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    Human nature leads us to want to blame bad behavior for bad outcomes, and expect good behavior to lead to good outcomes.
    a discussion about the history of religion and attitudes toward the disabled and sick can’t be far behind. These religious views are just a reflection of human nature. “If you are sick you are/were a bad person”

    The Jewish faith was particularly egregious but all faiths through history had this nonsense going for them.

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
    Human nature leads us to want to blame bad behavior for bad outcomes, and expect good behavior to lead to good outcomes.
    a discussion about the history of religion and attitudes toward the disabled and sick can’t be far behind. These religious views are just a reflection of human nature. “If you are sick you are a bad person”

    The Jewish faith was particularly egregious but all faiths through history had this nonsense going for them.
    Not that I want a COVID debate taking over this thread, but the "good behavior = good outcomes, bad behavior = bad outcomes" moralizing has unfortunately informed a lot of editorializing about COVID.

    Many who support mask mandates (and believe in the power of masking to stop COVID) subscribe to this school of thought. Putting on a mask feels safe, so many people like doing it (and forcing others to do it), while looking down on non-maskers as irresponsible. Same goes for sanitizing and 6-foot distancing. It feels like safe, responsible behavior, so people like doing it and feeling as if they're making a big difference.

    However, I don't believe any of this to be true. Cloth masking is either useless or negiigible, sanitizing helps with things like the common cold but is useless to prevent COVID, and 6-foot distancing probably has a similar negligible effect as masking.

    For this reason, I find the "COVID protocols" enacted at most schools and businesses to be annoying.

    The truth about COVID is that the only effective way to vastly improve your odds of avoiding it are vaccination and staying out of dangerous situations (such as indoor crowded spaces). The vaccination thing has been a huge source of shaming (look at how Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell have been treated), and the staying home thing is no fun, so nobody likes to talk about it. It's a lot cooler to go out and socialize, but wear that mask in order to demonstrate how responsible you are.

    I'm a substance over symbolism guy. I am not interested in what feels safer/healthier. I'm interested in what leads to better outcomes.

    Going back to this, there's no doubt that I could improve certain behaviors which would positively impact my overall health -- more exercise, healthier diet, and losting 35 pounds. However, I don't want to blame these for every adverse health event.

    It feels a lot more responsible to blame your once-every-5-years gout on long-term diet, than it is to blame it on responisble actions such as taking blood pressure meds and getting the COVID vaccine. While the diet may have made it more likely to have a gout event, I don't believe it triggered this partciular gout event.

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    what do you think triggered the first 2?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    I'm a substance over symbolism guy. I am not interested in what feels safer/healthier. I'm interested in what leads to better outcomes.

    Going back to this, there's no doubt that I could improve certain behaviors which would positively impact my overall health -- more exercise, healthier diet, and losting 35 pounds. However, I don't want to blame these for every adverse health event.
    Seems crazy not to blame them for the things they are known to cause, and which you already had twice (that part can't be stressed enough: you've had the gout twice already). We're not talking about "every adverse health event", we're talking about the fucking gout, which is marked both by being a chronic disease as well as one thats easily controllable long term with a few key behavioral changes you have never made. Gout's been around long before the meds you are taking have been, and the main known causes for it have pretty much stayed the same for a looong time.

    Guess I'm not done posting about this. Sorry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crowe Diddly View Post
    what do you think triggered the first 2?
    I don't remember enough about what I was doing back then. I wasn't really paying much attention to the cause, because the gout was both infrequent and not debilitating.

    The fact that I haven't had any attacks at all in the past 6 years or so shows that this wasn't/isn't a chronic problem. Perhaps age has changed that, and I might be dealing with this a lot more.

    Keep in mind I'm not dismissing everything you said. As soon as this was said to be gout, I stopped the Pepsi and red meat cold, and committed not to have that stuff again until this passes. Furthermore, I decided to cut down on both, long term. The two days of being unable to walk is something I don't want to repeat!

    There were studies in 2019 which showed that vaccinations can bring on gout to people prone to it. One of the BP meds I'm on is also known to do it. So honestly, those are the two most likely causes of the trigger this time. There's no way to know for sure. In fact, there's an outside chance that this isn't gout at all, though all signs point to it being gout, so that's what I'm assuming right now.

