As the cold symptoms leave the gout comes

Greetings all

Well my cold/flu is getting a little better, but yesterday I started to feel gout in my right foot right under the toes. (Did I mention that I hate gout!) Today it's bad enough that walking is painful and I prefer not to move. I haven't been eating anything that should cause the gout, my wife has been making several different kinds of soup. I think our recent sub zero weather has caused her to crave soup. That's OK, I like most of the ones she's made, however, the one I didn't like much was the "Best ever potato soup", it has about eight ounces of processed cheese. I made cheese in my younger years so I don't care for the processed cheese, it's not real cheese. In fact several of the ingredients remind me of the ingredients that are in Elmer's Glue. Well that's my story for today, and yes I am taking allopurinol and I have started taking Colchicine.

The gout is gone but the winter colds are here

Hello everyone:

Well the touch of gout that I had following my Thanksgiving binge has cleared up, however the flu and cold season is here. I know this because I have one or the other. My head is stuffed up I have a runny nose, achy body, and the worst thing is the sore throat. I've started with over the counter meds, and I also find that hot drinks help to relieve several symptoms, like the stuffy nose and sore throat. My drink of preference is Pero, it's a grain drink and if you add milk or cream with sugar it's a very soothing drink. Also, I have found that hot lemon and honey are excellent. My appetite has been affected but not enough to make me loose any weight.

With any of these home remedies and over the counter meds be careful not to use anything that may affect other problems like diabetes, or high blood pressure.

Please feel free to comment

Kevin

My Thanksgiving Feast

Well here it is several days after Thanksgiving and I have gout in my knee. It's not so bad I can't walk but it's bad enough that when I step wrong I know I utter a few choice words. It's funny how gout can enlarge your vocabulary.

I know what caused the gout this time. We bought a spiral cut ham and it was great. I think I ate one pound by myself. I have no will power!

Thanksgiving was great, not only did we have a good ham but the turkey mashed potatoes, rolls, salads, oh what a great day. I better stop or I'll be looking for some midnight snacks.

Well better run for now drop a line tell us about your experience with gout.

Kevin

Gout again

Today I have a little bit of gout in my ankle. It started yesterday and was painful to walk but not so bad that I had to just sit in the chair and do nothing. This morning I took colchacine and now the pain is going away. I just hope it stays away.

How is your gout? Let me know

Another day with gout

Greetings all

Today I've been in the house all day with gout in my toe. I can walk but I can't put on a shoe, so I have been watching the SYFY channel all day with a few excursions to the Internet and channel surfing. Anyway it's" The 31 Days of Halloween" so I have been watching Horror movies all day.

I did take extra cherry extract and colchicne. I can't be down with this too long, we are trying to finish a bathroom so I need to get the mud and taping done and move on to the next steps in the process.

Well another day with gout.

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Interesting information about gout

Here is what gout is Gout is very painful and damages the joints it affects, follow the link for a definition of gout. There are many websites that talk about gout and there are hundreds if not thousands of companies that claim their product fixes or cures gout. Be careful when searching for gout relief.

Let me know what helps you with your gout.

Kevin

Greetings All

It's the beginning of October and I have a new story about gout. I had some blood work done the end of September and my uric acid level was great. The doctor started me on some medications, you know the Allopurinol and Colchicine combo, that's how my uric acid level got within normal range. Well I decided to test how well the drugs work. I called my sister and we met at Sizzler for dinner. I had the steak and endless shrimp dinner. Well I found out that the drugs aren't strong enough to overcome several servings of Sizzler shrimp, and I ended up with gout in my wrist. It hung around for several days making driving a little difficult, as well as other activities. You know you don't realize just how many activities require you to bend your wrist!
Well good luck with you battle against gout.

Kevin