As ProgDay gets closer, I am thinking about getting a patron ticket so I won't have to walk so far to the site. My gout has been acting up lately, and I can't see hobbling the entire length of the field with all my stuff. I'm afraid I'll have an attack of it then, which will make my attendance miserable. I've been lucky to have been spared the other times I've been.
Anybody else out there experience this wonderful part getting older, and if so what do you do about it? I've cut out beer and tea, or at least for the times I'm having an attack, and I drink a lot of water. That seems to help. I also take Advil and Aleve, which help a bit. I hear black cherry juice is good for it, but it's so hard to find. My dad took allopurinol regularly and that took care of the pain, but he was so gnarled in the toes and hands by it that he had to retire at 62 instead of later. I hear Ben Franklin was hobbled by it, so I'm in good company.
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