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Old 19th October 2018, 07:06
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Originally Posted by Farmer John View Post
Believe me, if you have gout you don't gallop. The sensible story is told of a man watching a fly circling round his gouty toe, praying it would not land.

I am still not convinced that my (15 years ago) diagnosis of gout was right. Both knees swelled to the half the size of my abdomen the pain was unbelievable.

Seems that nowadays everything swells immeasurably, except that one thing we would be delighted if it did.
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