Sheldon wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > Goomba wrote:
> > > Steve Pope wrote:
> > > > One of the things I read is that an attack may be
> > > > predicted by minor sensations in the previously-affected
> > > > joint. �(NOT the joint about to be subjected to an
> > > > attack.)
>
> > > > It may not be a general truth, but that happened to
> > > > me shortly before (days before) my second attack.
> > > > Coincidence? �Maybe not.
>
> > > > Steve
>
> > > And that makes perfect sense to me. Uric acid isn't isolated to only one
> > > joint... it is found systemically so you probably do feel and recognize
> > > (based on previous flare ups) an attack building up as the uric acid
> > > crystals build up in the joints even though it is still at low level
> > > (subclinical) presentation yet.
>
> > Apropos of pain issues, I've just noticed an "Aches And Pains Index"
> > on my local Weather Channel station (Chicago). �This is something
> > new...what's the deal with it, I wonder...???
>
> > I know it's popular belief that certain kinds of weather can
> > supposedly exacerbate certain pains, but is this scientifically
> > verifiable...???
>
> Anyone over sixty can predict impending inclement weather more
> accurately than the finast barometric instruments... you want
> scientific... prior to every launch NASA phones me for concurrence.
> Someday my ankles will be on permanent display in the Smithsonian.


Just like the cyberpussie's prolapsed cervix...!!!

;-p

And O' Feel Up's "brain" will be in a jar in the British
Museum...unfortunately one will have to view it through an electron
microscope.

<vbg>


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Best
Greg