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Bear, I've looked for that cartoon, but no luck yet.

It was an old Gent, monocled and in tweeds, in a bath chair- never seen anywhere now. [A sort of wicker pushchair withan extended front for the leg].

He's being pushed along the promenade by an absolute DOLLY home nurse with a very frilly skirt , blowing up in the sea breeze.

In one hand he has a HUGE glass of brandy amd the other a Gigantic cigar on the go.

Bit like a 'mini Titanic' under way really…

He's very red in the face and beating the absolute sh*t out of his heavily bandaged foot [about 12" across] with a cane – completely missing the point that it's not his foots' fault  – ONE BIT .

PS:I just hope he got the chance to redress the karmic balance of his bad 'luck' later- when he could simultaneously reduce hiis Zinc levels and maybe adjust the Nurses' Ph a touch ;)

The humour was inescapable- but also the pathos. Brilliant !

Happy dreams….

Post edited 5:31 pm – January 27, 2010 by trev

When Gout was invented a sense of humour was built in -as a viral security to maintain new users being produced!
No one dies laughing..
Bear in mind also- that young people [under 40] may need advice on traditional artifacts

trev said:

Post edited 5:31 pm – January 27, 2010 by trev

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When Gout was invented a sense of humour was built in -as a viral security to maintain new users being produced!
No one dies laughing..
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“sense of humour was built in -as a viral security”  to maintain new users being produced!

No one dies laughing ..

I almost made a liar out of you. You puttin' near killed me.

My predicament is that hardly any one in these United States of America understands my warped sense of  German humor.

Hans , ignoring the insinuation that germans have a sense of humour …..

you mentioned naproxen/aleve, that is what i use and I was about to ask here about what does aleve do exactly

I understand from your comment that it

1) relieves the pain some what

2) reduces the swelling

so is it fair to assume that in a mild attack, with Aleve working reasonably well, if you continue to work, move etc that you will not be doing any excessive damage to the joint in question/pain

OR during any attack that you should strive to rest the particular joint as much as possible

I hope that makes sense, I actually told my kids once adter doing something stupid that I had a gout attack in my brain !   ( yikes ! is that even possible ? )

Aleve has never alleviated any pain due to gout for me.  It is the only OTC 'pain medication' that I can take, though.  I seem to need big doses of certain drugs to garner any benefit from them.  I can easily pop 2 or 3 Vicodins or Percocets and hardly feel a thing whereas my wife takes 1/4 of a pill and goes loopy.  I was given a perscription for 120 mg Arcoxia pills and was guaranteed that they would help with the constant pain I was (and still am) in.  Nothing.  Nada.  Zip.  It's a bit of a bummer.  Alcohol used to be something I'd turn to in order to get some relief, take my mind off things and to put a smile on my face.  Yeah, bad idea considering that whole gout-beer connection.  Aargghhhh………….. 

Bearhunter, you do know that Naproxen doesn't do anything for gout, just works on the pain/inflammation caused by it. Get Aleve instead. It's cheaper.

Alleve is the trade name for Sodium Naproxin… Aren't they the same, except Alleve is non-prescription strength?

Bear , with your history of 5 day attacks and 15 years in, I wouldn't put you in the starter class.

Good luck with your medic and if you want to easily maintain an active lifestyle in arctic conditions- a UA reducing med would be well worth a try, even tough you don't run to it as a natural cure.

If you find this route difficult with attacks triggered- pulling you down too far, that would be another thing again.

With  a specialist on your case , you will hopefully get the right support on this.