LouisaMaude,,I have gout in my fingers,for years thought it was arthritis ,but a flare up a few weeks ago meant my Rt, thumb joint next to wrist was red and swollen and painful ,likewise my wedding ring finger ,I’d had similar in Rt ring finger too, so now I dare not wear any rings as the swelling when it happens means I can’t get rings off.
There are tablets ,and I always have some in just in case.
You do not have to be a port drinker or have rich food it is mostly potassium as in bananas and brightly coloured fruit like
,peppers etc .
Jolly painful.
Uric acid crystals in the blood collect in joints ,which are swollen and inflamed ,soooo painful.
I like Ratatouille ,but have the tablets ready,as thr peppers etc can cause a flare up.
Get the tablets -Colchicine ,only needs two days abd s massive improvement but then a break from them,so you hope they work in the two days,they always have.
But I have heard of spider bites too.
My O.H one Summer morning walked down through drive and there was a thread of gossamer across a rose arch, he walked into it and boy!
His eyes and face swelled dreadfully, and by co incidence a friend living a couple of miles away had the same problem a few days later from her garden.
As did her son ,they had been looking fir something in the shrubbery in their garden ,the dog’s ball.
There were hundreds of spiderlings ,just hatched ,on the gossamer threads ,no mother in sight ,she had buzzed off weeks ago!
Hope it is better, soon.
I seem to band limbs and appendices when they are already sore, Sod’s law I expect.
Your little one sounds advanced Mare, like ours , I feel we kept ours lying down until 7 months when most babies sit up ,but they are upright now so soon ,doesn’t seem to do any harm and of course upright they see and observe more so learn quickly ,however , my children have all done well even though by today’s standards they were lying down much longer.
The N,Z,President looked truly exhausted on TV yesterday evening , I am fairly sure most women in roles if great responsibility get a rough deal, Margaret Thatcher even so they have to be really hard to survive ,what an unfair world it still can be.
Mind you, some Women Police high rankers have been rubbish !
Well washing to put out in the crisp sunshine ,son’s duvet and pillows already in the icy fresh air ,he is not back until tomorrow or Sunday.
Cheerio,and thanks for the good wishes everybody.
Viktoria.
