> On 29 Nov 2017, at 14:59, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob, > > Thanks! > > Ugh, you've been busy with medical horror. Sorry to hear of the gout … I get > that occasionally too, it really and truly sucks. It's been a while since a > flare-up hit—I take great pains to avoid them. Hopefully it will pass quickly > and you can get back to "life as it ought to be."
Thanks, yes it's extraordinary how painful it is. My present bout has almost cleared up, thank God. I take allopurinol daily to keep the uric acid levels down. During this flare-up I was given a course of colchicine, and also have a course to keep on standby. > > [...] > It would be great to go for a bike ride over there … or for you to head over > here for a ride. I know the local bicycle shop does rentals. We have to think > about that for some time in the future when you're fit again … and I'm more > fit so I can keep up with you! :-) > I'm not very fast! > (I'll be over to Ireland and the Isle of Man for the X-day/New Years > festivities, but I had to defer travel to your locale until the next trip. So > the opportunity might arise later in 2018.) I'll be in France over Christmas, and again at New Year. But later in the year would be nice if possible. I may retire to France next year, so you could even come over there. > > Feel better, Thanks > G > — > The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. > >> On Nov 29, 2017, at 12:13 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That's great to hear; it really shows. >> >> I've been going in the opposite direction, with no cycling since September >> because of surgery, which was immediately followed by a heavy cold, and I'm >> now still in the throes of a gout attack which has lasted over two weeks and >> which was indescribably brutal at its height. >> >> Hopefully I can soon start to rebuild some fitness, and we can ride >> together sometime. Health is everything. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
