Advance Against Arthritis

Cider Vinegar to help arthritic pain

When I stumbled down the organ-loft stairs and along the Church aisle to the communion rail, my knees swollen and my joints in agony, little did I realise how my life was going to change.

I had suffered with frequent bouts of bronchitis during the year and then my joints started to swell and become painful, each day a different one, classic 'flitting arthritis' my doctor called it.

Diagnosis

In February 2005 my doctor diagnosed gout, blood tests were taken and I was prescribed anti-inflammatories and painkillers. The test results confirmed that I had arthritis.

My health deteriorated and I was given stronger drugs. Then I carried a too-heavy supermarket basket and the next day I couldn't move out of bed and found myself in excruciating pain.

A kindly friend delivered a punnet of raspberries to cheer me up. The next day the pain was unbearable and I rang my doctor's surgery for help but was told that I'd been prescribed everything possible.

Curing Arthritis

The X-ray revealed 'spondylosis'-arthritis at the base of my spine, and I was given a specialist's appointment for a few weeks hence.

My daughter, upset after a phone call to me, found a book on ebay and it arrived a couple of days later. It was called 'Curing Arthritis the Drug-free Way' and was written by Margaret Hills SRN who, as a young woman had been crippled by rheumatoid arthritis. When orthodox treatment could do nothing for her she used her nurses training to develop her simple natural cure, which, against all her doctor's predictions, was completely successful! She later opened a clinic and wrote other books to help fellow sufferers.

After reading the book, I realised the significance of my reaction to eating the raspberries. I decided to follow the instructions in the book, rolled out of bed and started to exercise my muscles tottering up and down the garden. My husband and son drove me to our supermarket and, armed with my new shopping list, from the book, I filled my trolley with organic vegetables, non-citric organic fruits, unrefined sugar, molasses, olive spread instead of butter, wholemeal flour, wholemeal bread, cider-vinegar, organic honey and non-citric fruit juices. Whole-wheat pasta and wholegrain rice was piled in with free-range organic chicken, lamb and turkey, as young meat has less uric acid in it. I finished off with fresh fish.

Sticking to the diet

I changed to skimmed milk and I had to avoid butter and cream. I was only allowed three eggs a week, no beef or pork nor a lot of fruits that contain Vitamin C - like oranges, grapefruits, plums, grapes, nectarines and even tomatoes.

Now, in 2009, I still stick to the diet and keep taking the supplements, cider vinegar and have two or three Epsom salt baths a week. Occasionally I suffer a flare-up but it's only slight and goes within days. It usually occurs if I've been away for a few days and have had to eat processed foods or if I've been under emotional stress.

I've never felt healthier, never seem to need to visit my doctor for anything and the frequent migraines that I used to suffer from occur only occasionally, now. The Margaret Hills' approach to arthritis and general health seems to have worked perfectly for me and I would be so pleased if my experience helped other sufferers out there.

Sarah Gall www.arthritisrecovery.co.uk

One Advance against Arthritis (My recovery with the Margaret Hills' Diet)

by Sarah Gall

ISBN 9781852161675

'Treating Arthritis the Drug-free way', and other relevant publications, can be obtained from the Margaret Hills' Clinic 01926 854783 www.margarethillsclinic.com