Val spent all week-end on his sofa nursing his swollen big toe. This is what gout is: crystals of uric acid deposit in the big toe, causing it to engorge as if the bone were going to rip through the skin at any moment. It is one of the worst pains known to man and only man, since women don't get it. I guess childbirth is bad enough.
The gout was once known as the "royal disease" because only kings and nobles could eat enough variety of foods to trigger it. If you ate oats and oats only all your life you were not going to get the gout. You'd die of a thousand other diseases and deficiencies, but not gout. As different kinds of food became available to a larger segment of the population, the gout has become more democratic. With Val as a sufferer now, any cachet still attached to the gout is a thing of the past.
I myself had the gout 20 years ago.
One bout and never another since.
There's a little pill that cures its effects within 2 minutes.
Indomethacin.
The first wonder drug.
No one today has to lie abed nursing the gout.
(Unless he wants to).
Take one, Val.
You'll like it.
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You are very kind not to let Val suffer.
And now We do have a Doctor in the MADhouse
You are very kind not to let Val suffer. -- anonymous
This whole blog is an act of kindness to Val. It seeks to cure not his swollen big toe, but his swollen head. That is a far more delicate and complex matter.
I know something that Val can do with his engorged big toe.
I know of another famous Cuban who suffered from gout: Fidel Castro.
No dear of mine, that putz.
What?
Val is "famous?"
They quote him once in the WSJ and he's "famous?"
They quote penny stocks too and they are not famous.
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Reviews Fan said...
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6/09/2008 10:06 AM
Anonymous:
I should have said "infamous".
Greetings from Heaven
Meyer
It is one of the worst pains known to man and only man, since women don't get it. I guess childbirth is bad enough.
Gout can afflict women, just not as frequently as men. My grandmother suffered from gout for many years, as well as diabetes and childbirth (6 times). Not sure which made her more miserable, her swollen feet, or her children.
squathole:
You are right. Women get gout after menopause because of decreasing estrogen. High estrogen levels during the childbearing years prevent the onset of gout.
By age 80, more women have gout than men do. Of course, by 80 there are not that many men left.
I hope you'll have good advice when Val gets hairy palms.
Can you do anything for George?
And Stop drinkin so damn much Val..
Val is well known to gorge himself with all kind of Cuban goodies, time to give up red meat Val.
MAT: What's the cure for Val's swollen head? Or for his compulsion to share his ailments with the world like an old lady.
Quit smoking Val, it will do you good
Lavate los pies por favor , echate talco, sicotudo
Echale salvia al Gout
Anonymous said...
Can you do anything for George?
A ese pegale un cocotazo y ya esta
Big Toe Val
lol
Alex Hernandez
que te hizo Fantomas?
The Rubber Head is back in good odour with the folks at Babalu. They even gave him an attaboy for a news story. And yet, he keeps upbraiding them for their censorship.
One never knows about Rubber Head. One day he is someone and the next he is somebody else. Typical of a disfunctional and esquizofrenic personality.
Agustín:
With fantomas at Babalú, it's always "good cop/bad cop." It's George's job to pummel him; Val's job to ignore him; and Henry's job to apply his prodigious salve.
What about Colchicine Manuel? My former doctor (he passed away in 1998) had a bout with it and when I asked him what he used to combat it, he mentioned Colchicine.
ángel:
Colchicine is the world's oldest treatment for gout and considered very effective. My own experience, however, was with indomethacin. One moment I was in excruciating pain and two minutes after swallowing the pill the pain was completely gone and the swelling within a couple of days. Indomethacin is not a painkiller which makes its analgesic effect all the more remarkable especially in view of the fact that aspirin itself is useless and even contraindicated in the treatment of gout.
Moscas ayudenme que sino cierran
What does Gout has to do with our Bout?
splain
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