Good living

[ACE]

Goose, dundee cake, shortbread, nice drop of claret, only at xmas mind you. Bloody good job it is, I now have gout. Bread and cheese next year.

It sounds funny don't it, well I tell you it ain't, bloody painful.

Anybody got an old bathchair I can borrow ;D

[ACE]

[flossie]

Poor you
a friend of ours has just got that - he arrived for New Year dinner with his sandles on
do you have any tips - apart from moderation - that I can pass onto him about managing it?

All the best

[Mrs Ava]

Youch, my auntie suffered for yonks with gout.  Agoneeeeeeeeeeee.  I sympathise Ace - get well soon.

[manicscousers]

I feel for you, i've just got arthritis in my big toe joint and that aches like mad, get well soon

[cornykev]

Friend of mine has had gout he's had it since he was in his twenty's, he said the pain is like you can imagine. :(

[kitten]

I don't even know what gout is but it sounds nasty  :o - hope you get well soon ace x

[Carol]

My Brother in law has very bad gout and my OH has had it too (it seems to run in his family).  B I L  trys to control it with Water.  He drinks loads of  water to flush out the Uric Acid crystals which causes the gout. He is also on tablets from the Doctor for when the flare ups are really bad, usually when he has eaten Pork or anything from the Pig.  So, I suggest yo try the water treatment.  He drinks about 2 pints of water first thing in the morning.   ;) ;) ;)

[Palustris]

There are two forms of gout. Occasional Severe and Mild Chronic
The former is  something which can be trigered by diet, but the latter is permanent and nothing to do with what one eats or drinks. Both painful though. At least the first one only attacks infrequently, the other is there almost all the time.

[kt.]

Good living is doing what you want when you want without repercussion or harm to yourself or others, eating what you want or when you want too. Guess you will have to settle for 2 out of 3 ;D ;D

[Heldi]

It's what someone says when you walk in on them in the bathroom.."G'out!"

[ACE]

I suggest yo try the water treatment.  He drinks about 2 pints of water first thing in the morning.   ;) ;) ;)

WATER! Do you think weak beer will do.  I havn't drank water since I found out what fish do in it ;D

[Carol]

 ;D ;D  No. its got to be WATER   :o :o :o  and it works for Bro in law until he got sick of drinking Water.  He is quite a drinker and he managed to swallow WATER  so come on ACE  try it.    Either that or get to the Docs for the tablets.   ;D ;D

[Hyacinth]

But most beers ARE water?...so c'mon ACE, take some water in your water - you know it'll do you good ;D