By: namairb2

namairb2 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:26:47 +0000

I guess you can say fate brought the two of us here. If you fast forward the age to 55 this month with the exception of being a vegetarian then we’re almost the same. There are a few other things, but to go on. I was diagnosed ate about your age when my doctor did blood work and for some reason did a rheumatoid titer. I was very surprised since no one else in the family had it. It was the same doctor that had me go to get checked for pernicious anemia, a disease where your body lacks vitamin B12 that helps your body digest the vitamins and proteins out of the food we eat for our body to function. I also take ferrous sulfate for anemia.2x a day. You are going to need to take an actual vitamin c supplement. Milk isn’t enough. Now for your questions the best I can from experience. Good news is there isn’t anything to keep you from running or conceiving, but I am going to advise you that once you’re pregnant to pump up the protein and watch the iron. Your baby will be taking everything from you so the healthier you are, the healthier your baby will be. You need to be fully devoted to depriving yourself of some things you may not ordinarily do, or the opposite. I’m in the USA but you could stand to lose about 40 pounds ( I think 1 stone =12 pounds). There isn’t any reason to stop running or any other routine things you want as long as the doctor okays it once you are preggers. You can and do go into remission, sometimes for years so look forward to that. Could never figure out what caused it but stop stressing, and keeping as stress free as possible does wonders for all the health issues. I haven’t had to take steroids for the RA yet so I’m praying I won’t have to for awhile. I know I’m out of remission right now, but I’ll live. Because I had some accidents ( broken bones and back etc) in my life I do go to pain management. I don’t know if you have doctors that specialize only in pain and anesthesia there but we do here. So he keeps me pretty pain free. As far as foods to avoid or eat, that is really up to you and how you feel. On the last note you’re exactly right about the medications used. I do remember having some gold shots in my back maybe 30 years ago, but that was going out of use back then. I really hope this helps and you can email me at the avatar name I use on yahoo at yahoo.com if you have any other questions you think I can help you with. Good luck and God Bless

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