Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Ann in TX wrote: > If your doctor said it was gout, ask what your uric acid was on your last > blood work. If it was/is normal, then it is not gout. Also if you had gout, > she would have given you medication to get rid of the uric acid crystals > from around your joints. ( I am a retired Medical Technologist--I worked in > hospital labs for around 20 years--I know the tests--and I have had gout and > been treated for it.) > > Ann in TX > > > I have arthritis as well. I noticed the > same thing that you did about sugar going to my joints and I spoke with > my doc about it. She said it was " gout " . > Yeah, I know what gout is, that's why it was in " " and LOL afterward. **Chuckles** I've got arthritis in my ankles, knees and hips due to a broken ankle when I was 15. ((I'm a Certified nursing assistant and worked in the profession for 20 years as well as both my mom and sister being RN's for as long as I've been around it seems like)). -- Terri B. Creative Memories Consultant Mom to Kali (7/24/03) and wife to Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Ann in TX wrote: > If your doctor said it was gout, ask what your uric acid was on your last > blood work. If it was/is normal, then it is not gout. Also if you had gout, > she would have given you medication to get rid of the uric acid crystals > from around your joints. ( I am a retired Medical Technologist--I worked in > hospital labs for around 20 years--I know the tests--and I have had gout and > been treated for it.) > > Ann in TX > > > I have arthritis as well. I noticed the > same thing that you did about sugar going to my joints and I spoke with > my doc about it. She said it was " gout " . > Yeah, I know what gout is, that's why it was in " " and LOL afterward. **Chuckles** I've got arthritis in my ankles, knees and hips due to a broken ankle when I was 15. ((I'm a Certified nursing assistant and worked in the profession for 20 years as well as both my mom and sister being RN's for as long as I've been around it seems like)). -- Terri B. Creative Memories Consultant Mom to Kali (7/24/03) and wife to Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Ann in TX wrote: > If your doctor said it was gout, ask what your uric acid was on your last > blood work. If it was/is normal, then it is not gout. Also if you had gout, > she would have given you medication to get rid of the uric acid crystals > from around your joints. ( I am a retired Medical Technologist--I worked in > hospital labs for around 20 years--I know the tests--and I have had gout and > been treated for it.) > > Ann in TX > > > I have arthritis as well. I noticed the > same thing that you did about sugar going to my joints and I spoke with > my doc about it. She said it was " gout " . > Yeah, I know what gout is, that's why it was in " " and LOL afterward. **Chuckles** I've got arthritis in my ankles, knees and hips due to a broken ankle when I was 15. ((I'm a Certified nursing assistant and worked in the profession for 20 years as well as both my mom and sister being RN's for as long as I've been around it seems like)). -- Terri B. Creative Memories Consultant Mom to Kali (7/24/03) and wife to Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Ann in TX wrote: > I thought that you knew from your LOL. Just want to give you " official " words, if you > need them to let the doctor know you (or any of us) are not that dumb. They don't have > the market anymore on technical words, do they? (Smiles) > Ann > **Rolls laughing** No the don't have the market on Technical terms. They talk to the general public like their idiots and then they turn around and get bent out of shape when people turn around and talk to them like their idiots. -- Terri B. Creative Memories Consultant Mom to Kali (7/24/03) and wife to Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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