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    Quote Originally Posted by Catwoman View Post
    Thanks for the replies everyone. Flowerseverywhere, I would love to be in your shoes re: the no-meds, good diet and plenty of exercise. That is my goal, but also have a crappy family history re: hypertension. I am, however, on the lowest dose of bp meds. Also, I have Hashimoto's disease, which I think is just actually low functioning thyroid, so have to have yearly blood work done. Once a year is my goal on that! Is it possible at the age of 52 to reverse all this bad stuff with exercise, good nutrition and weight loss?
    Even if you can't reverse all your health problems I think most of us feel better eating right and getting the right exercise. In the beginning, it was really hard for me as I was in cubicleland for years and was grossly out of shape. I started with short walks and kept increasing my exercise slowly as the last thing I wanted to do was injure myself. My stamina took a while to increase but it is great now.

    giving up meat was hard, out of habit more than anything, but I got books from the library and also saw a registered dietician for advice on how to correctly choose food. I never felt better on a high carb, low fat diet.

    forgot to add that your library might have prevention magazine which is a very good resource, as well as nutrition books and great cook books and magazines to help. Good luck.

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    I did everything right (and still do) and still got sick. Sometimes you're just unlucky in the genetic lottery. I wish (unlike most on this thread) that I'd gone to my doctor earlier and been more insistent about my symptoms. I put up with a lot of pain for about 6 months prior to going to the doctor (and sporadic pain issues for about three years prior to that), and I only went then because I could no longer get my shoes on due to swelling. I now have permanent joint damage in my feet, knees, hips and neck which even my miracle meds can't reverse.

    But other than twice-yearly compulsory trips to my specialist (no meds if I don't go), and occasional trips to my doctor for possible infections - side effect of my meds - I don't visit my doctors at all.

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    my dentist was itching to order a root canal. i suggested a round of antibiotic. tooth no longer hurts, at all. i will schedule a routine cleaning next spring, unless something else is needed.

    i was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis last year (with proper testing) and the urologist is hip on me considering Elmiron, which i have declined. my own spider sense suspects what i've dealt with is unresolved infection; when i take an antibiotic for any other issue (see tooth, above), ALL of my IC symptoms disappear...ALL of them, which the doctor dismisses. i have recently put myself on a 1/2 tsp of D-Mannose every day (or, every-other) and i feel about 80% improved already. if things continue to roll along this well, my visits with the uro will be few and far between.

    other seeing my gastro doc (Crohn's...auto-immune, didn't ask for it!) and my neuro (hormonal migraines, again, didn't ask for) AND my gyno (i came equipped with a vagina), for yearly checks, i hope to be good to go, as far as staying healthy and away from the waiting room.

    my local newspaper did a feature on an elderly couple who, despite the years, are fit and healthy. their personal mantra was to eat small amounts of really good food AND to avoid the doctor, relying on current issues of the Merck patient manual.

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