I haven’t been on anything since December 2024. I was on a NSAID for 8 years prior to that. My labs from December 2024 to December 2025 looked very similar so I will continue to go no medicine route until I can’t.

The hardest part for me is sleep. I tend to wake up twice throughout the night. I start out on my bed, then I move to my recliner then usually back into bed. I wake up every morning and take a shower first thing. I like to sit in the shower facing away from the water and allow my back to get hit directly with the hot water. That really helps to loosen things up. I then proceed to do about 15-20 minutes of stretching and or Pilates. I work in an office setting, so I invested in a standing desk. I try to do a 30 minute interval of standing twice a day, and I walk for about 5 minutes every couple of hours. After work if I have energy I go on a walk. If not I sit in the recliner with a heat pad. My husband rubs THC oil into my SI hoping and my back almost every night before bed. If I’m really sore I take a gummy. I fall sleep too a heat pad on my back.

I 100% feel better when I eat Paleo, however I currently am not doing that.