[jyl]

Great, my first gout flare in two years, and it had to start on Christmas Eve when I was cooking for 15. I got through dinner and most of cleanup before my foot became too painful to stand on. Then it got worse. Fortunately I have a stash of pain meds. Aleve < Tramadol < Oxycodone, is how it goes. I used an Oxycodone to get to sleep, then some Tramadol to get through cooking tonight's dinner. The flare is easing and I hope to be okay by tomorrow. I was given new cycling shoes by Santa, and couldn't even manage to pull them on this morning. My swollen foot wasn't going to tolerate being crammed into a tight shoe.