Flaming Gout!

Sympathies Colin. I have a friend who had chronic gout for many years, sounds like agony. Someone advised drinking cherry juice..?

ouch.  sorry to hear.  hope you get better soon!

my father has had gout, but I (thankfully) haven't had to deal with it (yet)

Bristol_Jonesey


This started on Saturday afternoon, and as of now, I can still barely walk.

I blame my father. He blames his father, and so on.........

And no, I don't drink Port, or red wine.

I feel your pain. My last attact went from October until mid December. 


Like you -my attacks usually only happen once or twice a year for a few days but this one was the worst ever. 

I am on allpurinol now which suppresses the production of uric acid. So far so good. If your not on allpurinol i would for sure would ask your doctor about getting on it. I plan on this last attack being the last attack. I plan to never let it  happening again, but i gotta eat better, exceercise, eat natural uric acid lowering foods and of course the allpurinol helps. And the medicine isn't that expensive. 

I feel your pain. I know when your in the middle of an attack it feel like it will never stop and of the 3 months of my last attack I probably spent 2 weeks in bed becuase I could put any pressure on the foot. It just wasn't one foot joint... My whole foot was swollen along with my ankle. 


For those of you who don't know what a gout attack feels like at its peak..... Take a 50lb sledge hammer and then  non stop all day ---- have the strongest person your know smash your foot as hard as he can over and over and over again...non stop

That's what it feel like when our white blood cells all gain up againts microscopic uric acid crystals 


I feel your pain bro ....in fact .... I am weeping uncontroably for you

Aww that sucks!

I only get mild random issues with gout but never that severe. Garlic in large doses is very good, cleans out the system, removes a lot of those free radicals. Roasted garlic bread with herb (parsley and a touch or oregano) is nice, have it everyday, the herbs counteract the body odor. Oregano is also good for ya'. 

Hope you get well soon! 

Sounds painful....

hope it clears up soon.

Well Colin as we type, I too am experiencing another bout of gout. This time (luckily), I'm able to limp around a bit. I went through what Palmist35 went through about 3-4 years back and it feels like what Mooch says.

Those extra....extra...margaritas did it for me over the Christmas holidays.

Cherry juice (from concentrate) on a daily basis helps a great deal (also drinking lots of water), but like Mooch said, you have to completely change your diet. (You probably know all of this, but I'm still trying to convince myself about the diet stuff ).

Hey Mooch, about the alpurinol......check with your Dr. about the long term effects of that drug.....it can lead to kidney failure. 

Gout is the 1st sign that your body is starting to breakdown, IF......you don't take care of it better.

Mesh




Hey Mooch, about the alpurinol......check with your Dr. about the long term effects of that drug.....it can lead to kidney failure. 

My doctor is the one that practically insisted on it. 


The long terms effects are contraversal. However do understand that the reason for gout is that your kidneys are not getting rid of excess  uric acid fast enough due to something going on with your metabolic rate. So at this point it all ready is a kidney problem of some sort. 

Studiies have also shown that people with certain renal failure have improved with allpurinol. 

Gout is also something that affected a lot people with hypothyroidism. I have that and have been on synthroid since I was 15. (1985)

Bottom line is its contraversal and you may be right ... But maybe not. Do take note people have taken allpurinol for decades with no side effects. 

I hear the same stuff about the sythnroid I take too. You can't win. There is a Risk with all drugs. 

Taking care of yourself through healthy eating and healthy weight would probably eliminate most of our problems and then we can toss the drugs. 

Feel better soon, Colin.

Maybe my english is failing me, but isn't gout the one that often is triggered by pork meat? A colleague of mine has it, and she says that even a moderate amount of pork triggers the pains, and she says it's typical of the disease.

It's one of those burdens I really wouldn't wish to anyone. Hang on, guys.

Coincidentally, I went to the doctors this morning complaining of searing pain in my feet.

"Gout" he announced.

"But I've only just walked in" I replied.

Colin I hope you're better soon.

Now, how can we make this fred all about Me?

bapu


Colin I hope you're better soon.

Now, how can we make this fred all about Me?

Oh look who is here....according to my cakewalk source  you posted this 18 minutes ago 




Break is over bubba .... Go make some Muzak 

Is flaming gout different than regular gout?

I mean  does the attack with flaming gout say ... (With a lisp in a high voice) Heeeeeeeeyy foot joint I am here. The party can start now. (As the flaming gout bends his wrists and waves hands) 

And regular gout says it like this ..... ( in a deep man voice) THE PARTY STARTS NOW I AM HERE!! ( arms folded over each other like a bouncer at a biker bar) 

+1 to the Anadin Joint painkillers, they get me through the day occasionally.