Excecise and Sweat(Perspiration if U wish)
6:00 AM, Took 1 celebrex, one culchicine trying to control my gout
attack and 20 Mg of Accupril-BP med
7:43 Voided bladder at start of walk.
7:45 45 minutes, 3 miles and an incline of 3, whatever that means, on
the tread mill. Took in 1 quart of water/electrolite (half and half-
GatorAid) during the walk. I sweat profusely and from past experience
have found that I lose about 4 pounds dufing 1 hour of a walk.
Had enough pain when I started to cause a slight limp. Big toe of
left foot and the next two toes painful, red and slightly swollen at
the start. This attack has lasted for three months now.
8:02 Finished walk, drank one quart of water, needed to void which is
new, since I haven't drunk water during a workout this was new and I
would not have made it to 1 hour without a break. I will probably
have to plan two half hour sessions.
8:45 After the walk, now some 45 minutes after stopping the walk, no
pain in either the big toe or the other two toes and only have pain
when I actually press the toes down hard enough to lift me my body
off the floor with one foot and that pain is slight. I am leaving the
shoe on that foot to keep the area warm. This fits with the
observations from "Newfoot" who reported that his pain was reduced
when he played golf in the heat.
I was afraid of doing this walk this morning but so far it has been
great, this is the least pain I have had now in over three months.
IMPORTANT QUESTION
As I was walking, something occured to me that I need to, WANT TO,
understand.
When I sweat,(perspire) and my sweat is salty.
Very salty in fact. Sodium something is being removed from my system
and I'll bet there is urate in the sweat along with sodium chloride
and whatever other salts are dissolved in my blood. If this is true,
then it would be MUCHO benificial to us to sweat and drink water and
replace the fluid as it is removed.
I'm not advising anyone or suggesting anything to anyone vis a vis
this but it is a fact that sweat is salty and I doubt that the body
can distinguish among the various ions when it decides it needs to
cool the system down and starts the sweat process.
Hanging in there--Skip