Gout doesn't go away but it shouldn't progress or get worse with age. If Raj takes the Allopurinol daily and the Colchicine for five days when he has flare-ups, he should be okay. Diet and exercise are crucial. Lack of stress is key. Not sure how you're going to prevent the stress thing!
The only reason mine got so bad and spread to other joints was because it was left untreated for so long. If you google "tophaceous gout" you'll know what I mean. It's okay though. I'm on the maximum dose of Allopurinol. Unfortunately I have to take Colchicine daily, which is pretty unheard of, given the side effects. It also costs a fortune as it is not covered by our extremely good (and I'm serious) free Canadian health plan.
However - there is an upside to this ailment. Forcing myself to walk daily (because I can't own a car) has allowed me to keep my girlish figure! And the cataracts lead me to believe that I have no wrinkles and long, blonde flowing hair.
I also wield a mean cane to fight off all of those good-looking men who approach me daily...
Speaking of men. Oh, you're going to love this. My daughter had lunch yesterday with my ex-husband, Sutton (the second one). He's the Certified Accountant I married when Shannon was eleven-years-old, a great guy, extremely funny and loveable and as far as Shannon is concerned, the only real Dad she ever had. I left him many, many years ago because he was an alcoholic and well... it just wasn't healthy. He kept losing his jobs because he'd arrive at work with little airport bottles of booze clanking in his pockets and instead of working on economic forecasts and spreadsheets, would come back to the office after eight-martini lunches and make googly eyes at his female staff and do crossword puzzles. I still love him in my own way, I throw fabulous theme birthday parties for him every year. We've remained friends.
Anyway, he's going to be sixty-eight this August. I'm fifty-four. Apparently he's getting married again. To a girl named Tracy. She's twenty-eight years old and has three kids. A boy who is six and twin girls who are three. He tells Shannon that he wants her and my approval because his own children (my step-children, who are in their thirties) aren't too thrilled.
"And," he says to Shannon, "do you think your Mother would give me away?"
It's so warped, I'm almost inclined to do it. I don't know this Tracy or what her motives are, but I do know that Sutton has no money, so that can't be it.
Think of the photo-ops! Me in pink taffeta, wearing a lampshade. Mia Jade in purple as a ring bearer with her Princess Tiara. She of the Feather Boa wearing, of course, a feather boa. Shannon smiling with that beautiful face. My step-children looking on in horror.
And the caption on the front page of the newspapers would read:
"Left without a Trace! Not this guy".
Sheesh.
