[KiwiKen]

Many thanks for your speedy responses to date.

In reply:

– The gout in same big toe 15 years ago, was diagnosed as gout and had all the typical symptoms.

– Current problem in same leg. Doubt if it is from damage from the heavy exercise that day (was nothing too unusual for this time of year – working hard on our fig and pomegranate orchard) – no pain whatsoever until I woke up from settee late at night after that lovely purine rich dinner!

Just back from another round of tests (glucose tolerance, Hepatitis A, Denge serology, Leptospira serology, rickettsia serology) – it all seems to me to be getting too far from the reality of the situation/symptoms, although I am recently returned from a malarial area (Solomon Islands) but experienced no problems there. Last bout of malaria was in Zimbabwe in 1993, was there 4 years and not unaccustomed to tropical diseases/symptoms/prevention.

Any idea of the particular UA test I was given, where normal for the test is 3.0 ????

I have been just soooooooooo careful with diet etc over last 9 days – am trying to pluck up courage to have a day off it on high purine diet to test for worsening symptoms.

Again, many thanks

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