So the whole point of this blog was to try all sorts of alternative therapies to see if any of them could fix my sore, old lady legs enough to get me off the drugs (voltaren) that I was taking.
So far I have only really tried fish oil and tai chi but somehow, miraculously I gave up the voltaren about three weeks ago and have been pretty much managing fine. There are still a few hobbly days and swollen ankles but nothing compared to the early days when I really had to drag myself up and down the stairs in the morning. I think this might be what my rheumatologist meant by arthritis being cyclical - sometimes just getting better on it's own. Although it is also possible that fish oil and tai chi are in fact miracle cures.
Sadly as the pill-popping is over for now I have no real impetus to try all the other things and I was quite looking forward to getting some reiki and foot reflexology. Maybe I still will or maybe it will all get worse again but for now I am just going to enjoy being drug-free for a while!
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