Guest guest Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Hi! mY name is and I live in Wa. state. I am 55 yrs young and am married. Hubby and I have a seven yr old son with shaken baby syndrome and autistic symptoms and we have a 2 yr old daughter. Both kids are hubbys bio grands. I do have diabetes and am getting better. A few months ago, I felt srthritis in my hands and hand. When it would hurt, I would take 2 or 3 flaxseed oil capsules and the pain would go away. Then the pain got worse and I needed to take naproxis. We were going on a cruise early Sept., so I packed the flaxseed and naproxin with me. On the cruise, I rarely drank coffee and ate mostly fish, veggies and fruit. I kept taking the flaxseed and after the cruise realized I didn't have pain during the cruise. I wondered if the foods I ate had something to do with it. When we got home, I got slack with the flaxseed and I began noticing pain. The pain got much worse and I went to dr. He did an RA FACTOR and SED RATE. RA FACTOR was 26 (normal) and SED RASTE was 61 (high). He called and said I had RA. I went into action immediately and started back on flaxseed...2 in aM & 2 in pM. I added fish oil capsules at 6 per day and also take other vitamins. I cut way back on coffee, cut out red meats and am now eating low fat and doing regular exercise. The swelling is gone. My fingers are limber with no pain. I am left to wonder about the effects of both fish oil and the flaxseed. I decided to not take the prescrip at this time for prednisone and will wait a couple of months before seeing an arthritis doctor. I will have the test repeated before then. I guess that is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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