Gout?!
I started having significant pain (Level >7) in my right-toe shortly after starting the Levaquin. I'd had the problem before and thought this was just a sign that the Levaquin was doing its job. Unfortunately, on going to the doctor he said that it is not Lyme, but Gout. I was in disbelief for a while that I have one more problem; but with the area being red and swollen it seemed to make sense. Interestingly I had let myself run out of B100, and had not taken one in a couple of weeks. Now I wonder if my body requires the B100 to control the uric acid. Between the Hydrocodone for pain and the 500mg of Naproxen for the swelling I was doing better pretty quickly. Most interesting is that the Gout explains all of the joint pain meaning the Lyme has hit me 100% neurologically. So far the B100 and Vitamin C I take seem to help with the Gout, hopefully it can be controlled with those, a better diet, and drinking more.
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posted by Erik @ 9/08/2007 02:13:00 PM
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I have since seen my normal family-practice doctor to see his thoughts on the gout. He normally wants to prescribe a uric acid lowering drug. My problem with that, other than I am already on more drugs that I am comfortable with, is that I think your body gets "addicted" to the drug and if you stop you will immediately relapse. We'll stick with the B100+C+Diet for now.
Holy crap. Gout? What are you, eating at jewish delis all week?
mdmhvonpa,
I know this may come as a shock to someone in PA, but Texas is not exactly crawling with Jewish delis. ;-) Probably because of the shortage of Jews. On the other hand we have a ton of Mexicans, and thus plenty of "Mexican delis." ;-)
In reality I don't get the gout diagnosis that much. Certainly I eat fairly beef heavy dinners, but my lunch is almost always PB&J and breakfast is at best cereal. You'd think I was living the Atkins diet!
Mmmmmmmm.... Mexican food sounds so great right now!!
mdmhvonpa, you mean eating your dream diet?? :-) Only in his dreams. Sadly, I am not the best cook, so poor guy gets a little more hotdog/bologna than is usually recommended. :-)
LOL ... processed meat, manna of the modern age.
We usually get Kosher Dogs from Hebrew National. They are more expensive, but I have a pretty good idea what goes in there. The Haupertonian Manor is a Scrapple Free Zone.
mdmhvonpa,
Wow, Scrapple. I've only known of its existence for a couple of years. I think only a Yankee (and then I guess only a damn yankee from the north-east at that) would eat that garbage, probably why it is basically unheard of in Texas.
what the heck is scrapple????
is it the jewish version of mexican mole?
~holly
;-)
Scrapple is not even remotely kosher, and is not a Jewish dish. Just some nasty Yankee garbage.
Scrapple is a filthy dish of reject meat combined together to form a meal/meatloaf (having never actually seen one)? I am not sure there is a corollary in another ethnic group's meals, but if there is it would probably be a Cajun dish.
I would eat Lutefisk (I suppose my Norwegian genes make me less averse) and would not touch Scrapple with a 10 foot pole!
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