WTF, gout?

[stinie]

Mori is currently suffering similar pain, but it's been diagnosed as Turf Toe. I thought gout was a growth or something. I really don't know what gout is at all.

[Judge]

I've had this. Drank through it anyway. Not a recommended treatment however my killing my family and customers in a rage of undrunkeness due to the lack of rose tinted glasses indicated I suffer through the pain and emerge still a free man but slightly more tired.

[hossthomas]

I've had this. Drank through it anyway. Not a recommended treatment however my killing my family and customers in a rage of undrunkeness due to the lack of rose tinted glasses indicated I suffer through the pain and emerge still a free man but slightly more tired.

This.


I have occasional gout flare ups and drink throughout them as well. Hurts like a bitch, the doc always gives me a steroid shot and a seven day prescription of steroids and I'm almost always pain free within two days, with marked improvement within hours of the shot Just my personal experience.

[G_W]

All I can think is "You poor bastard" While I chuckle and continue to drink.

[mistah willies]

All I can think is "You poor bastard" While I chuckle and continue to drink.

Knock on wood, don't jinx yourself.


I, however, like to knock my wood upon others in an elevator.

The elevator only goes up, or else it would have been called something else.

Drink for those who shouldn't, me included.

[Mr Boozificator]

Thank you to all who showed support. It seems this flare is almost over and I'll be checking with a blood test tomorrow if that indeed is gout. I really don't understand: it's supposed to happen mostly to people inactive or overweight., or eating a lot of red meat and no veggies. I'm the exact opposite of those three.

[steved2112]

Thank you to all who showed support. It seems this flare is almost over and I'll be checking with a blood test tomorrow if that indeed is gout. I really don't understand: it's supposed to happen mostly to people inactive or overweight., or eating a lot of red meat and no veggies. I'm the exact opposite of those three.

Then you know what to do.

[Lush City]

Better to get information and help yourself and strengthen bodily functions than ignore it all and rely on last minute health care...

[mistah willies]

...It's supposed to happen mostly to people inactive or overweight, or eating a lot of red meat and no veggies. I'm the exact opposite of those three.

Then you know what to do.

Exquisite irony.

[Mr. Viking]

purine, that was what I was thinking about. it is supposed to aggravate gout, so far as I have read. there's lots of it in cat food, I know that, but I just read there is quite a lot in beer. I know there is a lot in cat food because cats need more than other mammals, as I read in my big book of cats.

[Frankennietzsche]

Better to get information and help yourself and strengthen bodily functions than ignore it all and rely on last minute health care...

That sounds smart...oh, wait...

I have some experience in this, and, if you are not adverse to a little homeopathy, here is my advice for you to take it as you will:
Celery seed capsules. (There is an extract, but I've never taken it.)
Eat a bunch of cherries, blueberries and strawberries.
Ingest water and vitamin c. I beleive that orange juice might have too many sulfites in it.
Black cherry juice is the optimal juice; is available in a concentrate in these United States and can be taken by the spoonful.

Don't eat cured meat, sausages or offal.
Also, asparagus might exacerbate it.

I have read that wine was the only liquor that was alright to drink.

Also, a guy at work with whom I have bonded with over gout swears that Naproxen is a miracle and that his doctor told him to take 3 Aleve™ at the onset of an attack.

[NYDingbat]

My dear, here's hoping your unpleasantness subsides swiftly.

The previous recommendations of cherry extract are spot on. Cherries, blueberries and strawberries have excellent anti-inflammatory properties.

As you know, uric acid is your nemesis. Have yourself a few grilled chicken over salad and turkey on rye. Supplement with fish oil capsules - enteric coated, natch - and lecithin.

The drys would have you believe it's the booze... We all know what to do with drys' opinions...

[Lush City]

My dear, here's hoping your unpleasantness subsides swiftly.

The previous recommendations of cherry extract are spot on. Cherries, blueberries and strawberries have excellent anti-inflammatory properties.

As you know, uric acid is your nemesis. Have yourself a few grilled chicken over salad and turkey on rye. Supplement with fish oil capsules - enteric coated, natch - and lecithin.

The drys would have you believe it's the booze... We all know what to do with drys' opinions...

Drys opinions are like a-holes, everyone has one and they all stink...

[Mr Boozificator]

Ultimate irony: this was indeed gout and my blood test indicate that the surge of uric acid has absolutely nothing to do with my drinking. My GamaGT is actually lower than the one of most dries and my liver is in perfect shape. The phenomenon was triggered by a combination of DNA, something unusual in terms of food (?) and TOO MUCH SPORT!
Incredible: my physical activities have harmed me just as much as my eating too much protein rich food and way more than my boozing has. I should have suspected something when I realized that this flare occurred during a period of time when I was mostly undrunk while nothing ever happened to me during one of the CCCs or MWI.
It's official, I now hate sport. Churchill was right.

[Bur]

I was earlier about to add suggestion of too much protein being a cause, by some some strange logic. Anyhow, hope you get to the real sport that is lifting pints long as one's arm can carry the weight soon enough.