http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/food-hospital-channel-4-on-wednesday/ This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it! Tue, 21 May 2013 20:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/food-hospital-channel-4-on-wednesday/#comment-1784 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:03:56 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=1080#comment-1784 Agree about your comments on this one. Must admit I was rather dissapointed wit the programme and found it bad that they did not mention what medication she was on during her time on the diet – were steroids or any injections responsible for the drop in ESR for example? I guess I got my hopes up too high and was hoping that the programme would give me, as a fellow RA sufferer, some miraculous answer!! I know this isnt possible in reality but you cant but get your hopes up hey! Hope the oily fish is helping you a bit though, we can but try

]]> http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/food-hospital-channel-4-on-wednesday/#comment-1717 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:21:06 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=1080#comment-1717 I’m sorry I missed the programme, thanks for drawing our attention to it. I’ll have to see if it’s up on 4OD yet. Like you, I find it very irritating that you need to work so hard to separate what they’re actually saying from what they’re implying, and that you know most people will now think ‘rheumatoid arthritis = who ate all the pies? = their own fault’. Still, whether or not it does any good, at least the diet advocated won’t do any harm. Did you see the article in the Guardian last week by Ben Goldacre called ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’? Seriously worrying stuff..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/sep/21/drugs-industry-scandal-ben-goldacre

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