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My mother, who died in 1985, was riddled with rheumatoid arthritis and now my sisters, both older than me, have it and suffer such a lot of pain. I was hoping that perhaps it would skip me - but as time has gone on (I'm 55) I began to feel depressingly aware that, despite my efforts to have a good diet and avoid certain foods and keep a positive attitude, I had begun to feel the tell-tale signs of stiffness and some pain - not excruciating like my sisters - but enough to make me feel fairly depressed about it. However, my approach has always been to attempt to avoid this dreadful disease without resorting to drugs as it is quite clear from my sisters that they do not work long term and have caused so many side effects that I find it incredible that they still put so much faith in 'modern medicine'. Margaret Hills' book just seemed to jump out at me when I was browsing on Amazon looking for books related to arthritis - like many people, I was rather sceptical - but there is something about this book that is quite enchanting - it is sooo 'not in your face' - does not 'shout out at you' = does not require you you spend a fortune on wacky foods - it is just so simple and written with such dignity and humility - reading it is almost a spiritual experience in itself. Although I couldn't claim to have been in agonising pain before I started this diet - this was what I hoped to avoid - I was beginning to find things like getting out of bed in the morning quite difficult and painful - eg I had to walk around like a chimpanzee for a minute or so before straightening up and after driving for a while, getting out of the car was rather painful. Well - after about six weeks I now find that I just literally 'get out of bed' and after driving for 2 hours last week I just literally 'got out of the car' without walking 'like a chimp'. My husband, who had adopted a rather 'sceptical' attitude - has been pleasantly surprised and supportive - in fact the other day he (sheepishly - don't know why - perhaps it's a man thing!) asked me where the vinegar was. I have sent this book to one of my sisters who is in so much pain that she will try anything - and I am confident that if she follows it, she will find some releif. My other sister is convinced that the medical profession would know all about this if it worked! So we'll see. I would recommend this lovely book to anyone.
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