YADAyada..
Why do I do this?..when pretty much ALL gout sufferers..REALIZE
their mistake(S),foolishness,STUPIDITY..call it what you want..after
enough sufferring..enough licking tree bark or whatever they
think..or have been TOLD(sold) will work..they lick their
wounds..pack up whatever is left of their health..take their
allopurionol and RETREAT quietly like
MICE..QUIETLY..beaten..BEATEN??..they NOW have to face the
music..they were wrong..WRONG..you know they made choices..and YES I
hate to inform some people but SOME choices are not just
foolish/wrong..they are STOOPID..I made them..I KNOW that I was
STUPID to not adhere to PROPER medical advice..go ahead..call me
stupid..at the time..AT THE TIME..I was stupid..I have NO problem
with people calling me stupid when I was..and CLEARLY I was..
New people come to this group..OFTEN they bring the "Herbal
suitcase"(rofl/lmao)..OR else they SOON go get it..almost INVARIABLLY
someone else comes out with "HEY GO LICK TREE
BARK..here..here..lookeee see..DO NOT!! take "drugs"(allopurinol)"
Follow this to the extent that I have..it is NOT the new people
that get attacked..quite the contrary it is the REGULAR posters here
that get attacked..the regular posters are OFTEN quiet/polite..and
point out..and maybe often(that's me) say.."SHOW ME THE MONEY"..there
ain't no proof for this tree bark..a VERY familiar pattern
emerges..NOW WALTER is accused of being the "drug
pedlar".."allopurinol salesman"..ALL I have to say to that is.."Na
nana NAH NAH.." to Walter..HEHEHAHA..Hey Walter..how do you like
your "new" position??HEHEHAHA..Walter is SMART..he PROBABLLY
manoueverred himself into position to USURP MY previous
position..HEHEHAHA..
I KNEW that I had hit a VERY RAW nerve..OR the truth..when I was
put into the "allopurinol rep." position..HEY..I kinda liked it..I
miss it..HEHEHAHA..
I think the very fact that someone is here..at this group..says a
LOT..they are most likely pretty close to the end of their
rope..their gout attacks are MOST likely a LOT worse than they
say..or want to admit..they have NO way home..the MIGHTY allopurinol
is their LAST and ONLY hope..AND if it doesn't work..WHAT THEN????...
The patterns are almost IDENTICAL..
Listen in on a conversation I had with a rheumatologist..NO
spring chicken..he has seen this stuff FOREVER..
Rheumatologist: "Gout is almost as much a psychological problem
as a physical disease..I have sat in this chair forever..white middle
aged male..in the prime of their power in life..gout attack..these
guys..are almost guaranteed to be carrying too much weight..don't get
any exercise..eat badly,drink too much..SOooo they "know" have been
told that THIS!! causes "the gout"..their not the men of their
youth..they THINK they can still do it..they can't..REPEAT gout
attacks..are/have been blamed on old/macho sporting injuires..they
are too old they tell themselves..to do that/try that anymore..they
eat poorly..drink too much..they KNOW this will fix their gout..it is
their fault..NO WAY are they going to take drugs!!! for the rest of
their lives..I tell them about gout..dangers..allopurinol..they have
been to he hospital..clinic..family doctor..and WAITED 6 months to a
year to see me..they head off..the things they have LOVED!..a bit of
exercise,sport,mobility..they slough of these losses as "old
age"..they may give up other things..a drink..a few
drinks..drinking..a social glass of wine..a few few almost meccessary
drinks with business associates..family,friends,a cold beer after a
hot day..a nice steak..a nice homemade hamburger on a barbeque..AFTER
A GOUT ATTACK...AFTER..they lay off this stuff..the attack QUIETLY
goes away..THEY have found the bogeyman..their joint(s) get
worse..they put this off to "arthritis"..some say that old macho
sporting injuries caused it..time MARCHES on..the EVIL gout is doing
what it does BEST!!..latherring the uric acid to the joint..laying a
REAL nice fertile bed..for the next attack..they guy may have slipped
a bit with the diet/alcohol..the next attack..he KNEW it was that 1
beer..and that 1 chicken wing..see see see..this attack goes away..
The game of life is pretty much over now..he OF COURSE ends up
back to see me..after having given so much up..practically everything
of pleasure..he's done..ain't gonna be no comeback now..NOW it's too
late..there are NO options left..allopurinol is NOW not ANY matter of
choice..and THAT is worse..he HAS to take it..the assessment of
permanent damage is done..
Some are ELATED!! that they can dance at their daughter's
wedding..they can have a beer with an old friend..have friends over
for a barbeque..they can WALK..live pain free..they gave up so much
of their life..for what? gout..the days are over when gout did
that..up until allopurinol..you got gout..you know the rest.
People have come here..to this group..they have emailed me..they
WERE going to do all this fantastic stuff..diet/tree bark..ya ya ok
ok..I'll MONITOR my uric acid levels..the attack goes away..so do
they..the attack is gone..they beat it..do they monitor their uric
acid levels...NOooo..they feel/SAY they don't need to..and some othet
tree bark licker said that they only have to do that right before an
attack..so there..
I feel TRULY sorry for those that have come here..emailed me..with
NOW permanent joint damage..
I guess for me..a big part of it is almost like a
Biblical/religious thing..at the end of the day..ALL you can do..is..
"Scatter the seeds"..
I watched someone I knew..nice guy..reasonablly close to me..go
through gout attacks..NO DRUGS FOR HIM..NO WAY..to me his health,gout
wasn't that bad..ya knee problems..gout..at times immobilized..
His next attack..clogged his renal tubules..kidneys shut
down..stroke..
This UPSET me a LOT!!/botherred me..
In a subsequent conversation with my rhuematologist..he said..
"You and your friend have gout..you will have it until you
die..you BOTH had choices..armed with the best health care/knowledge
that world has known..you both made choices..he made his..you made
yours..
I interrupted him and said.."You think he made the "right"
choice??????".
he just replied.."Doesn't matter..it was HIS CHOICE NOT YOURS..he
lived with his choice..you live with yours"...