My 5-minute free-write!
Gout is something I do not wish on anyone, It is very painful and is common in the joints of the big toe, it comes on suddenly and causes severe pain, redness, and swelling. It is a common and complex form of arthritis.
I have this thing called gout and it is no fun at all when it flairs up it hurts to have a bedsheet touch the area it is in. To keep from having flare-ups, I drink lots of water, work to stay away from soda, and try to eat chicken and pork for my meats, as red meat and seafood make it flare up more often.
I try to use natural remedies to keep flare-ups down but sometimes I have to use prescriptions to help with this. I will eat cherries and drink the cherry juice to help with this affliction that is gout!
Have a great night everyone!
Best wishes in keeping that pain at bay! I love cherry juice and hate pain! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! It is hard to stay away from the sodas and the beer every now and again. I do try to limit them as much as possible.
I do the same... It's a holiday weekend here so I just had one and a half beers. My fiance picked up a case of Pepsi last week and I am trying not to drink them. When I have a migraine I give myself permission... Somehow the sugar helps my brain with recovery. The sugar does not, however help my waistline at all. LOL
Yeah, it does not help the waistline at all. LOL
I stay away from the diet soda as the artificial sugar drives my blood pressure up, so no matter how you look at it soda is bad for you! LOL!
Gout does hurt!! How are you Mike? I posted our podcast episode on Uptrennd and people were wondering how the building is coming along?
I am doing good! We are having to work through the county government. They will let us build it but they want the inspector to spend lots of time here and that means more money for the permits.
To me, it is like the county wants us to teach them and pay them for teaching them the building method. It is a struggle but we will get there.