That is indeed good news Rose. Time to celebrate - eat a chocolate cake - treat yourself.

I don't eat chocolate cake and if you understand autoimmune and scleroderma you don't eat sweet I learned that from those who have Sjorgen and scleroderma. Are you sure you have Sjorgen syndrome? Because I have met a few with it and they would never encourage me to eat a chocolate cake.

I was told not to eat sweets and I don't. Yesterday was my birthday so I gave myself permission to binge on chocolate cakes, which I regretted after because I had a massive headache and toothache right after ! My rheumy says that I can drink dark chocolate milk because dark chocolate has alot of antioxidants that can sequester all the radicals in the inflammatory process in order to reduce inflammation and pain. There are dark chocolate powder without sugar that I mix with milk to drink, only so occasionally.

I was diagnosed with Sjogrens for 8 yrs, then my old rheumy retired and the 2 new rheumies who took over had rediagnosed me with sicca syndrome because my symptoms did not entire fit the profile. I hope in a few years time, my rheumy will tell me that I don't fit the lupus profile. I've told my rheumy that but she said that I was deluded.

We should all do research on diets. I've looked at a couple of sources and they recommend multivitamins and foods high with antioxidants. The oxidation and radical theory states that the radicals released in oxidative processes during inflammatory stages, would damage organs and tissues in the body. If you take multivitamins e.g B complex and foods with antioxidants, then these entities will sequester radicals and prevent them from damaging our normal cells and tissues.

I also switch to gluten free foods and I feel great because there is less inflammation and I feel a little smarter.

Enough with the crazy science, as long as you are happy and feeling well, these are all that matter. Take care Rose, and be happy.

You make me smile BUT Happy Belated birthday. I hope you had an awesome birthday

Thank you so much for your best wishes. I really appreciate your generosity and your kind words. I had a good rest on my birthday but the cake shops were closed for the pandemic, so I made my own birthday cake instead.

I am very proud of you for making your own cake. It is the best thing to do. I make my own in order to control sugar. I use gluten free flour. I had learned it the painful way a few months ago when I ate a piece of cake which I didn't eat for months. The pain was unbearable and after I joined a SS Support group and was educated I learned my lesson. I make my own cake and snack. How was your homemade cake? How was your birthday?

I've been on a gluten free diet for almost for 1 month. I've made a gluten free orange sponge cake with orange jam, and coated with chocolate icing. It's quite nice actually, at least I don't have a tummy ache or aching elsewhere. Hoping that you are well.

Yummy to the tummy.