Gout- arrgh!

[USViking]

(Weds. 9/15) Anyone here suffer from gout, or know someone who does?

I have been getting about a half-dozen attacks a year for
over ten years, I am having one now, and let me tell you...

You may as well plan on going barefoot if it hits any part
of your foot, because it hurts like hell just to put on socks,
and shoes are out of the question.

If it hits a knee, you cannot bend the knee at all without
tooth-gritting pain. Try getting around with a locked-up
knee for a while.

Fortunately, there is effective medication, although it
can take a few hours to a couple of days to completely
control the attack.

I cannot imagine how awful it must have been for patients
prior to the discovery of the medication.

(Sat. 9/17)Whadda bummer- this latest gout attack I am having
is lasting a lot longer than most.

The medication is keeping me from being in agony,
or flat on my back, but it has not knocked the attack
completely out in a couple of days as it usually does.

So instead of doing what all 56-year old youths are
supposed to do on Saturday night (ie going out, and
drinking and whoring around), I gotta stay cooped up.

If my computer crashes I'll really be bored.

 

[rtwngAvngr]

That sucks. I'll think of you as IM out drinking and whoring around.

 

[USViking]

That sucks. I'll think of you as IM out drinking and whoring around.

One of my problems is that although women
do not cause gout, beer definitely does, and
I don't care much for likker or wine.

 

[Jimmyeatworld]

(Weds. 9/15) Anyone here suffer from gout, or know someone who does?

I have been getting about a half-dozen attacks a year for
over ten years, I am having one now, and let me tell you...

You may as well plan on going barefoot if it hits any part
of your foot, because it hurts like hell just to put on socks,
and shoes are out of the question.

If it hits a knee, you cannot bend the knee at all without
tooth-gritting pain. Try getting around with a locked-up
knee for a while.

Fortunately, there is effective medication, although it
can take a few hours to a couple of days to completely
control the attack.

I cannot imagine how awful it must have been for patients
prior to the discovery of the medication.

(Sat. 9/17)Whadda bummer- this latest gout attack I am having
is lasting a lot longer than most.

The medication is keeping me from being in agony,
or flat on my back, but it has not knocked the attack
completely out in a couple of days as it usually does.

So instead of doing what all 56-year old youths are
supposed to do on Saturday night (ie going out, and
drinking and whoring around), I gotta stay cooped up.

If my computer crashes I'll really be bored.

I'll have a beer for you then.

As for the whoring around... You'll have to take care of that yourself.

 

[Nuc]

One of my problems is that although women
do not cause gout, beer definitely does, and
I don't care much for likker or wine.

Like anything else you could learn to drink whisky, gin and vino with a little practice!

I had a guy working for me who got the gout. He was a great guy but I had to let him go because he physically couldn't do the job any more.