Category: 2024 and Onward Blog

  • Can You Change Your Antibodies?

    Lori

    I would argue that you can. Doctors often run antibody tests to diagnose you with rheumatoid arthritis, then never run them again. I had these tests done as part of a study I was in. The hS-CRP is a test of inflammation, but I believe the rest are all antibody tests. For reference, I had… Read more

  • Week 1

    Lori

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    Week 1 – Is There Something about my Wrists? My mother passed away from breast cancer at the age of 62.  She did not have RA, but her grandmother did.  I suspect I got a lot of my genetic risk from my mom’s side.  Something I noted about my mom in her 11 year breast… Read more

  • Day 5

    Lori

    My Love/Hate Relationship with Ibuprofen If you have RA, you likely take quite a bit of ibuprofen like I do.  It does temporarily make me feel better, but there are a lot of things I don’t like about it. Let me tell you a little story. In 2012, when I was doing well with Paleo… Read more

  • Day 4

    Lori

    Possible Improvement Already? Oh, and T3 It’s day 4, and the eating part of this has been way easier than the first time.  I think this is because I don’t have the sugar addiction I had before.  One of the problems I’m having is that I have a case of the lazies with cooking.  I… Read more

  • Day 1

    Lori

    Day 1 wasn’t nearly as challenging this time as it was in 2012.  You can find that story at the bottom of this page.   I did my normal morning routine, which generally consists of waking around 5:30 AM, taking a trip to the bathroom, then crawling back in bed to do the Wordle and Spelling… Read more

  • Twas the Night Before the Paleo Restart

    Lori

    Getting a new website going has been quite a hassle. I used to have WordPress, but this newer version is not user friendly and has severely frustrated me.  Please forgive me for not having the site fully customized yet. And the date is October 12, not 2nd. Still, here I am, ready to start again.… Read more