Acid Man
No. Krude ain't gonna be bragging about taking LSD
trips in this blog. I personally don't need to alter my already naturally
trippy brain any further. The acid this man wants to exploit this week is uric
acid. The type of acid that my body over produces and causes me to have
extreme pain in the form of gout.
10 years.10 fucking years of living with gout. I was initially
diagnosed with gout due to crippling pain in my lower spine in 2009.Thinking I
had broken a bone at L5 on my spine, I went to a doctor to check it out. A
quick X ray and some disbelief from the doctor about what he was seeing. Turned
out that only around 500 cases of spinal gout had ever been officially determined
at that point in time. And the doctor had never seen gouty deposits on a spinal
bone on an X ray before. An Rx for painkillers and an MRI was ordered. And
later that week it was confirmed:Gout. And it can affect any joint in my body
at any time.
Fuck.
It hurt so bad in my lower spine that I couldn't walk or
move at all without screaming out in agony. So when the doctors all told me to
cut out a bunch of food and drink from my diet,I did. This meant not eating any
red meat, seafood, fried anything or beer. ALL the best tasting stuff.
Double fuck.
As time went on I learned to live with gout and still eat my
favorite foods. It's a trial and error process. My days of eating a Rib Eye
steak with a lobster tail and a pitcher of beer are over. I can have a small
portion of the steak with some ginger ale these days. And maybe have a lobster
tail on special occasions. Life goes on....
When I do get a gout flare up I'm lucky to have a doctor
that supplies me for free a drug called cholchicine. This stuff reduces
the gout inflammation like magic. It is highy toxic shit so I can't go
overboard with it. But it helps tremendously. A 5 day bout of nasty gout turns
into 2 days with this drug. Mahalo
May 22 2019 is gout awareness day. If there is
anybody you know who has trouble with gout flare ups and can't function
normally,please find time to give them some needed help and support. The pain
and lack of mobility with gout is soul crushing,to say the least.A lot of
people helped me when I was at my worst. And I've never forgotten.
I don't know why I developed gout and none of my family or
friends ended up with it. We all live similar life patterns. What I do know is
that I try not to let this affliction affect my overall mood. I try my best
every day to stay gout free. But there are no firm guarantees that I won't get
a flare up. If I wake up in the morning and nothing hurts too bad, it is good
day. Such is life in the Krude lane....
I really didn't want to write a blog about my health
matters. But something tells me that more and more people will end up like me
getting swollen joints just for drinking a beer. The more information the world
knows about arthritis and gout will hopefully result in more research into an
utmost cure. I want to live to see that day. Cheers!
Demerol drip > any Oxy pain pill
KK
@kapn_krude
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