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Title: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: ChabadKahanist on March 20, 2014, 01:05:44 PM
I guess as you get closer to 60 these things happen.
Well at least I am not senile so far still to young for that.
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: nessuno on March 20, 2014, 02:38:39 PM
I hope you feel better.
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: ChabadKahanist on March 20, 2014, 02:47:49 PM
I hope you feel better.
Thanks
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: muman613 on March 20, 2014, 04:01:30 PM
May Hashem bestow refuah Sheimah (complete healing) to you...

I myself (who is looking at 50 next year) have been dealing with some health issues also... Say your blessings every day, for life itself is a gift...
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: fibrogirl on March 20, 2014, 04:30:52 PM
I struggle with health problems too. I got fibromyalgia after a nasty virus. I have a friend who develped asthma after pneumonia.
I think doctors overlook those of us who devlop things after getting an infection.
You have my sympathy. I hope you recover from this attack of gout and that it never reccurs. You've got good chances, if it is the first time it happened.
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: Rubystars on March 20, 2014, 04:37:50 PM
Be careful about pain medicines. I have a friend with fibromyalgia who was overmedicated by a stupid doctor and she went into kidney failure. Some doctors just don't give a crap about people with chronic illnesses.
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: zachor_ve_kavod on March 20, 2014, 08:06:39 PM
If I recall correctly, the high iron content in some foods create a surplus of uric acid in your system, which eats away at your joints. It can be very painful. Try to reduce the iron in your diet, particularly the iron found in organ meats. I was diagnosed with gout twenty years ago and I found that changing my diet was all that was necessary. Ask your doctor about this, but I agree with Rubystars, try to avoid pain meds if you can.

And I hope you feel better soon.
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: Israel Chai on March 20, 2014, 08:30:59 PM
I saw this lecture on suffering that might help, if only with the comfort that comes with understanding.

http://www.divineinformation.com/suffering-a-marathon-in-achiezer-shul-for-sick-children-2/
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: ChabadKahanist on March 21, 2014, 12:59:28 AM
I have COPD on top of having the gout & having had pneumonia.
B"H I more or less quit smoking I am down to 2-3 cigarettes a day.
I am shooting for none now Today I am not going to smoke at all until after shabbos I will maybe buy 3 loose ones from the makolet.
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: Israel Chai on March 21, 2014, 01:08:04 AM
I have COPD on top of having the gout & having had pneumonia.
B"H I more or less quit smoking I am down to 2-3 cigarettes a day.
I am shooting for none now Today I am not going to smoke at all until after shabbos I will maybe buy 3 loose ones from the makolet.

I'm still at 10-15. G-d willing I don't have to go through the test you have. G-d willing you have a complete recovery.
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: Chaim Ben Pesach on March 21, 2014, 01:13:57 AM
בס''ד

First of all, refuah shlemah.

Second, what is your mother's Hebrew name?

Third, you can quit smoking one day at a time. You can quit cold turkey. COPD is a warning your body is giving you. I know people who died of emphysema, which is an extremely painful and agonizing illness that is caused by smoking among other things. I am amazed that someone so intelligent and logical like yourself would put tobacco poison in their body. You know that smoking is suicidal.

Fourth, I suggest that along with quitting smoking, you do three other things: eat only healthy foods, get plenty of exercise and learn not to aggravate yourself (or learn to cope with aggravation in a way that does not harm your health).
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: Israel Chai on March 21, 2014, 01:17:51 AM
I recommend you squeeze lemons for lemonade for the pneumonia, and it clears out your throat and blood after smoking.
Title: Re: I just got over pneumonia & now I have the gout
Post by: ChabadKahanist on March 21, 2014, 04:10:36 AM
I recommend you squeeze lemons for lemonade for the pneumonia, and it clears out your throat and blood after smoking.
I am over the pneumonia I got out of the hospital last week after a 5 day stay.
I am up & about butam in pain from the gout.
B"H the pills the doctor gave me are starting work & it hurts less so at least I am not cooped up at home.