CowboyRam
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An uncle had RA so bad he could not turn the key in his truck. At that time one of the drugs the doctor wanted him to go on could make him blind. He said no way he was going to that. He did a juice fast, carrot and beet juice for two weeks and then went to a vegetarian diet. He was back to riding his horses. Before he died of leukemia he started putting some fish into his diet.If it is RA, be thankful it's not started until later in his life. My dad got it when he was in his early 50s. He's now 77. He's been a patient of the best rheumatologist in the southeast for many years and had every medication possible. They finally told him about 2 years ago that he was "end stage RA" and nothing further can be done. Couple that with dementia and we've got our hands full. He's been on hospice for a while now and is wheelchair bound, but he's still chugging along. Even though dementia runs in my family, I truly think all the medication, especially the constant pain meds (opioids + morphine) has sped up his mental decline.