Gout for Christmas

[Elkhound]

As many of you know, I'm prone to gout.  One of my trigger foods is pork.  Another is asparagus. 

A friend from choir invited me for Christmas Dinner, which was nice of him.  But what did we have for dinner but. . . . HAM and ASPARAGUS.

OW!  OW!  OW!

I have never so much wished for a Deryni Healer.

[Aerlys]

A Scrooge-worthy gift, to be sure. 

My dad had gout, and it was awful. I will pray for a quick recovery so you can have a happy new year.

[Laurna]

Oh Dear! Sorry to hear that Elkhound. I truly hope is clears up fast.  I am concentrating on finding a 21st century healer, perhaps one will hear my thoughts and send healing in your direction. This cold weather can not be much help either. I hope Rupert will do some Purrrr Healing along with his Purrr Warming.

[Elkhound]

A Scrooge-worthy gift, to be sure. 

My dad had gout, and it was awful. I will pray for a quick recovery so you can have a happy new year.

If my host had known, he wouldn't have had that particular menu, I'm sure, but as a good guest I couldn't turn up my nose at it, could I?  Oh, well. . . .

[Elkhound]

WOULD a Deryni healer be able to do anything about gout aside from soothing the symptoms?

[Evie]

Since it's caused by too much uric acid in the blood, which isn't really something that can be easily visualized, my guess is that they would only be able to treat the symptoms, perhaps using Deryni Healing power to reduce the inflammation while also prescribing dietary changes, elevation of the affected area, and prescriptions of medications to reduce pain and swelling.  The Healing powers might make the combined treatments work more effectively, but I don't know if they'd be able to discern and Heal the direct cause of the elevated levels of uric acid, especially if there is a genetic component to the disease.