Re: H / Gout

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My mom takes cherry extract capsules from Puritan.com and hasn't had an issue with gout since she started taking it. She used to have what she called "attacks" once every 4 or 5 weeks. It's been over a year now.

Beth in North Carolina

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To: Breathe-Support Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:03:54 PMSubject: H / Gout

I get relief from my gout by taking tart cherry juice.http://www.joint- pain.com/ cherry-juice- gout.htmlhttp://www.brownwoo dacres.com/ P PM (Polymositis) 12/98, UIP 8/00, o2 24/7 9 LPM 8/04, PH 3/06, ILL yo 60

From: voo99doo99 <undergroundm@ hotmail.com>Subject: thanks for the feedback....To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. comDate: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 12:57 AM

thanks for the feedback in response to my first post.I reside in , British Columbia... occasionally I develop edema in the feet and calves... i was told to elevate my legs andwas given a diuretic. However dehydrating my body then gave rise toa gout outbreak (for that, i was told to drink plenty of water and take colchicine).A delicate balance, to say the least. The gout seems more painful and cripplingthan the edema, so I continue to drink plenty of fluids.My doctors are primarily concerned with improving my health in the short term(i.e. i will shortly undergo an overnight sleep study in a hospital and likely proceedto CPAP therapy.) The doctors are trying to stabilize my heart's arrhythmia and increase my general sense of well being. I have slept VERY poorly for the past 5 months.NAC is not covered by my provincial medical plan (nor is CPAP equipment) butI will start taking the

recommended 1.5 grams daily, next week.I have found a source of time-release NAC. It costs twice as much as the regularformula. Is there any known advantage to time-release capsules?My subjective evaluation (based on the increasing frequency of coughing and frequentshortness of breath) is that my lung condition is getting worse. However, whenever I have been in ER (4 times during July and August, for heart issues) and been given supplementary oxygen, i felt a lot better.When the sleep study is done, I will be seeing the lung specialist again -- and willraise questions about supplementary oxygen and the possibility of another CT scan in the next few months. In the meantime i will read the posts in this forum, for whatever i can gleam....I have no living family and get by on an adequate government pension (providingthat extra health care costs do not mount up) -- so I do not have the option

of becomingdisabled by illness, of whatever sort. The electrocardiologist that I see says that if the arrhythmia does not decrease, he will recommend a pacemaker/defibrill ator implant (a device that I understand will cost the Cdn health care system about $50,000).Since late June, counting all of my tests and medical appointments, I would estimate I have cost the system over $200,000.... (in the U.S. costs would be nearly double that).I have strong reservations about imposing upon society to such an extent -- and the end is nowhere in sight. (My reservations concern me, in particular, not as a general social policy for others.)However, for now, I will do whatever the doctors advise... in the hope of attaining a reasonable "quality of life" for at least one year, if that proves possible. I am trying to be realistic, not pessimistic, but have not yet found the line between the

two.johnH