Episode 141
Brooke’s fascinating improvements and life changes with RA
The Rheumatoid Solutions Podcast
October 4, 201947m 14s
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Show Notes
- Brooke was diagnosed with RA and the following week she found she was pregnant with her second child
- About one month after her daughter was born, suddenly pain struck her, she struggled to walk and her hands felt like they were frozen
- The rheumatologist told her to stop breastfeeding her daughter and take methotrexate
- Eventually she started with Plaquenil and kept on breastfeeding
- Convinced she could do more to ease the pain, she started searching and found Clint's TEDx talk.
- She started the Paddison Program, with some slight changes due to her breastfeeding
- Results were encouraging, and along the way she started doing Yoga and getting benefits from it
- Brooke is now a Yoga teacher and has turned her diagnosis into a profession
- His husband has always been fully supportive, and they are opening a Whole Food vegan cafe together!