Gout

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan

I have had 2 colon exams, they suck, but I am clean.

Now lets not go scaring people. I don't think that they use a vacuum to suck out the polyps. I believe that they snip them and pull them out with a snare device attached to the scope.

My ex and I use to have our colonoscopies done at the same time. What fun date. I carry wallet sized photos of my polyps to show all my friends. If you guys want, I can scan them, flickr them, and post them on the Forum. I've been told that I have a very handsome colon. It will just take me a few minutes. No problem. Any takers?

[Rich]

I've had 3 colonoscopies. GI issues accompanied with polyps in the first one put me on the "every 5 years" path. Until this time, now I was told that based on this past one, I can wait until I'm 50. So when I'm 50, I'll have my 4th one.

Not a bad procedure unless they don't give you enough of the "make you forget" drug and you remember every little turn of the scope, as happened to me. Last time, I had them put me out.

[Larks]

For gout, I keep a supply of Indocin handy. I get probably an attack a year. It will take you from being able to run with 18 year olds to practically speaking, crippled.

Beer can be a contributor to higher levels of uric acid so you have to watch what you mix. Avoid certain types of seafood (google it). It's taken me a while but I have been able to track back eating X and then having a few brews to attacks. It can come on that quick.

I also got Pseudogout in the knee once. Had to get it drained / get a cort shot to get past it.

Gout is no joke.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Larks

I keep a supply of Indocin handy. I get probably an attack a year. It will take you from being able to run with 18 year olds to practically speaking, crippled.

Beer can be a contributor to higher levels of uric acid so you have to watch what you mix. Avoid certain types of seafood (google it). It's taken me a while but I have been able to track back eating X and then having a few brews to attacks. It can come on that quick.

I also gout Pseudogout in the knee once. Had to get it drained / get a cort shot to get past it.

Gout is no joke.

I had some foot issues last year that resembled gout. I was really concerned about this, as I know that gout is no joke. Turns out, I was merely suffering from what my doctor described as "clutch toe/foot" -- I had just bought a stick shift car with a heavy clutch pedal and since I hadn't driven a stick shift in a few years, my foot was unaccustomed to that pressure. It was serious pain, though -- I couldn't put a sheet over my foot for a week or two and really thought it was gout -- my doctor was pretty darned sure it wasn't, although from what he said, no test really eliminates it.

I have a friend with gout and I truly sympathize. I can tell the pain he's in and when he has an attack, he can't referee.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I was merely suffering from what my doctor described as "clutch toe/foot".

Hey. If I didn't do it, you know that Mark Padgett would have done it. I'm pretty sure that he's old enough to remember the show.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Hey. If I didn't do it, you know that Mark Padgett would have done it. I'm pretty sure that he's old enough to remember the show.

Is that Paddlefoot on the left?

[26 Year Gap]

I have a friend who cannot resist venison. With deer season right before basketball season, he often got off to a late start to his season due to gout brought on by eating too much deer meat.

[Vinski]

I have had gout since I was about 25. I’m now 47. I used to get debilitating pain in my big toe mostly, but also in other joints… knee, elbow, wrist, and fingers. The pain was incredible and basically prevented me from doing anything athletic when I had attacks. About 5 years ago I went to the doc and he diagnosed me with gout and gave me allopurinol. It took about 6 months before it finally started working, but I haven’t had an attack since.
Also, I eat a very high protein diet and a ton of vegetables. The doc told me that diet doesn’t affect gout really very much at all. He said it is mostly hereditary. I do have gout in my family.

If you do have gout, go to the doc. Don’t put it off like I did. I don’t know if allopurinol is for everyone, but it changed my life.