I was diagnosed in 1999. It has been a long road full of pain and depression. The pain has been unbearable at times! Emergency room visits (which you learn do no good), crying to my doctor. Physical dependence on opiate pain medication because I took it everyday for over twelve years. Being unable to work my profession (registered nurse) because the pain was terrible and I couldn't hold up. Every treatment imaginable. Nothing ever helped! I had lost 110lb. and the pain never got better!

Through mfp I found a group in January. I began reading posts and saw where the overall consensus was feeling better, with more energy. After a few weeks of reading,I was intrigued enough to try their way of eating. It's the LCD-Low Carb Daily group. I began at 100g daily. I found that the lower I went on the carb count, the better I felt. So, I dropped it lower. I am now at 20 or less. I can say that this woe has changed my life! I still hurt, but it doesn't last as long. Recovery time is drastically reduced. I can do a chore and get tired, but after sitting for about thirty minutes I'm ready to tackle the next one. I was lucky to get one chore done a day the way it was. Now I am actually accomplishing tasks instead of sitting there on the couch thinking about it!

I feel the pain was my body's way of trying to tell me that I was poisoning it with the food I was eating!

I know many people will think I am doing the wrong thing, that we all need a balanced diet.....save it for someone else. Tell me, where did the food pyramid recommendations come from? Our government. The USDA and FDA are government agencies. Do you feel the government lies to you for their own profit? Do the research and look at the facts. Look at the obesity and diabetes epidemic. It's likely because of these balanced diets!

I know how I feel and no one can dispute that!