A Day In The Life.....

[disneydream06]

I didn't want to, but I called in sick to work tonight.

I am having a gout flare in my left foot and it hurts like heck.

Comments

[armiphlage]

oh no! Does resting with your feet up help?

[disneydream06]

Well, it's supposed to.
But of course I have to be different.
If I sit here and rest and stand up on it, it hurts like crap.
When I took Maggie out earlier and walked for awhile on it, it felt better towards the end of the walk.
But of course walking on it doesn't help. UGH...

[thewayne]

Cherries and cherry juice, m'boy. Natural stuff that helps gout. And cherries are in-season, so you can get the good ones!

Best of luck to you, I hear that hurts like a sumbitch.

[disneydream06]

At it's worst it really does. :o :o :o
Last year when my knee flared, I could barely walk.
The ankle is not much better this time around.
I need to look into cherry juice.
I LOVE cherries, but all too often they are horribly expensive.

[thewayne]

Hey, if it helps make the condition retreat faster, screw the cost dude!  And pure cherry juice (no added sugar) would be much more concentrated than eating the fruit.

[disneydream06]

I have to figure out where I can buy cherry juice.
I'm not sure I have ever seen it on the shelf any where I have shopped.

[thewayne]

Generally the 100% juice is at the end of the juice aisle, in my experience on the top-most shelves.  Knudsen is a good brand, Ocean Spray is not.

[disneydream06]

Thanks for the info.
I will have to try and remember to look next time I am shopping.

[disneydream06]

Any idea what kind of serving/amount is recommended?

[thewayne]

No idea whatsoever.  I'd go with a cup in the morning and a cup at night and see what happens.

[disneydream06]

My grocery store is having a sale on cherries on Thursday, I will have to stop and get some if they look good and then also look for some cherry juice. :)

[thewayne]

Sounds good!

[disneydream06]

I have a bad habit of buying too many cherries when they are on sale and then they start to spoil before I can finish them all. :o

[thewayne]

Yeah, they only last a week or so before they start going bad.  It sucks.

[disneydream06]

Which is why I usually only buy them when they are on sale. lol.....

[thewayne]

My wife suggested maybe getting an Rx for colchicine.  It's an anti-inflammatory that might help a flare-up, but won't address the underlying problem.  But it can have nasty side-effects, and they vary if you take it for a gout attack or for your heart.  She's just beginning it and saw that it specifically addressed gout.

[disneydream06]

I am currently taking Naporxen for the pain and inflammation.
Not totally sure how much it's helping.
I usually just suck on the Ibuprofen.

[cmcmck]

Hope you're over it soon.

Hugs.

[disneydream06]

Thank you so much. :)

[kaishin108]

I hope you are better by now. That gout I know is very painful.

Healing hugs, helen

[disneydream06]

Still having issues.
Last night I started to have some pain in the knee and today I started having some pain down into the foot below the ankle.
I took tonight off as well, and hoping that tomorrow is a better day.

[kaishin108]

Oh gosh Jon, I hope you are starting to feel better by now, yikes.

Hugs, helen

p.s. sorry to take so long to reply.

[disneydream06]

Thank you. :)
Right now the knee feels okay, but the the foot is bothering me. Ugh...

[kaishin108]

It is so challenging when feet bother us, sigh. Hope they feel better soon.

[disneydream06]

I've never had it move around like this before. UGH...

[kaishin108]

Right, that isn't good when pain starts migrating. :(

[disneydream06]

It is thankfully a lot better now.
Still a little sore, but so much better. :)

[kaishin108]

Thank goodness your feeling better! :)

Hugs, helen

[disneydream06]

Thank you. :)