ARTHRITIS BEATEN TODAY: A VERY PERSONAL HISTORY-EVERYBODY NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT AWAY

My daughter lived more than halfway across the country. She only got to see me once or twice a year, sometimes less than that. So it was easy for her to see the changes year by year. It was only a couple of years ago that she reluctantly commented on my trouble walking. But knowing how I hated pity, she never said much more than, “Looks like your arthritis is getting really bad.” That was about three years ago. Then, a bit later (as I was carrying her bags at the airport!) she looked at me and squealed, “Dad, you really are cured. You used to just barely hobble around before. I can’t believe it. You’re walking even faster than I am.”

I’m not saying that I can get out there and play football again. But I can hold up to a fair game of fun tennis where we’re mostly just lobbing the ball back and forth rather than trying to kill each other. And I still do have a day or two a month as the weather changes that I’m not completely comfortable – just a nagging, dull little ache. (And, I’m happy to say, we’ve just developed a CMO cream for that, too).

For the most part, though, I’m living a normal active life that’s free of the limitations and constant pain that I suffered before we developed CMO. For a disease that conventional pharmacology and medicine can offer only despair, I along with thousands of others who’ve benefited from CMO, call that a miracle.

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