Yes it’s a sacrifice Clarence, but it’s for the best… moderation could have helped fend it off, but now it’s abstaining from the rich foods unfortunately. :-(
Gout or hyperuricemia… ah, I’m painfully familiar with it… I was diagnosed with it in 2009, and take one pill a day, and kinda watch my diet. I’ve had no flare ups since…
Having lived on a restricted diet for more than 20 years, you just have to become creative in the kitchen and adapt your favorite foods to fit the dietary restrictions.
Gout is considered a form of arthritis. It is controllable by diet and medicine. If I remember right it is formed by uric acid crystals forming in the extremities. It is not just a “rich man’s disease”. A friend of mine suffered from gout. Bologna can cause a flare up.
sheilag almost 5 years ago
Yes it’s a sacrifice Clarence, but it’s for the best… moderation could have helped fend it off, but now it’s abstaining from the rich foods unfortunately. :-(
R.R.Bedford almost 5 years ago
and no Whine, Clarence, no whine
jagedlo almost 5 years ago
My Dad was put on a low-sodium diet last week and for him (especially at his age), it is a big adjustment to make!
cabalonrye almost 5 years ago
I know that fight. sigh. Good luck, Charlene, and hope that when he is not under your eye he will not go have a little bit on the side.
llong65 almost 5 years ago
oh i know the pain, of the gout and the diet. a lot of favorite foods have to be cut back.
rugeirn almost 5 years ago
Fact is, pain wins.
dv1093 almost 5 years ago
Ugh. That’s my life with Type2 Diabetes. I feel like the whole world is having brownies and ice cream for lunch every day.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
You would do better making a list of what you can eat.
david_42 almost 5 years ago
No HFCS, who’d have thunk?
Kilrwat Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Beer and mushrooms are the worst for gout.
TheBigPickle almost 5 years ago
Gout or hyperuricemia… ah, I’m painfully familiar with it… I was diagnosed with it in 2009, and take one pill a day, and kinda watch my diet. I’ve had no flare ups since…
KennethPrice2 almost 5 years ago
Cherries
GaryCooper almost 5 years ago
I had what my doctors called “pseudo gout.” They didn’t even give me the dignity of having real gout.
sbwertz almost 5 years ago
Having lived on a restricted diet for more than 20 years, you just have to become creative in the kitchen and adapt your favorite foods to fit the dietary restrictions.
Bobtul07110 almost 5 years ago
Allopurinol does the trick for me and I can even have an occasional beer.
sergioandrade Premium Member almost 5 years ago
A few years ago I had gout and I was so ticked off that my favorite vegetable, spinach, and fruit, blue berries, were on the do not eat list.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault almost 5 years ago
When people question if the cost of living is too high:
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
Funny! She is so laconic here.
Dragoncat almost 5 years ago
I seem to recall that the last time he lost a lot of weight, she gained it.
banjinshiju almost 5 years ago
Gout is considered a form of arthritis. It is controllable by diet and medicine. If I remember right it is formed by uric acid crystals forming in the extremities. It is not just a “rich man’s disease”. A friend of mine suffered from gout. Bologna can cause a flare up.
mysterysciencefreezer almost 5 years ago
Regular exercise works just as well as dietary changes. Ironically, the worse gout gets, the more difficult exercise becomes.