Its a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life for me

and I'm feeling GOOOOOOOD... or at least a whole lot better!

I'm really happy to say that I think all the hard work is starting to pay off. I'd say I'm now 6.5/10 on 'Vic's Healthometer'. I'm aiming for 10/10. It's just my wrists that are lagging behind now. I'm seeing my doctors next week, and I'm hoping to adapt the treatment slightly so that my wrists settle down. At my last visit there was talk of low dose steroids to bring it under control, but I hope we don't have to take that path.

I'm so happy that I found this way of treatment... I've joined an online group called "The Road Back Foundation" (http://www.roadback.org/). This is a great source of information for anybody interested in non-traditional treatment for auto-immune disease. I am surprised by how closed minded the mainstream Rheumatologists are, and I am beginning to believe that the pharmaceutical world is partly responsible for obscuring successful treatments in favour of more expensive, complicated treatments (that eventually cause more ill-health due to side effects and dependence).

Gerald and I went to Rainbow serpent festival last week and had a brilliant time - a 3 day festival was something I could not even have considered 6 months ago.

Life is going well. Let's hope I continue this momentum.