzz of adrenalin. We are on a low serotonin, endless ride. That is what makes us difficult …
Having dealt with the ‘enemies’ of your Immune System in the last blog, let’s turn to the positive –the ‘friends’ of your I.S. One of the best outcomes of RA in my life is that it has turned me into a fighter. Passivity is possibly our greatest enemy in life. With RA you simply cannot …
We carry within us the miraculous, God-given ability to defend and protect ourselves. It is called the Immune System. Think of your body as a pharmacy. By supplying it with the right nutrients it has the capacity to make its own medicine NATURALLY. God designed your body to heal itself. The problem arises when the …
About twenty years ago I became serious about trying to regain my health. Whatever money I earned was mostly spent on health books. In those days I did not have access to the internet. In particular I zeroed in on books concerning the Immune System. RA is an autoimmune disease so I figured that I …
What DO you do when the pain won’t go away? When Rheumatoid Arthritis comes it generally comes to stay. My childhood experiences with illness were few and far between and always short-lived: symptoms would appear followed by a visit to the doctor and pharmacist, maybe a few days in bed and before you could blink …
If you have had a diagnosis of RA then you will identify with the doom and gloom that settles over our minds when we hear for the first time the words, “You have Rheumatoid Arthritis”. The word ‘arthritis’ has very negative connotations. Visions of old age, crippled joints and wheelchairs flash before our eyes. It …