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    Have you tried the brown orthopedic shoes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pablo View Post
    Have you tried the brown orthopedic shoes?
    I haven't tried anything like that yet, because a week ago was the first time I had gout in my feet.

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    I cannot prove this but Subway Jared does not have gout so you may want to adopt his former or present diet as prison is not known as a gout factory.
    Last edited by limitles; 12-07-2021 at 05:50 AM.

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    Some blood pressure meds can leave you prone to gout.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
    Human nature leads us to want to blame bad behavior for bad outcomes, and expect good behavior to lead to good outcomes.
    a discussion about the history of religion and attitudes toward the disabled and sick can’t be far behind. These religious views are just a reflection of human nature. “If you are sick you are/were a bad person”

    The Jewish faith was particularly egregious but all faiths through history had this nonsense going for them.
    I saw this today. I don’t have time.

    Today’s sirens want to charm you with seductive and insistent messages that focus on easy gains, the false needs of consumerism, the cult of physical wellness, of entertainment at all costs.’
    Pope Francis
    What does this even mean?


    The Jewish thing. The Catholic thing….. it’s all the same, Cerveza Fria. god may not love you but I do - despite your testicles.

    “none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed; no man with a crippled foot or hand, or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles” (Leviticus 21: 17-20)

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    Looks like it's not gout.

    Rheumatologist was kinda baffled by this. Big time swelling in left foot, especially ankle area. Pain in ankle and back of foot. Does not appear to be gout because it's not warm to the touch, and it's not expressing in the front of the foot at all (and never was).

    I'm feeling sick and dizzy, probably from the anti-inflammatory meds, which I have quit as of today. MRI and other tests tomorrow.


     
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    Also when I had my blood drawn today, the person doing it pointed out a bruise where it was done by the ER, and I was told that whoever drew the blood did a shitty job.

    Looks like they couldn't even do that right.

    Hospital = joke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Looks like it's not gout.

    Rheumatologist was kinda baffled by this. Big time swelling in left foot, especially ankle area. Pain in ankle and back of foot. Does not appear to be gout because it's not warm to the touch, and it's not expressing in the front of the foot at all (and never was).

    I'm feeling sick and dizzy, probably from the anti-inflammatory meds, which I have quit as of today. MRI and other tests tomorrow.

    Blood clot likely, or advanced liver disease. Whatever you got is severe. Feet don't swell for no reason. It could also be leukemia. I'd get the fuck to a specialist right away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tgull View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Looks like it's not gout.

    Rheumatologist was kinda baffled by this. Big time swelling in left foot, especially ankle area. Pain in ankle and back of foot. Does not appear to be gout because it's not warm to the touch, and it's not expressing in the front of the foot at all (and never was).

    I'm feeling sick and dizzy, probably from the anti-inflammatory meds, which I have quit as of today. MRI and other tests tomorrow.

    Blood clot likely, or advanced liver disease. Whatever you got is severe. Feet don't swell for no reason. It could also be leukemia. I'd get the fuck to a specialist right away.
    When I had a heart attack, it was mild symptoms, just weak legs. Turns out I had 99% blockage in the upper left ventricle. Doc said I would have likely been dead or stroke in two weeks without going in and got a stent. I would not fuck around and going to novelty specialty doctors, blood clot or blood doctors right away. It very well could be a clot, do not fuck around on this one.

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    They're going to be looking for clots during the tests tomorrow morning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    They're going to be looking for clots during the tests tomorrow morning.
    I'd also ask for an echo cardiogram. When I went into the hospital I had weak legs, I thought honestly it was a brain tumor since that runs in my family. After a blood test they rushed me to another hospital same day, and next thing I knew they were discussing bypass surgery or a stent. They settled on a stent. Within a day, my legs came back to life. Honestly, you really should be admitted now, a swollen foot generally means blood is not getting there. No I am not trolling. I'd be dead now if I did not force the issue in my case, finally I got a sympathetic ear and they ran the test and were like fuck this guy is in trouble.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    They're going to be looking for clots during the tests tomorrow morning.
    This is why you don’t diagnose without having the tests to back it up. Idiots at er better pray nothing bad happens or is delayed causing injuries due to their negligence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    They're going to be looking for clots during the tests tomorrow morning.
    All the best Druff. I imagine the pain you're in isn't necessarily allowing for the best of days. I hope you figure it out and get better soon.

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