Are there people out there who know or believe  
their gout was caused by caffeine?
I found Theobromide listed as a purine in goutpal.com and so I went looking
Caffeine        1,3,7-trimethyl    PURINE-2,6-dione     C[8]H[10]N[4]O[2]

It's been a while since I've been here...my computer did not survive
the move to our new house, and it's taken me this long to get back 'on
line' with my sexy new laptop.  It's nice to see some familiar names
still going strong.

Chief emailed me and let me know it was time to check in. I sent him a
reply, and am reposting it here with a little further commentary below.
I've been traveling for work a lot and been working working and more
working when I'm home. It's busy but certainly rewarding. The fabulous

Ok, weird and rambling post here just to fish for some information from
real people in the real world.
My wife was diagnosed with RA several years ago and has had high levels
of joint damage, pain and all the usual problems.  Due to cost, we

Subject: Louisana Ghost story
     This happened about a month a go just outside of Cocodrie, a little
town
     in the bayou country of Louisiana, and while it sounds like an Alfred

I am on prednisone and for the last few days have been feeling sick.  sore
throat, stuffed up nose things like that.  Is this normal???
Jennifer

I'm new to this group.  I guess you could say I'm feeling a bit
desperate which is why I decided to join.  I've been having "mystery"
ankle pain and swelling for a little over a year.  Even though I have
RA (diagnosed and been receiving treatment since 1997), I've been

*Quackwatch Search Results:*
Looking for *arthritis* in entire archive - Found 411 matches in 206 files
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my eyes were dry and irritated when i went to the ophthalmologist for
my annual checkup back in early april. she gave me restatis drops (for
dryness) and elestat drops (allergy). i have crummy vision, especially
in my left eye where i have a small cataract from prednisone use, and

Paul wrote:

I am in the process of moving to Phoenix.
Four years ago I loaded all this stuff in a truck by myself in a day.  Now
it takes more time that I have just to pack so I'm hiring some folks to come
in tomorrow.

It is so dry in ALABAMA:
The Baptist have started sprinkling,
The Methodist are using a wet wash cloth,
The Presbyterians are giving rain checks and,

Mary and I are traveling to San Jose for a square dance festival Oct.
13-14-15 (arriving the 12th) and we will probably remain through the
16th before heading to Yosemite.  We have a place to stay 3 or 4
nights.  Anyone interest in meeting in the area?

What is the C:\_RESTORE directory for?
And all those A00?????.CPY files?
... Drinking doesn't cause hangovers ... waking up does!

First time doing something like this, but I want more opinions before I
make any decisions.
Im 25 and I have had knee pain for the last 2 years. When I went to the
doctor he said I have exxesive fluid in the knee and that I should do