I'm sorry, I'm a writer and I don't do well cutting it down to just the bones:
I was diagnosed three and a half years ago. Although it has been a mostly negative experience there have been a few gains. Like the colonial farmers used to say, no great loss without some small gain. I lost weight during that time so that when Covid came along I was at a healthy weight. Also, with everything shutting down I didn’t mind, I didn’t want to go out anyway. But that’s it. My greatest challenge has been getting used to an illness that takes years, not days, to run its course, and not being able to eat the foods I love. I tried moving down from my 3 MG dose to 1 MG last year but recently my inflammation levels have started to climb a little. I was comforted to read that this was not just me, other’s have experienced this as well when they thought they were getting over it..

If anyone is interested, I have designed a few cooking recipes that have helped. I don’t trust manufactured food, not even gluten free and it’s so expensive. I would be happy to share.