Me and our lass have had a couple of nights down in Cornwall after the Torquay game, and we got talking to the barmaid in a pub where we'd had some scran.

She was 18, short, and a bit chubby. She was limping a bit, and it turns out she thought she'd broken her big toe as it was painful and swollen. She went to the doctors, who sent her to a specialist for x-rays and blood tests.

X-rays showed the toe wasn't broken, but blood tests revealed that she did in fact have gout! At 18! I reckon by the time she's 21 she'll have gone through the menopause, and osteoporosis will have kicked in.

I get gout and I have to say it is possibly the most painful thing known to man, and I have had a wet Casey slammed into my thigh on a cold January afternoon !!!!

She said it was a result of eating too much cheese and drinking red wine. I thought you had to be at least 60, male, fat, and look like Rumpole or something. You live and learn.

My other half gets it too, he isn't 60 but is male and a tad on the large side, unfortunately illnesses don't always play fair and affect who they should. My 14 year old has been living with Ulcerative Colitis for the past 4 years not nice

Not nice at all, a mate of mine gets that, you (and your 14 year old of course) have my sympathy

I've had piles since I was 13!!!!

Touch wood....they've been ok for the last couple of years like!!!! :sweet:

Plus I've had an outgrowing toenail for the last 34 years!!!!

I don't know if this is an appropriate place to say, but I've got piles as well !

been there a couple of years now and not caused much trouble, but lately, shitting has been occasionally very painful

Should I go to the docs? he won't just get the scissors out and hack them out will he? I don't even really want his fingers up there

First of all what is an outgrown ttoe nail? Is it the same as an in grown toe nail? (ie it grows into the skin on your toe and fucking kills if you catch your toe anywhere.). If it is the same just go to the docs, they are quite easy to sort, its also bliss when you have them cut out. I had mine done when I was at school and haven't had a problem since.

I also think I'm the only person in the world who doesn't undrstand what piles are, never had them, never want them and would prefer to live in ignorance forever.

you need more fibre in your diet, and you can get cream to help. You can have then banded and removed, but that's in more serious cases where they bleed severely.

TMI I know

for jonny
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