Tag: Gout

Gout & Running #2

On By kingofpotsIn Insights, Jogging, Runners' Training, Running4 Comments

I just had my blood test yesterday morning. My doctor confirmed that my blood is 0.44 points (?) in excess of the maximum 7.0 points (?) of Uric Acid in my blood. He prescribed to me a daily dose of 300 mg of Allurase (Allopurinol) for the next three months to reduce and flash out and control my uric acid in my system. He even prescribed to me a drug, a very expensive tablet, for the pain which is taken once a day, only if I am attacked with the inflamation and pain on my right toe.

The doctor gave me a list of food which I can eat with mush gusto; foods I have to moderately take; and the foods I have to avoid. This is the list of food I can take without any limits:

Beverages                               Butter, Margarine

Bread                                      Milk (Low Fat)

Gelatin (Gulaman)                   Tea & Coffee

Fruits                                      Cheese

Eggs                                       Cereal/Cereal Products

Vegetables                              Fish

Harry aka Mukhang Guilty sent me also a link on the list of foods high, low, & lowest in purine which is a more detailed guide list on the foods I could eat with low purines/uric acid. Thanks, Harry for the link. I will really use the list as my daily guide.

Lastly, my blood pressure was 110/70 and a weight of 144 pounds! All the other blood tests were normal.

Gout & Running

On By kingofpotsIn Insights, Jogging, Runners' Training, Running4 Comments

I’ve discovered that I have gout when I was in Cebu last 14 April and since then I’ve been avoiding meat, legumes, some shellfish & seafoods and it was an experimental ride for the food I could take since then. Little did I know that there are some vegetables that could trigger pain and inflammation of my right “big toe”. It was a “trial and error” experience for the right food I could eat for the past month.

During the Market! Market! 5-Mile Run and 2008 Doc Fit Run (for the past two weeks), I had pains on my big toe brought about this “disease of kings”. I had to take some “pain killer” medications just for me to be able to run these road races and conduct my running workouts. Surprisingly, after a warm-up jogging of about one kilometer, the pain subsides and I could run without thinking about the “pain & swelling” and finish the race/run.

Well, this is a sign of accepting that I am getting old and becoming a member of the “Senior Citizens” but the challenge and “warrior” spirit for me to run at least everyday is still there and I am really serious in preparing for The San Francisco Marathon.

Watching the movie “300” on HBO two nights ago and remembering my almost monthly hiking/trek to Mt Tirad (Tirad Pass), from Salcedo, Ilocos Sur up to the famous “spring water source” on top of the mountain, when I was a Battalion Commander in the Ilocos Region, give me that positive resolve to continue with my running and preparations for the incoming marathon. (I’ll post a story about Tirad Pass as soon as I will get hold of my picture taken beside the Historical Marker in 1995 where General Gregorio del Pilar died during the Battle of Tirad Pass)

Today, I am going to have my doctor’s consultation and have my blood examined to find out what foods I could eat and those that I should avoid.

I Reduced My Weight But…

On By kingofpotsIn Insights, Jogging, Running1 Comment

For the past two months, I was able to reduce my weight but I had observed that there were some pains on my right foot, most especially on the “corn”/hardening of the skin that developed on the rear end of my right foot. The “corn” grew through the years since I’ve been in the military due to the wearing of my military combat boots. I thought the pain was a foot injury brought about my running which I get more comfort when wearing running shoes which has stability control on the heels. I thought I had Achilles tendonitis. I had to take some day rests for the pain to subside but I found out later that the pain disappears after stretching and warm-up jog for 5-8 minutes.

Two weeks ago, a day after the Mizuno Infinty 15K Run, one of the joints at the base of my right big toe became swollen and painful. I went to Cebu with a swollen toe joint but I can managed the pain and walked straight with my combat boots on. On my second day in Cebu, I’ve observed that the pain became more severe and painful. I recalled that I ate a lot of red meat and lechon the night before in a dinner tendered by the Commander of the Central Command, AFP.

On the next two days of my stay in Cebu, I shifted to seafoods and vegetables on my diet. I was surprised to observe that the pain on my right foot disappeared and the swelling subsided. Immediately, I browsed the Internet and researched on “gout and arthritis”. Based from my readings and symptoms, I got gout and arthritis! Accordingly, my sudden reduction of weight and too much intake of foods high in uric acid and fatty foods were instrumental in my “on and off” pains and swelling with my right foot. 

For almost two weeks, I’ve been strictly taking in foods rich in fibers, carbohydrates, seafoods, and chicken. As a result of “no pork, no beef, and no legumes/beans” intake on my diet, the swelling and pain on my right foot had disappeared. Goodbye, pinapaitan, dinuguan, chicharon bulaklak, “bagnet”, longganiza, lechon, sisig…and San Miguel Beer!