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An odd thread title to some of the newer forum members (sorry y'all are here) but I've not eaten any potato or tomato or red/green pepper in two and one half years in order to control swelling and pain from RA. After being on Humira 4+ months, thought it was time to see how well the biologic was working.
Prior to Humira if I consumed the least bit of tomato within two hours my hands would swell and hurt, at least one major joint would lock up for two to three days until the tomato cleared my system. Sometimes if I could smell Pizza Hut my body began reacting negatively. Lunch, 11/2/15, went to a local Italian restaurant where all sauces and everything is home made, greeted with "Hey stranger, where you been?" Ordered and consumed a seven inch pizza (onion the only topping other than cheese) and a side order of spaghetti. I don't know how much marinara was involved but it was not a small amount. I finished at 12:45. At 4:00, my neck had some popcorn in it and the third finger on my right hand was stiffer than usual. That was it, period, end of story. Now I was rather lethargic early in the afternoon, guessing that was my liver processing the food I'd not eaten in so long.
Point being that Humira and 3 MTX in combination does seem to be altering my body. The fact that there was still some reaction tells me that I am not in remission but this is manageable. No, I'm not going to push it anymore this week. Next week, maybe, depends on my level of bravery. You newbies hang in there, work at it, be your own advocate.
Prior to Humira if I consumed the least bit of tomato within two hours my hands would swell and hurt, at least one major joint would lock up for two to three days until the tomato cleared my system. Sometimes if I could smell Pizza Hut my body began reacting negatively. Lunch, 11/2/15, went to a local Italian restaurant where all sauces and everything is home made, greeted with "Hey stranger, where you been?" Ordered and consumed a seven inch pizza (onion the only topping other than cheese) and a side order of spaghetti. I don't know how much marinara was involved but it was not a small amount. I finished at 12:45. At 4:00, my neck had some popcorn in it and the third finger on my right hand was stiffer than usual. That was it, period, end of story. Now I was rather lethargic early in the afternoon, guessing that was my liver processing the food I'd not eaten in so long.
Point being that Humira and 3 MTX in combination does seem to be altering my body. The fact that there was still some reaction tells me that I am not in remission but this is manageable. No, I'm not going to push it anymore this week. Next week, maybe, depends on my level of bravery. You newbies hang in there, work at it, be your own advocate.
i'm like living my food dreams through you nightshades
depot
Still putting to the test huh? You don't know if you don't try.
Really hope you enjoyed it.
Lord I'd miss those tomatoes.
Gotta say I usually just shake my head over posts that go a little to far...but this for some reason....perhaps the wording......
You know I promise to be nice....bothers me.
We do not walk in each other's shoes, know what's going on in another's life.. What battles may exist...how much hurt one may have just endured...
Words used to lecture in such a way cannot help another but instead hurt or anger.
It's not what you say it's how you say it.
I struggle beating myself over this filthy habit. Proud when I manage to hit my goal, angry when I'm pulled back..
Yet I can tell you posts like that sure don't help.
I do not know of one person who's proud of this habit. Those who wage that battle know just how hard it can be.
Perhaps thinking you don't possess a habit that can harm another. Yet your words bordered on humiliating & well mean...so in a whole different way you did just that... Hurt another.
life is hard enough. Smoker or not the fact this person willingly helps others should say something. No I don't think your any smarter. Perhaps you've never been tested in such a way..that has nothing to do with how smart one may be. Really I could care less, I do care about compassion & understanding... Empathy...
Judgement has no place where the goal is to support.
Ok done dumping.
NNS, think I'll make spaghetti
Hope not to harsh here.
Sammy
If you are hanging around RA sites when you don't have RA and being nasty to others who are doing what they have to do to make it through - well, THAT is a filthy habit.
Also weren't all the herbs and veggies and everything else we have so abundantly - weren't they all created by the Master, and didn't He say that it was Good? so how and when did everything become filthy when we use what we are given? And on whose authority did it become filthy or dirty? Where did that thinking come from?
My doctor kindly told me once - "Don't be so afraid of dying that you forget to live!!!" Life is for living and we have every right to enjoy the gifts given to us from above. If you don't like something - don't eat or use it. So when you stand before the King - don't you be telling Him that you didn't have this or that because He gave it to you abundantly and you let someone talk you out of it, and that's too bad. and it happens way too much in this world.
NEWSFLASH - Nobody gets out alive, even if you never smoke or eat tomatoes or fast food or if you never go out in the sun or drink a soda.
Let's just enjoy what we still can while we are here, and then be kind to each other in the process. No one should be hurt by sharing with others.
This post really upset me. Nightshades I understand you and I find no fault in you.
Have a good day everybody
Nightshades, keep up the experiment and get the answers you need.
Scum of the earth you are not. You're just following your path like the rest of us.
Take care everybody,
Emerald