Gout,

[mustang_revival]

Gout is a form of arthritis that has to do with your kidneys lack of ability to clean uric acid the bi-product of purines, which are proteins in many common delicious food.

I've been dealing with Gout for about 12 years now, my dad has it, my gfather had it.

I'm supposed to take allopurinol daily but I mostly just take indomethacin upon flare ups.

I can drink Bud Light (insert shitty beer joke) all day and not have problems, but any dark beers or micro brews mess me up pretty good.

I mostly each chicken and other than that order vegetarian. It's made me a damn good cook at chicken, and forced me to open my mind and adopt a partial vegetarian diet.

Gout started in my ankle, then big toe, then to the outside blade of my foot.

Depending on what I eat, I will be affected differently. My buddy made a shitload of king crab one time early this year and I had it in my HAND for the first time. It was wild.

Drink lots of water, avoid trigger foods (high purine content) http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-li...t/art-20048524 and it is best to take a daily like allipurinol to keep it at bay.

...and get used to it because it will not go away. ever.

[Unicorn Jeff]

My uncle has suffered from that for as long as I've known. Sounds painful and he manages to push through as far as work goes but has skipped a lot of family functions over the years.
He drinks like a fish though, always has a Miller Light in his hand and in the ice chest with him when around so I guess he's not doing himself any favors regarding it.
Good luck with it.

Your uncles name doesn't happen to be Smitty does it? And works at FedEx Freight?

[Rick Modena]

I've only known two people who have had it and both didn't drink water. One guy only drank beer and sodas and the other only drank coke a cola, he was a freak about it to. His entire shop was coke signs, machines, etc. He would not drink a drop of water, swore up and down that "they" were putting shit in the water.

[Chili]

Goiter and lack of iodine?

YES! That's what I was thinking of. And if I recall correctly, that is why they started adding iodine to salt.

Yack:

[Jesse]

I thought that was where people get the big bulbous things on their necks. Had no idea it was related to the feet until just now googling it:



So what is that neck thing?? I remember being told about it in elementary school.. Something to do with a lack of something in the diet that people used to get a long time ago. Hell.. That's going to bug the shit out of me. Time to do some more googling I guess.

Goiter and lack of iodine?

[Jesse]

Have it now for 20 years. I take colcry, alipurinal, probicin not sure of any of the spelling on them daily. Have only had two bad attacks in last decade. When those attacks happened I went to my Dr and he gave me a IV of steroids and it helped a lot. Might want to talk to your Dr.

[Chili]

I thought that was where people get the big bulbous things on their necks. Had no idea it was related to the feet until just now googling it:

gout
noun
1.
a disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis, especially in the smaller bones of the feet, deposition of chalkstones, and episodes of acute pain.

So what is that neck thing?? I remember being told about it in elementary school.. Something to do with a lack of something in the diet that people used to get a long time ago. Hell.. That's going to bug the shit out of me. Time to do some more googling I guess.

[94form2000z]

My uncle has suffered from that for as long as I've known. Sounds painful and he manages to push through as far as work goes but has skipped a lot of family functions over the years.
He drinks like a fish though, always has a Miller Light in his hand and in the ice chest with him when around so I guess he's not doing himself any favors regarding it.
Good luck with it.

[Ratt]

God damn, that sucks. Hope you guys get over it soon.

[CexMashean]

disease of kings

I've gotten it.

I see what you did there.

[Silverback]

Who the fuck still gets gout?

lots of people do.

It was originally called the disease of kings, typically associated to drinking lots of booze, eating high protein diets, and drinking carbonated beverages.

I've gotten it a time or two, it's as bad as kidney stones but in your big toe!

Been a while since I've had a flair up.

[Ted]

Get some brown orthopedic shoes

I know you want seconds, but there's no need to shout.

[Ratt]

Who the fuck still gets gout?

[Stephen]

Get some brown orthopedic shoes

[Juiced4v]

I've heard this can get bad and painful! I hope I never get this.