I'm sorry your mom didn't encourage you. That's hard for me to understand because I've got a great one! And, a friend at work(she's a cop) and my sister in law both have that disease. So, don't give up. My sil says that the Atkins diet has helped her a lot on not having pain and such. You might try eating more like that. Don't know if it would help or not. Hope you feel better soon.