Prayer Request For Niece

There are some Dr's who believe that RA is caused by an infection, Proteus mirabilis or mycoplasma.

Please show the following link about Proteus mirabilis infection to your niece's family...and also the other links have some very good info.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23992372

Great info from Dr Mercola about treatment with antibiotics:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/16/rheumatoid-arthritis-protocol.aspx

Gluten can also play a big role. There are lots of good articles here: http://www.naturalnews.com/GoogleSe...rl=www.naturalnews.com/&ref=&ss=1662j360152j9

I wonder if she would benefit from curcumin more than a pharmaceutical drug... Doctors really don't know about supplements, herbs, etc.

Thanks for the update, Patti.

I will continue prayers for your niece.

Thanks Nanie.

Last week my sister wrote:

"Her goal is to get on the same anti-inflammatory natural regimen as her dad, brother, and sister have been on. No gluten, no dairy, no eggs, no nightshade vegetables (tomatoes, potatoes, hot peppers, eggplant), and anti-inflammatory natural herbal stuff. Hub has started on something called Zyflamend. He has a book about auto-immune stuff."

The Zyflamend has tumeric in it. Niece will be trying it too. Along with the other anti-inflammatory supplements her dad takes.

Interesting about the urinary infection causing arthritis symptoms.

I'll pass your post along to my sis, thanks.

Patti

Good to hear that she is planning natural treatments and clean eating.

The info from Dr Mercola is definitely worth looking into too...except it may be hard to find a mainstream Dr who would admit that an infection could cause RA.

Hi Nanie.

I just read the Dr. Mercola link a bit ago, very good.

Yes, so hard to find a doc who's knowledgeable and astute and caring and willing to take the time to try the newer state-of-the-art treatments.

Look how long it took for mainstream docs to believe that ulcers were caused by h-pylori and treat it with antibiotics.

Another example - the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation is saying it may be caused by an infectious agent. Glad they're getting on to that.

I thank God for the astute researchers who work tirelessly to find the causes and treatments of illnesses. Amen.

I truly believe that 'stealth infections' are behind many ailments - they slip under the radar of mainstream testing. Or are opportunistic then make you even sicker. I first learned of stealth infections here on PH.

I swear by high-dose garlic capsules - which are a powerful antibiotic and antifungal. Has saved me and hubby many times when nothing else would work.

Patti

Good news. So far so good.

Here's the update Sis gave me today Friday:


"She went back to work Thursday and Friday. She was very happy after her first day. Said her work was caught up for her so she didn't face a mountain of paperwork. They told her to take it easy and ease herself back into things and were very supportive of her. Only thing she was disappointed about was one of her clients that she had been working with for months left the program. It's always disappointing when they relapse. Someone has picked up her Saturday group for now so she didn't have to go in today. "

And an update today Saturday:

"She said it took more out of her than she realized going back to work those two days. Is glad she dropped college."


Praying for that one long-acting anti-inflammatory med she's on to work real well as they slowly wean her off the Prednisone in the coming month.

She has started her special diet too.

Thanks for the prayers and support. We sure do appreciate it.

Thank You Jesus soooooo much!!!

Patti

Update. This after her first day back to work after a four day break from work - she works four days a week while she went to college. From Sis's email:

"She gets up at 3 a.m. to take her Prednisone so it kicks in so she can leave for work at 7:30. Pain gets worse as Pred wears off but is able to make it through her day. Still hobbling. She said it is surreal that she is in such severe pain, like she's in a time warp and has gone to old age. Trying a new supplement - curcumin, in addition to the zyflamend and tart cherry juice and 2 arthritis meds, pred, MSM, aleve, tylenol etc. (Husband) goes for massotherapy - she said the MSM can take a year to rejuvenate all the cells in your body. Thanks for continued prayers."

Patti

Thanks for the updates.

Prayers continue!

Update on niece from Sis:

"On days when it's cold or rainy her knees hurt but she is going to work. Going to start up school again in January. Saw arthritis doc. Keeping her on 2 arthritis meds and prednisone. She told him about her diet and supplements. He didn't pooh-pooh that approach. So she is doing much better than when this whole thing started.
Thanks for prayers."

Thanks everyone for the prayers and support!

Thank You Lord Jesus!

Patti

good to hear update on niece

god bless her and let hervget completely well

Thanks, Springwater.

Your brother and his wife and all your family have been in my prayers all along. I always read the Porch and see your updates.

Patti