Stinging might or might not work. It worked for me but for others it
does not. I have no idea why, but it is probably the nature of the
disease. My arthritis was most painful in the winter and lessened to
manageable in the summer (when I was being stung). It was after Charles
Mraz's talk that I thought the stings and relief were related. And they
were.

I am not an expert on arthritis, but I know several auto-immune diseases
  have a common name but are actually different manifestations of the
same symptoms or even different symptoms.

One I am very familiar with is Meniere's Disease. You can have different
symptoms but still be diagnosed with Meniere's. Some treatments are
effective for some, but not for others even with the same symptoms.

My guess is arthritis is the same, which is why one thing works for some
but not others, just as a sting is nothing to one person but deadly to
another. In the same manner, whatever kept my cancer in check is
probably also unique and might or might not be the stings, even though
evidence points that way. Again, we are in the world of the anecdotal
where truth and hope reside.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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