Wednesday, February 24, 2010
More on the Toe
Who knew that chemo can bring on gout? Hyperuricemia - (High Uric Acid) can be caused by chemo (because of an increased turnover rate of cell death). So this, and the fact that Emery is in the Lundgren/Lindgren family --- you know who you are! -- the gout family! He is in bad pain -- today he is working on getting ahold of his doctor - as we read on the internet - there can be some underlying complications that we need to make sure are not happening -- he has gotten ahold of his doctor and has more medicine to take for the pain and also to treat the gout -- so hopefully his toe will soon feel better. Apparently this is extremely painful!
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I've have said for a long time that gout is one of the most painful things I have ever had and this is a bad one. If this is indeed from the chemo which it seems it can be, it is by far the worst side affect that I have. Over all the side-affects have been very tolerable and for that I am very grateful. Thanks for all the prayers and concerns. Em
ReplyDeletesorry for the irreverent humor, but I wonder if the coach was smelling de-feet. - Dallas
ReplyDeleteEmery, we will pray that the Lord and the medicine will take care of the gout.
ReplyDeleteI like the feet! Looks like warm weather and I am so eager for that.
Sandi