Comments on: Putting Faith in Rheumatoid Arthritis Natural Remedies

By: Kelly Young

Kelly Young — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:25:57 +0000

Hi Jane welcome aboard. Sorry RA has found you, but glad you have found us.

By: Jane Hinrichs

Jane Hinrichs — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:15:04 +0000

I just found you! And I will be back. I have just been introduced personally to the wonderful world of RA (though I have seen others in my extended family deal with its effects so I wasn’t real happy on now having to hvae personal experience with it).

I love your take on life and I thank you. I know soon when my situation gets out I will be bombarded with natural “cures.”
You’ve helped me see it all with love and humor.

By: Kelly Young

Kelly Young — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:47:00 +0000

Arlene, I wish I didn’t hear this so much from people about church, but I do. It seems so common that Christians think they are supposed to have answers and they are uncomfortable with the fact that there is not one for RA – so they offer advice about how to get a miracle either by an herb or by a prayer. They probably don’t realize how hurtful it is to keep insisting that we could get well if we wanted to. Personally, I think it’s a case of how we learn compassion by suffering and those who haven’t suffered much do not have much compassion to offer to others. Here’s a link to a pretty tough post I wrote on that.

By: Arlene

Arlene — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:13:26 +0000

Thanks for this post and blog. When did the church become a medical care facility is what I keep thinking? I don’t see any medical degrees anywhere but they seem to think that I am the one missing it. I have been told that I should just not “receive” this disease. Please I don’t know of anyone on record who actually wants it. Trying not to be bitter…trusting God anyway. Thanks for this blog. It is a respite for those who are RA hurting.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:33:43 +0000

Kelly,
First I love your website! Thanks for posting this, I think it’s great! I was born at home as well, so I totally understand why your choices and if I ever have children, I will choose to use a midwife also.

I get the same sort of reaction coming to me, from the other end. I am on both medications and supplemental therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, but because I’m not taking the “normal medications”, I get lots of people who get really upset when someone asks about alternative treatments and I say what has worked for me. For instance, people will post that you HAVE to go on conventional RA meds or you are really doing yourself a disservice… and I think that kind of advice is close-minded since we don’t know what’s best for any one individual. But I totally get that on the flipside, like you said in your post, there are just as many and more that scream natural is the way to go. I would never claim that any one way is best…my only intention ever is to say what has worked for me. I’ve even encouraged people to stay on their meds at different times rather than going the holistic route. I know my body better than anyone else and I hope for us all to make our own choices, not someone else’s!
thanks again for the great website!
hugs,
Sarah

By: Kay

Kay — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:58:46 +0000

Linda,
If your story breaks my heart, how much more it must sadden the Lord who is the definition of love. If Christ were here in bodily form He would be ministering to your needs instead of measuring your faith. Remember that Paul had a thorn in his side that he prayed repeatedly would be taken away and it never was. Surely he had enough faith. Christ died so we could be saved by grace and to take the condemnation away. In spite of the poor representation that we believers sometimes are, please see how much you are loved by Christ and don’t go through all this without Him.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:26:39 +0000

Dear Kelly,I love your website/blog,and follow it “religiously” every day..My mother had Rheumatoid Arthritis,and died when she was just 50 years old..I was diagnosed last summer with RA,and am on Methotrexate,medrol,and Enbrel…In my mother’s life she gave birth to 3 children,a daughter that she had before the RA,and then my brother and I after she got Rheumatoid Arthritis,at the age of 23..To make a long story short,both my brother and I were born with problems..I had severe hearing loss,which required all the normal classes,speech therapy,etc..I grew up,married,had children of my own,and became a nurse,and practiced for 30 years…My brother was born with Cerebral Palsey,went to special schools all his life,and still managed to graduate from Berkeley with honors,and work as a social worker for 35 years helping the homeless in San francisco…I don’t know how anybody else feels about this but I think even with our disabilities,we managed to live very productive lives,and be good citizens of our society..Which I can say,is more than some people I’ve met along the way…My mother and father always taught us,that each life has a purpose,and that we are all leaving imprints on each other’s lives,and that was believing in God.God provided all things,even medicine,hearing aides,and imperfection in our lives to learn,and love…Above all,to love!!..Thankyou for allowing me to share this….

By: Anj

Anj — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:22:44 +0000

Lori – great point. Love is the first motion.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:28:27 +0000

Well said! I would just add that love need be at the center of community.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:50:06 +0000

If God did not want us to go to doctors and use medications developed by man, then why did He give us the knowledge to become doctors and scientists that develop new meds.? Many medications are made from things found in nature such as tree bark, plant roots and leaves, etc. Other medications are developed to mimic already existing natural chemicals in the body. Yet other medications are derived from human cells. How much closer to nature do these people want us to get?