Has anyone ever dealt with a tough health issue for a period of time and have now overcome it? Looking for some encouraging success stories while I battle a chronic condition!

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I have RA and had no idea that I had it. I began consulting out of undergrad in August 2019 and right after training got placed on a travel project. Every single day, I would wake up with incredibly sore feet, hands and just unable to get out of bed. Traveling made it incredibly difficult to see a doctor so when I mustered up confidence and asked my PM can I work remote for a week so I can see a doctor back in NYC. I officially found out I have RA and worked with my doctor and new dietician to figure out what to eat while on the road, I now work out before going into the client site, and I just feel incredibly better and more rejuvenated. So happy I found out what’s wrong. Hopefully that gives you some idea of how to deal. I also don’t take meds. Far too afraid of getting addicted so I look into holistic methods

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Yes! Dealt with serious allergy / digestive issues for three years and have finally managed to get it under control and feel good again. Working out every day and identifying triggers has removed 95% of the symptoms - not ideal or perfect, but worth it for how much better I feel! Thought I would never manage to make it stop

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I refused to think gluten was the problem because I love bread so much but when I traveled to south America for a few weeks and just had rice / potatoes / yuca and no bread, I realized I felt much better. Giving yourself the chance to “do it right” and fully cut something out for a few weeks can help identify things more clearly. Alcohol was also a big trigger (just causes a lot of inflammation for me) which I knew by how I felt when I had it. Then there are things that you notice make you feel “not quite right” once you start becoming more in tune with what “good” feels like. Really hard process but trying to listen to your body and notice signs is huge. And not lying to yourself because it happens to be your favorite foods 😅

I got a stress fracture in my foot from running.. turned into a chronic stress fracture - the entire bone was split in half (it was a small bone). The injury was in the ball of my foot and I had excruciating pain every time I took a step. I tried everything - went to doctors all over the country, was in a boot, did cortisone injections, orthotics, etc etc you name it I tried it. This went on for about a year and finally my doctor told me it wouldn’t ever get better and I could get surgery to get the bone removed. This was a risky surgery - most people don’t see improvements but I did it anyways. Took about 2 months after the surgery before I could walk again; now I’m a year and a half out of surgery and I’ve never been better. Definitely changed my perspective on fitness; in the meantime I focused on what I could do, rather than what I couldn’t do. I picked up cycling, tried weight training, and so much more - now I can never take walking for granted again. I walk EVERYWHERE now and love to hike; never was like that prior to the injury but now I’m great full each and every day to walk

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C1, glad you made it through. And I’ll second the being against medication, it sucks. Unfortunately it’s necessary for me to function normally. How long did you battle RA before you felt “normal” again?

I mean I literally just found out a month and a half ago. So from July-early Nov I was dealing with it

got out of long term depression through prayer, medication, therapy , exercise ,traveling and spending time with loved ones.

Had chronic nerve pain when I was 20 due to a disk issue in my spine. I was at a 7-9 of pain every day, nonstop. Months of going to so many doctors and being told I would always have chronic pain and would never get better. I was missing out on fun with my friends in college because I was in so much pain and felt hopeless and isolated. I’m lucky enough that my parents were able to bring me to a specialist and a spinal injection cured me. Have been pain free ever since :)

Yup, I am here if you want to talk. I have an autoimmune disease and a chronic pain condition.

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