Gout

Gout is a common form of arthritis.
A gout attack is sudden and painful. Gout is caused by a build-up of a waste product, uric acid, in the bloodstream. Excess uric acid settles in joints causing inflammation, pain and swelling.

In March this year I had a bad attack of gout in a toe.
After a while uric acid came out of the toe and formed crystals on the surface of the toe.
My doctor gave me some medication to relieve the gout but it had such side affects that I could not continue with it.
I have not been able to wear shoes since March as anything touching the toe is very painful.
Also I have been on anti-biotics as it got infected and has now formed an ulcer.
I have been prescribed pain killers such as Endone and Codalgin Forte (Paracetamol/Codeine) but I am reluctant to take too many of these as they have caused constipation and are addictive.

I am on pills to lower the uric acid level in my blood and these have worked as the level is now normal also I have been visiting a dietitian (even though my weight is normal for my height) to get a diet free of purines which can affect the uric acid level.

I have also had surgery on the toe to remove the crystals which I might add was damn painful.
I have been told by a podiatrist that it may be months before my toe returns to normal.

I am writing this to see if any other members suffer from gout or in this case chronic gout.
I would be interested to hear how you coped.

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Whatever you do, fwed...... dont accept any dancing invitations. I am sure these ladies would exploit your incapacity and jump on your toe.



Thanks for that great advice kfc.

I can imagine after stomping on my back that these sadists would not miss a toe.



seth I was going to have a holiday in Vic but I think I will defer it till a certain baby frog returns to the western side of the country.

I would advise you to float your ship north, far north.

:-/

Fwed and kfc and Seth are really looking for trouble.

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>:( How could anyone suggest Taddy or I would stomp on poor

fwed's toe I ask?

We are gentle yes gentle well most times we are gentle although

tonight Peter was watching tele. in his recliner and I decided to tip him up

and I accidently balanced the chair badly and he fell head down legs in the air

and he was not real happy with me :(

....

I am late going to bed to listen to Graeme tonight and probably missing all manner

of helpful hints.

Seth has been snoring for an hour already.

I came into the study feeling a little bit down in the dumps :-S

knowing I have to get away before the tadpole invasion. :zip:

Preparing the boat for a long cruise but never knew where to set

the cruise for, Thanks fwed I'll take your advice and head north,

I'll pick you up on the way, we have to get away as once phyl

and tadpole get together it will put a terrorist attack to shame :coolsmile:



kfchugo was on the ball with his suggestion, we could easily have

been deceived by an offer of free dancing lessons. :coolcheese:

I could make you appear a brother of Fred Astaire Seth.

Mrs. Seth would fall in love with you all over again

and who knows your twinkling toes might make it on stage and you

could buy an Island to take your Cruiser for picnics.......

or would that be another Island to add to your great wealth?

Maybe another U-beaut car to add to your already impressive

line up.

We are off to shop again today very soon - We do love living where we can just go

off shopping any time we choose.

Too much fun - every day an adventure.

Jimminie Crickets - Life's good.

Now if we could just sleep we could not ask for more :(

Have a great day folks

Phyl.

Phyl Your suggestion of making me another Fred Astaire is too late ;-)

actually Freddie saw me dancing and spent his life trying hard to dance

just like me. The girls would all cluster around me hoping for a dance. ;-)



You mentioned my impressive wealth, it doesn't mean much to me,

actually I have to read some of the posts to remember what I have :roll:

That is the burden us wealthy people have to suffer, sometimes it is

very hard to remember where I have hidden my cash. :coolsmile:

How's the Gout going Fwed? All better now?

If Not, after listening to "The Help Line" from Sydney with Graeme

Gilbert, last night a man cam on and he cured his Gout eating "cherries"

so you can eat heaps every day while they are "in" and the go onto

tinned or bottled ones. Aldi have bottled ones > they are a bit sour

but that is good for gout.

.

I know I know you are grateful to me but I am always ready to help a mate.

If you eat a pound of cherries today no gout tomorrow but you have to eat

them often.

Be good

Phyl.

Phyl, you are correct, cherries are good for gout.

I had my toe xrayed to see if the infection had gone into the bone. If it had then amputation was the answer, but I was lucky and the infection seems to be clearing up.

Still is painful though but I think it is slowly improving.

I am looking forward to the day I can wear shoes again as it is difficult getting around in sandals with all the rain we have had.

But it is surely on the mend.

Shopping tomorrow to get cherries.

fwed it is wonderful to see thet you have your appetite back,

your spirit has been a bit dampened lately, but you responded

with the calmness of sailing on a calm lake.

Just beware of Phyls advice on cherries,she will not only have

you running around to get them, but just running. :coolcheese:

You are still a troublemaker Seth :(

.........

I do not wish to make you jealous but telling you anyway :)

Today I sent a cheque off for just $30 for 3 x 1 litre bottles

of "Kakadoo Juice"

AND 3 FREE Lock and Lock containers how good is that I ask?

..

Why SO cheap when people pay $80 for ONE bottle of Kakadoo Juice

at the Health Shop?

I will tell you because ( Little bit :red: ) I am such a good customer

of TVSN (we did buy our big Electric Running Machine and Vibration Platform

and er plus a few other things ;-) ) so they gave me a $120 gift voucher

for being a silver shopper - good hey? which means I just pay $30...

Can you imagine once Peter and I get on this "Kakadoo Juice"

how fit we will be? The mind boggles lol.

All the best

SO exciting I tell you.......:)

Must have been my lucky day as yesterday in Coles they had heaps of cherries.

They taste nice too.

I say I was lucky because most of the shelves in Coles were empty. I wondered why till I got to the checkout where they had signs up apologizing for the lack of food.

Reason is the supermarkets cannot get food to north of Rockhampton due to the floods.

So it looks like Nth Qld is running out of food.



But I got my cherries :lol:

fwed.. so glad to hear to got your cherries,

don't worry about the food running out,

as long as you heve a tim tam with a cherry



If it gets bad maybe the army base at Townesville

could help out ..

A simple aid to gout relief is to drink lots of water with a tiny pinch of Bi-carb Soda in it.

In a few days it will have helped to balance the build up of acid in your system which causes the painful crystals in your joints.

Cherries. Yesterday at Woolies, I could buy rotten cherries, the ones that had a bit of mould growing near the stems for $3.99 per kg, or the ones that weren't quite so bad - had only gone a bit brown looking, for $6.99 per kilo. They didn't have a decent looking cherry in the whole shop. Of course, that may have been because previously the good looking cherries were $18.99 per kilo, so I had given them a miss and obviously so had many others.

A simple aid to gout relief is to drink lots of water with a tiny pinch of Bi-carb Soda in it.

In a few days it will have helped to balance the build up of acid in your system which causes the painful crystals in your joints.



Thank you for your suggestion Davey but the uric acid level in my blood has been tested at 3.2 parts per something or other which is within the normal range.

I do drink a lot of water but I think I will give the bi-carb soda a miss.

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