Will there ever be a cure for chronic pain?
Tangent from the article, but when I read the headline I thought I&#x27;d at least share in case it helps anyone who might have chronic pain like I&#x27;ve dealt with lately.<p>For years now I&#x27;ve been suffering from tons of weird shit. I&#x27;ve had this persistent painful skin rash that pops up all over my body. Steroids would kill it for awhile but it would always come back. Folks would ask me if I had burned myself when they&#x27;d see places on my skin. Just chalked up to an allergy from my doctors (to what? many things they guessed).<p>To top that fun off, my knees and one shoulder have been killing me. Had trouble walking up stairs. Couldn&#x27;t do pull-ups anymore without extreme pain. I&#x27;d wake up in pain. Just constant pain. People just chalk that up to me getting older. Arthritis I guess.<p>But then my wife felt like trying to do some Whole 30 kind of thing. I hate this stuff. But whatever. She needed support so I went along with it.  Cut out gluten, dairy, alcohol, sugar. Low-carb. High protein.<p>And after a week: I could move my arm above my head again. Walking up stairs became normal. Huh! Cool!<p>I thought, maybe my body just needed a reset and gave that diet up.<p>All this stuff came back.<p>Now realize how important it is for me to stay on a low-carb diet. It doesn&#x27;t seem to be gluten or dairy getting me. But sugar, alcohol and carbs. And I wouldn&#x27;t say I was that bad at eating those before. But clearly I&#x27;m super sensitive to them.<p>Today, I stay on a low-carb diet. I cheat on Saturdays. Allow myself to eat the nominal sugary treat and have a couple alcoholic drinks. But I barely want to since my life is just like a billion times better.<p>All that joint pain is gone. My skin has cleared up. I&#x27;m doing pull ups again. Running a ton. Just did 8.5 miles today.<p>So, all I know, is if you feel like shit constantly, it might be worth throwing sugar and alcohol away. Might be worth trying an elimination diet. I can&#x27;t believe how long I laughed this stuff off when clearly it&#x27;s so incredibly important and has transformed my life.<p>Edit: I forgot to mention the brain fog I was living with too. There was a fluid in my ears screwing with my balance. Felt like I had a head cold. Also has cleared up.