So the weekend was ok. It was only “ok” because I came down with another case of gout. This time my reliable old colchicine failed to help. For several days, when I woke up in the morning my foot would hurt – right in the middle. I have lousy arches, so this was not unusual and didn’t make me think of gout.
But on Saturday the pain intensified and I started taking the colchicine around lunch time. It never did go away, but over the next 48 hours I developed some unpleasant side effects of the medicine. Eventually I asked Liz to go out and fetch me some cherry juice, which is supposed to be an effective cure.
She brought home several bottles of it and had read that you’re supposed to drink it as fast as possible. It was a 32oz bottle and wow, was I full afterwards. I really sloshed around a lot.
But I have to admit that the next morning I was 80% cured! I took another bottle with me to work and I’ll finish that off this morning and hope to be 100% better by the time I go home!
All this as come about, I think, because I have let my weight creep back up. Out of the 25lbs I lost last year, I have regained 15lbs and I think this gout-business is a result of that 15lbs. So I am redoubling my efforts and will see if I can find new or better ways of losing weight and getting my health back in order.
On Saturday we planted a new bright red azalea. We also put some more thought in to what kind of gardening/landscaping we want to do in the backyard. I think we’re going to plant a magnolia tree along one side and dogwood tree in another corner.
Yesterday the kids picked out some things they wanted to plant in a garden. Chloe chose almost all flowers and Ben chose almost all vegetables (broccoli and peas I think). I hear they made an adorable little plot – but I haven’t had a chance to go see.
On Sunday we went to Long Hill to hide Easter eggs. The kids had a really great time. I got some photos – I’ll have to post them as soon as I get a chance. The flowers were just starting to bloom and everything went really well. It was a lovely, if chilly day.
Since we live in Massachusetts we get Patriots’ day off. That was Monday. I spent the whole day on the sofa, really. I mean, sure we went to Arena Farms in Lexington where we bought many flowers and seeds and whatnot, but I mostly sat on my butt there. Oh, we did feed the ducks and cat fish. Then we came home after lunch a the 99 restaurant and I spent the rest of the day on the sofa.
It wasn’t my first choice in how to spend my day off, but then I didn’t get a choice.
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