Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
>
> I have gout too and haven't had an attack in six months since finding
> the right balance of Alopurinol and Culchasene. Have you tried those
> medications yet? What about black cherry extract with your copious
> amounts of water?

No, I've never sought medical attention for gout.
I can control it entirely through diet. It's when
I make dietary mistakes that I get gout. Eating
too much meat has been responsible for nearly
all of my gout attacks. There was one attack
caused by eating too many isolated soy protein
morsels that I pan-fried, and other attacks
caused or exacerbated by eggs or feta cheese.

I don't think I should take a drug for a condition
that can be avoided through diet. Especially
a drug like colchicine which interferes with very
fundamental cellular processes in a bad way.

I've tried dried cherries, and they didn't do a thing.
I believe cherries for gout is malarkey.

> >It was never a severe case. I only needed
> >one Advil on Thursday, and I didn't need one
> >on Friday but I took it anyway.
>
> After my last major attack, I asked for Prednezone prescriptions
> for severe situations where I can't walk.

I've had gout at least that severe. Since the two
major attacks I had in 2000, I've been much more careful.

> >I had a warning sign on Wednesday, actual gout on Thursday,
> >in recovery mode on Friday, and it's no longer
> >painful or stiff today, but I know that I should
> >wait another day or two before consuming the
> >one last sausage, which will be consumed one-half
> >sausage per day, rather than the previous rate
> >of one sausage per day. Alas, they are good
> >sausages but I guess I won't buy them anymore.
>
> Honestly, I don't think your chicken sausages are triggering
> your attacks. You might want to consult a reumatologist
> before depriving yourself needlessly.

From extensive experience, I can say with certainty
that those sausages were the primary cause of my gout
last week. If I were to go vegan for the rest of my
life, I probably would never have another gout attack.
If I did, it would only be because a new risk factor
emerged.

Mark Thorson > wrote:

>Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:

>> I have gout too and haven't had an attack in six months since finding
>> the right balance of Alopurinol and Culchasene. Have you tried those
>> medications yet? What about black cherry extract with your copious
>> amounts of water?

>No, I've never sought medical attention for gout.
>I can control it entirely through diet. It's when
>I make dietary mistakes that I get gout. Eating
>too much meat has been responsible for nearly
>all of my gout attacks. There was one attack
>caused by eating too many isolated soy protein
>morsels that I pan-fried, and other attacks
>caused or exacerbated by eggs or feta cheese.

>I don't think I should take a drug for a condition
>that can be avoided through diet.

If you have had your GP, plus a rheumatologist, plus
a podiatrist all tell you that you have joint damage
secondary to gout, damage that occured during a 6 year intercritical
period where you had absolutely no symptoms and thought you were
fine, you wouldn't be so certain of this.

If you have even one gout attack and have high serum uric acid,
strongly consider having it treated.

Steve

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> or in the oven, crockpot, pressure cooker or on the grill?
>
> Rest assured, despite what one poster has to say about it, my mother said
> she didn't want a cheese omelet. She said she'd love it if I made potato
> soup. So homemade potato soup it was With some saltine crackers.
>
> You?
>
> Jill

Beef stew.