The Old Enemy is Back

 As of  Friday last I was happily confident that my old enemy - gout- had run away.  Pain all gone. Walking was comfortable.

O Sneaky Gout.  You came back with a vengeance on Sunday/Monday night.  Yeow!

I'm hobbling  around  like an old man.  Darn it, I am an old man!

Double darn it; my  left shoulder is also painful.  It's the side on  which the famous Mr Z tugs me as he seeks the ideal place to pee and to poop. 

Why the return of the gout?  Here is my diagnosis.    


(1)   I've been eating  all too much of my favourite German ham.  It's very salty. 


(2)  I missed the recommendations to drink eight  glasses of water per day.   Good for the crystals which cause gout pain.  Not so good for overnight sleep.




                            Not a beauty spot!


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