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Dear ,

I admire your spirit and will certainly keep you in my prayers.

Please keep us updated on your progress.

Hugs,

Pat

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Message: 23

Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:41:29 EDT

From: mamajudies@...

Subject: Re: I'm going to try this

I Have done a lot of research on diet as well. I will be going to california

the 12 th. of next month to a clinic to do a controlled water fast then will

follow up with a refeeding program. and while im there they will teach me how

and what to cook for people with RA.. Talked to the doctor last week and he

said with RA. the water fast will do in 2 weeks what it takes 1-2 years to do

with diet along . I also ask about juice fasting he said that juicing would work

also but there again will take 1-2 years. IM so sick of hurting and being in

pain 24-7 that I decided to bit the bullet and try it. He said that in most

cases it was not a pleasent experience .and told me what to expect. He also said

that hunger went away in 24-36 hours. If it works I can handle that it cant be

as bad as the pain Im in. the diet is plant based a lot of raw veg. some

steamed no dairy, no gluten, no sugar,no meat after you have everything under

control you can add fish and maybe some chicken in small amounts. but he did

make

it very clear that if you were not going to follow the plan 100% you were

wasting your money and there time. I know its going to be hard Im 64 years old

and

have been junk food junkie all my life but this pain is something else it has

complete taken over my life i can not even walk with out someone helping me

up and holding on I hurt from the bottom of my feet all the way to my jaws if

theres a joint it hurts and stays swallon I can not bend my fingers the pass 3

days my poor husband has had to feed me dress me and hes really bad with the

curling iron bless his heart he trys so hard but a hair dresser hes not and I

have the burns to prove it.So if you guys will keep me in your prayers