Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Today is moving day

Here it is, the first night in our new digs, My brother and Sister-in-law are serving a mission for the church and we are living in there home for 16 months while they are away. So we have put our home up for sale and moved in their home.

Their home is a nice home, its heated by propane and wood so it doesn't have the nice forced air furnaces I have been use to, These heaters require a little more effort than the forced air furnace. This means that gathering up and chopping wood (Let me finish this tomorrow)

Well here we are, it's been about a week since I started this entry. I think I was writing this when it was very late, because I had some words that I didn't recognise. I corrected them, I still can't figure out what I was trying to write.

As I mentioned we are living in another house for about 18 months while my brother and his wife are away on a service mission. I have had a small bit of gout in my right toes but nothing that is keeping me from getting around. I believe that my gout runs in our family. My father and mother both had it. I have one brother that gets it from time to time but fir the most part his is under control. The meds that I'm on for gout seem to help so I'll just keep doing what I need to to keep the big monster away.

Better run for now.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Just a little (more) research

The website listed below is selling a product I have not tried, therefore I have no opinion of it's effectiveness.

In doing a little more research on gout I'm finding more and more that diet, although important is not the most significant cause of gout. Below is a statement I found at the web site uloric.com.

" When it comes to gout, diet is just one part of the story, and it comes into the picture differently than you might expect. Despite popular mis-perceptions, diet is not the root cause of gout. However, it is one of many things that can trigger gout attacks in people who already have high uric acid levels. Gout isn't caused by the foods you eat or the beverages you choose. It's caused by a buildup of uric acid in your blood. "

This site talks about the importance of treating the cause, not just the pain. I know that when I'm in the middle of a gout attack all I want to do is get the pain to stop. Then when it finally does I conclude that the treatment worked. That may not be the case. Just because the pain is gone the cause of the pain is just waiting there for the right conditions to attack again.

As far as diet goes the research suggests that diet is only about 1/3rd the cause of uric acid production and that your body produces the other 2/3rds of uric acid acid on its own. So if your body is already producing high levels of uric acid then you add a big plate of shrimp to your diet you have just pushed the levels too high and the "Gout Monster" is on its way!

Well thats all for now, stay gout free and healthy.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Gout Gout Gout!

It's been a while since I've had a bad flare up of gout, but I'm always listening to articles and stories about gout. Lately I've heard some ads on TV about gout.com, I've been to that site and it's not a bad site. Take care of yourselves.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Gout is back for a visit

On Thursday morning I woke up with gout in my knee. It was starting to get bad, I couldn't straighten my leg and walking was difficult but not impossible. I took two colchisene and started to drink water. By the end of the day I was still in pain so I took ibuprofen for the pain and within three hours I was feeling good again. So today was good no pain and could get around very well. I guess I better get serious about loosing some weight.

See ya