Shellfish gives me gout (Rant)

Do I have the right to make shell fish lovers lives miserable because I can't indulge? Nope I dont think so. Enjoy I got my barbecue ribs to keep me happy.

and his big triggers are beer, wine and shellfish. He's found if he guzzles a whole lot of water it helps. Water until it hurts!

I love shellfish

and then once we've had our fill we can mug some vegetarians. They'll be too weak to fight back.

Any proof to back up that claim?

You might want to wait awhile before you start a flame war. Or not.:P :hi:

it'll be funny:)

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

gout attack?

pee more but i am not a doctor.

Can't figure out what is triggering the attacks, but they keep coming. I REALLY need to lose some weight, but can barely walk. Gout sucks.

i havent had gout attacks. Does your doc have you on allupurniol? (sp)

...my diet, plus she doesn't want to put me on another maintainence med if we can avoid it. I'm all for that, and the allopurinol wouldn't do any good while I'm actually having attacks anyway. I'm taking indocin and vicodin to manage the inflammation and pain, and they DO help-- I shutter to think how bad life would be without them at the moment.

Lawdy knows i can drop a few inches in the waist line but theres no reason to have one day of turkey sandwhiches salads and juice followed by a treat day. The best thing i ever did was go on diet coke, yeah i know some people say its no better than the real soda but the sugar factor alone is much better for you.
Seriously two or three days of eatting healthy is alot better than bed rest i speak from expierince and i hope am not being condecending. PM me if you need gout tips. Keep the foot elevated and try to do some circulation exercises and soak that toe as often as you can stand it. Hang in there buddy gouts a mother. I am pulling for you.

have been brought on by drinking on hiking/camping trips, which dehydrated me, and thus increased the proportion of uric acid crystals in my bloodstream.

I've had three bouts with it, it is a horrible thing to have. The second time I developed it, I was put on steriods for a month. I gained about 25 pounds....

but, I love shrimp, too. Ate some tandoori shrimp while watching the waves come in on Trivandrum Beach in Kerala, India off the Arabian Sea. I'll never forget that.