[mrnoodle]

Glucosamine and chondr(however) were what I started taking initially. Now that I look back on it, it's been 2 years since I was diagnosed. Time's fun when you're having flies. Anyway, doc said that mostly helped osteoarthritis, which is a different animal.

Pot worked for the pain but not the joint damage, and I had to quit smoking it because I'm occasionally required to take a drug test for a job (along with the freelance work, I'm trying to get hired as a part-time editor at a publisher I used to work for. Interview Monday, in fact.) It's definitely a pain-control option for the future when I get my employment stuff worked out.

I'm liking the antibiotic idea. But there are bound to be downsides to taking something like that for a long period of time. I mean, 4 years? eek.