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captain_slinky) wrote2011-09-15 09:14 am
captain_slinky) wrote2011-09-15 09:14 am
Chronicles of The Gout
Went to the doctor yesterday regarding my constant battle with The Gout.
We switched up my medications a bit, lowering my Indomethicine and upping my Alpurinol (lessening my upset stomach and increasing my "Kinda Out-of-it").
We discussed my diet... she was very impressed that I've bone Vegetarian, said it sounds like I've made all the right choices about lessening my intake of potentially gouty foods, no mention of if I should keep going at it or just give it up. We did discuss, however, how the only real consensus on gout foods is that you should avoid red meat and organ meats. Everything else is a "Your Mileage May Vary" situation.
I have ended up pulling a thigh muscle while hobbling around on my gouty foot, she said to treet it as I would any other pulled muscle - rest it, avoid over working it, etc.
In about two weeks I'll be able to start slowly working various gout-related foods back in to my diet to try and figure out which ones are my "Trigger" foods. Things I will have to avoid at all costs will be red meat, organ meat, sausages of any kind and probably dark meat chicken/turkey. I really REALLY hope that white meat turkey, pork and lamb will be okay for me :)
We switched up my medications a bit, lowering my Indomethicine and upping my Alpurinol (lessening my upset stomach and increasing my "Kinda Out-of-it").
We discussed my diet... she was very impressed that I've bone Vegetarian, said it sounds like I've made all the right choices about lessening my intake of potentially gouty foods, no mention of if I should keep going at it or just give it up. We did discuss, however, how the only real consensus on gout foods is that you should avoid red meat and organ meats. Everything else is a "Your Mileage May Vary" situation.
I have ended up pulling a thigh muscle while hobbling around on my gouty foot, she said to treet it as I would any other pulled muscle - rest it, avoid over working it, etc.
In about two weeks I'll be able to start slowly working various gout-related foods back in to my diet to try and figure out which ones are my "Trigger" foods. Things I will have to avoid at all costs will be red meat, organ meat, sausages of any kind and probably dark meat chicken/turkey. I really REALLY hope that white meat turkey, pork and lamb will be okay for me :)
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