Gout Diet Blog

I suffered my first major Gout attack at age 55 in my big left toe 8months ago. I went to ER cause of pain and lack of sleep got aindustrial shot of indomethicine, immediate temp pain relief. Startedtaking indo tablets daily but after a couple months they were rippingup my stomach. Switched to Colchicine and added 1/2 tab of Bextradaily That Dr retired (quit). She said I would probably have anotherattack within a year,, she was right. Then 3 weeks ago second attachoccured,went to my GP, gave me tylenol/cod #3 for pain but that really onlyhelped a little to be able to sleep,, started Google ing andsearching,,,and researching what is available on the net,,,,

So a couple days ago after reading all the info that search engineshad yielded to me, I start thinking — all the meds are just solvingone thing but side effects and secondary gout (caused by meds) maybeanother,,, what was the cause???

one of the sites that seemed to pull things together with little biaswas here

http://www.health911.com/remedies/rem_gout.htm#top

I printed it out and read it twice highliting what applied to me inmy diet and meds. I felt informed somewhat.

I see pros and cons for diet,, butI saw a couple touts on Cherry juice,,, real juice not flavored.better just fresh cherries or frozen. I do remember that about 2weeks ago we had a big Shrimp dinner and I am thinking this may havecontributed to my second attack. So what do I have to lose?

I bought a bag of frozen dark cherries, frozen strawberries,and a pound of grapes. Started the cherries 36 hrs ago,,, 22 cherriesto start. then 6-8 cherries in between meals, ate some strawberriesand a few grapes as snacks and VIOLA pain and swelling is almostgone as predicted. The pain started dropping off in 12 hrs and Iwasn’t sure but I had a better nights sleep.One other variable, I started adding vitamin supplements C 1000 mg E400 IU and Fish Oil 1 gram a day. I ran out of the tylenol 2 daysago. I also tried to increase my water intake.

In 2 -3 months or years I may be able to testify more about thesedark cherries if the results hold up.

Any other success stories about cherries?

One web site touts Tart cherry juice,,, I didn’t try that.Many sites want you to buy their vits and mins but I took those witha grain of salt. $$$$

Today I ran up the stairs and was not contrained by any pain in ankle.Had steak last night!

An old southern gentlemen told me that his mother had always saidjust eat a bowl of cherries and sitback.

Google gout cherry and you come up with some stories.