Barb, you are an angel for working with older people. You have my blessings.

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I know pain personally, we are constant companions. Gout is terrible pain, but at least it is only one or two places. Both of my hands and feet are deformed. All of my major joints, and most of the smaller ones, are affected. Every facet of life is affected.

If Gout is preventable, by all means do what you have to, to prevent it. RA has it's own time table, when 'Uncle Arther' comes to town, be ready for a rocky visit.

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with a smile.