Hello-My name is Claudia and I reside in Canada and have purchased Barbara's book and have learned much valuable information - but foremost it was such a relief to read the story of another individual with a similar disease, and how she came through it, with much trial and error and with such grace.  The book is an inspiration to me - I have had Reiter's syndrome (Reactive arthritis) diagnosed when I was in my early forties -it started out with my left knee, and proceeded on to iritis, and other various joints - unfortunately this past early August I fell and injured my ankles and reactive arthritis set in a short while later - I have been bed-bound for 2 1/2 months, with visits to doctors, falling through the cracks, ending up in Emerg in a larger hospital in the city with a blood transfusion (I was reluctant to try Arthrotec because I have a sensitivity to NSAID's but the doctor informed me it was "coated") - five days later I was in extreme nausea and found out a week after that I was anemic and to go to the hospital - I had an endoscopy, to which I have still not heard the results.  A rheumatologist/internal med specialist was there that day and drained my ankles and injected cortisone which did help substantially - he wanted to put me on Prednisone and I was so very reluctant of the toxicity but I succumbed and have been on it - 20 mg to start, down to 2.5 and then back up to 5 mg and now up to 10 and will see this gentleman tomorrow for follow-up.  My husband I have bought a juicer and are starting to have healthy juice drinks and although I have not yet been on the elimination diet (I feel I should wait until I finish up the Prednisone) I have every intention of doing so - the cost of the ALCAT test seems rather over the top for me right now financially but I hope to get a food sensitivity test done by a naturopath soon. Anyway, I'm so happy I was blessed to find Barbara's book because it has given me hope.
Thank you Barbara