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The main treatments for gout are dieting and excercising
posted by
adventurer02
on July 2, 2015 at 3:27 AM
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TAPS
I like your style, Taps. You have me grinning like a pooch here. Now...how can I play it for all its worth?
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 11, 2010 at 7:35 PM
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Re: johnmacnab
I think it will go away whether you ignore it or not, so you might as well play it for all it's worth and get a lot of mileage out of it.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM
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TAPS
Luckily it is my left wrist Taps, and I use the mouse with my right hand. I'm hoping it is the only attack as well, but my wrist still has twinges. If I ignore it do you think it will go away?
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 11, 2010 at 9:11 AM
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It must be painful for you to use your keyboard and mouse. Hopefully this will be the only gout attack you ever have. Once is quite enough.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 10, 2010 at 10:44 PM
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majroj
What a horrifying thought majroj! In my young days I used to be legless often, but to be 'armless at this stage in my life would mean I couldn't give the finger to other drivers, the way that old coots are supposed to. Where's that duct tape?
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 10, 2010 at 10:50 AM
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We gotta stick together, or we'll surely fall apart
One limb at a time.
posted by
majroj
on August 10, 2010 at 8:05 AM
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majroj
That's what my auctioneering buddy told me last Monday. It took a few days for the swelling to go down, but by the end of the week my wrist was back to normal - however, since then, when grass cutting or weed-whacking I wear a wrist support. Thanks majroj.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 8, 2010 at 7:11 PM
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Yes there is a treatment.
Besides Indocin. Drink loads of water and keep it up. Uric acid is eliminated via kidneys. I was tagged with it two years ago, and whenever I get a twinge I flood the water. No more recurrencs. The wrist is not common for this.
Assuming they made a good diagnosis. If those symptoms don't respond in a fe days or it gets worse, get thee back.
posted by
majroj
on August 8, 2010 at 2:05 PM
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Pat_B
It won't be long before I stop weeding Pat. The leaves on the poplars are turning already. I've got to the stage where I quite like weeding - it is a great excuse for not writing, and I don't feel too guilty about it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 8, 2010 at 6:34 AM
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northsage_45
That's interesting northsage. Ell drinks gallons of cranberry & cherry juice because she likes it, and I'm not averse to it myself. It is worth a try.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 8, 2010 at 6:31 AM
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dsm_tchr
Not yet dsm, but I will be doing so now that I've read your comment. I'm telling myself that it is only tendinitis, not gout, but then I'm good at pretending. I was speaking to a friend at the auction and he was rubbing his wrist and taking Tylenol. He explained 'too much lobster and the gout is back - now I'm drinking lots and lots of water.'
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 8, 2010 at 6:29 AM
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Or, maybe you could stop weeding.
posted by
Pat_B
on August 8, 2010 at 4:36 AM
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The juice in cherries & cranberries calms gout, Johnnie. Worth a try?
posted by
northsage_45
on August 8, 2010 at 1:09 AM
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johnmcnab, hey, kingmi here. Now have you googled natural foods that promote anti-inflammation?
posted by
dsm_tchr
on August 7, 2010 at 8:59 PM
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