I just drink like a gallon of water a day and have been eating like a 2 cups of cherries. Not been eating meat. I feel funny not eating meat, after a few days. So the other day I had some chicken. But that's okay. Red meats, fish and organ meats are what to not have. Haven't had a soda in a while too.
But really, I need to go get on Allopurinol or something. Granted I haven't had a flare up this bad in like 2 years. But about every 3 or 4 months, I get the tender tingle and limp a bit. But this time, I could not even walk around the house for about 3 days. I used a fold up chair like a walker. I'm also getting older. So I image it will just get worse with the flare ups over time.
Most of the time I know exctally the combination of what I ate, drank, not enough water and it comes on. But this time, I just was there.
I don't drink beer often anymore. Maybe once a month. But I like dark beers. One or 2, even 3 is okay. As long as I don't eat beef that day or the day after. I'd be okay. But sometimes, I'm out with friends and end up having like 7 or 8 beers. Forget to drink a lot of water.
If I eat fried chicken hearts or asparagus or a huge steak. All those things do it. But not always. Most of the time I can go out, have a big steak and a pounder of dark beer. And I'm good, nothing happens. But like I said, it just get swollen a bit, red and tender. But I can still get around if need be. I drink tons of water and eat no meat for 3 days. Try and eat or drink pure cherries juice. Usually all better by then. Then for the next 4 or 5 days, I go light on meat, just chicken or pork.
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