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Anybody here suffer from gout? Specifically, if you suffer from this horrible affliction, what foods are you taking into the woods on a backpack trip to make sure you don't get a flare-up when hunting deep? What "common" backpacking foods do you avoid at all costs when going deep?
Any issues with any of the protein powders or protein bars? Working out a lot more this winter and have been thinking about starting some of these but am now super cautious.
Have a regular doctor visit next week and will ask about preventative meds with her. Anybody had any success with these? Colchicine and indomethacin seem to significantly help shorten the duration of a flare, but not stop a flare when first noticed.
I am just getting over a flare now and have nightmares of being crippled in my feet when going deep this year. I usually go in several miles per day from a base camp but this year am packing in and staying 6 nights. Obviously a different diet between the two. Never have worried about having a flare when hunting from a camp, has never happened, but this is a new scenario.
I will be trying various meals on shorter trips this summer just to make sure I don't have any issues gastro-wise but this recent bout with gout has opened my eyes to a new concern I have never considered. There's a big difference between eating a couple of meals when out scouting for a weekend here and there versus a steady diet of a week straight to trigger something.
After hobbling around the office and church this weekend I can't even imagine how horrid it would be having a flare when back in the woods and trying to come down 2000' in elevation heavy with a camp/meat, and having my left foot unable to be put in a shoe or touch the ground. YIKES!
I have at most one random flare-up per year. My regular diet is not heavy in trigger foods for gout and Doc in the past has suggested no changes there.
Any issues with any of the protein powders or protein bars? Working out a lot more this winter and have been thinking about starting some of these but am now super cautious.
Have a regular doctor visit next week and will ask about preventative meds with her. Anybody had any success with these? Colchicine and indomethacin seem to significantly help shorten the duration of a flare, but not stop a flare when first noticed.
I am just getting over a flare now and have nightmares of being crippled in my feet when going deep this year. I usually go in several miles per day from a base camp but this year am packing in and staying 6 nights. Obviously a different diet between the two. Never have worried about having a flare when hunting from a camp, has never happened, but this is a new scenario.
I will be trying various meals on shorter trips this summer just to make sure I don't have any issues gastro-wise but this recent bout with gout has opened my eyes to a new concern I have never considered. There's a big difference between eating a couple of meals when out scouting for a weekend here and there versus a steady diet of a week straight to trigger something.
After hobbling around the office and church this weekend I can't even imagine how horrid it would be having a flare when back in the woods and trying to come down 2000' in elevation heavy with a camp/meat, and having my left foot unable to be put in a shoe or touch the ground. YIKES!
I have at most one random flare-up per year. My regular diet is not heavy in trigger foods for gout and Doc in the past has suggested no changes there.