Clarky

Thanks gents. I have ordered some of the cherry juice concentrate. Sounds very tasty anyway as I like cherries! Will let you know hoe I get on

Hey invicta59, Fatback and Geoff many thanks for your messages. The pain has almost disappeared now. I am not too downhearted about this (worse things happen at sea) but it's just something I need to think about and manage

[quote name='gypsyjazzer' timestamp='1411058294' post='2556092'] Hi Clarky I did have gout--on and off-- for many years--saw the doc.--put on a 'gout' tablet--- did the trick--not had gout now for a no. of years---off tablet. Luckily the gout was in my right foot and not in the hands. For those of you who have never had gout it is like having constant tooth-ache wherever the gout is. --- Hope it soon clears up Clarky. [/quote]Thanks GJ! Good to hear yours is under control

Hey Jake, is this the same diet you have been advocating (no processed foods, sugar in very low quantities, red wine as a treat! etc) for sustained weight loss or did you start with a different one?

yep, but one is injectable and grotesquely expensive (Krystexxa) and the others are cheap generic tablets (eg allopurinol) that have undesirable side effects (kidney issues, anaemia etc) and thus are not used unless the disease progresses. If you can control the episodes (which are by definition infrequent) by anti-inflammatory drugs its preferable to using these more toxic alternatives

Its very likely that gout has a genetic component - there's a much younger guy in my team at work who has gout and so did his father (same joints too). All the stuff about red wine and meat being risk factors was recently discredited in a research study that suggested that yeast-enriched foods/drinks (eg, beer) are in fact much more likely to cause flare-ups. Which is good as I like a glass of red wine! The usual gubbins about losing weight, lower blood pressure etc obviously apply when it comes to lowering risk of further flare-ups (as they do in many diseases) but essentially beyond the aforementioned all you can do is be quick to react with anti-inflammatory drugs if you feel onset of an attack (not only reduce pain but over long term these reduce the inflammatory damage that occurs progressibvely in the affected joint).

I have had recurring aches and pains in my left hand since breaking several bones in it around 3 years ago (falling down stairs at 6am on way to work, before you ask) but this has been manageable for my playing electric and double bass. Then last week I developed sharp pains in one finger joint and a couple of days ago in my left forefinger knuckle - meaning I could barely bend this finger without very sharp pain. Worried sick this would end my instrument-playing days I went to a consultant who has advised that I have gout in my left hand. I am now on high dose anti-inflammatory drugs and the pains have almost entirely disappeared. This is a flipping nuisance as its likely to strike again and does mean from now on I will poised with anti-inflammatory drugs and be using ultra-low tension DB strings. I already have Velvet Blues on my 3/4 bass which are <60 pounds of pressure per string (much less than Spiro Weichs for example) and will see how they go. Humbug!

Excellent news Nige!

yowza. Now that's porn

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1410742367' post='2552681'] my priorities are not the same as the rest of the band [/quote] Seems to me that this is the key quote in your OP. It is always sad when things start drifting apart but it sounds like you already know what needs to be done and - if you let it linger - the decision may well be taken away from you ... which would be even more upsetting

Drop thisnameistaken a PM as I am pretty sure he has talked about busking rocksteady/ska songs on his DB

Unless it's another lemon

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1410359840' post='2548537'] What's the etiquette here????? Does the person who guesses or recognises the previous list get to pick the next one or do people simply wade in with obscure choices on the hope that no one else knows their choice. [/quote] Apparently the former after my hideous faux pas

I'll play. Here is the tracklisting for my favourite album of the moment: [list=1] [*]"Windfall" [*]"Live Free" [*]"Tear Stained Eye" [*]"Route" [*]"Ten Second News" [*]"Drown" [*]"Loose String" [*]"Out of the Picture" [*]"Catching On" [*]"Too Early" [*]"Mystifies Me" [/list]

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1410344556' post='2548295'] Are those ones made in Scotland? Fife to be exact. [/quote] Nope they've moved production back to Italy, to Del Monte

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