Hi All,

Sorry for the many emails with questions here recently, but I am a little
confused about what's going on with my body. So, has anybody here dealt with
leaky gut and if so, how did paleo help you? Did you do anything in addition
to eating paleo and how strict were you?

Also, has anybody here dealt with arthritis and if so, did you "just" adopt
a paleo lifestyle or do anything in addition. I know Ray dealt with
rheumatoid arthritis (I believe) - anybody else? How long did it take for
the pain to go away?

What puzzles me is that I was getting better, feeling better, and suddenly
all this stuff is happening in my body. Eight days ago I started to have
pain in my left jaw, teeth and ear. At first I thought it was an ear
infection but I don't think it is. In the morning my jaw feels a little
better, but my left bottom rear teeth hurt. My dentist said he can't find
anything wrong with my teeth and thinks it's TMJ. He wants me to see an oral
surgeon but I can't get in to see one until a week from Wednesday. I can't
open my mouth very much and chewing is painful due that. I have been putting
my food in the blender.

Since Saturday I have had pain in my left knee. I used to have this pain 3
years ago but not as bad and it was more intermittent (pushing down the
clutch for example) but now every time I bend my knee or put pressure on it
I am in pain. Three years ago the doc I went to see did an MRI and said it
looks like arthritic degeneration. I laid off running and that helped. I was
eating low carb then but not paleo.So now I am wondering if the pain is due
to arthritis? Could the jaw pain be arthritic as well? I really don't know
much about it. My internet connection at home has been down all weekend and
I couldn't do any research. I am at a cafe with wireless access.

Anyway, it's not that the pain is unbearable, I just don't know what to do
besides eat paleo, or should I? I don't have a GP (never needed one before)
and if I see a standard doc they'll want to put me on meds. I do know that
with leaky gut the body you can have inflammations in the body and it can
lead to autoimmune diseases. The blood test I had done for allergies showed
24 foods and as I mentioned in a previous email, avocadoes were on there
which I was eating every day. I would have thought that cutting them out
would help, and that I would start to feel better. I do in the sense that I
am not bloated anymore after eating and I am not retaining water, but
otherwise it feels like my body is sort of falling apart.

I know you can't tell me whether to go see a doctor or not, I just want to
hear from people here how adopting paleo has helped and whether you
supplemented with anything for arthritic pain. Did you go see a doctor to
figure out if the pain even is due to arthritis and if so, how is that
determined?

Thank you in advance for any feedback.

Confused but determined to get better,
Kristina