I didn't know there had been such bad weather over there in Mississippi yesterday. My sister told me it rained like really hard all night long in Carroll County. We only had a slow rain for most of the day yesterday. But boy is the grass green and growing now.. Anybody got any personal news to share with us? I am having fits with this gout problem. I have an attack that lasts like a month, then just disappears for awhile until it acts up again. I can't take anything for the pain like Motrin, etc, because all the heart medications I'm on are already messing with my kidney function. So I just try to keep off my feet and propped up as much as possible, use cold/packs and stay drunk as much as possible (just kidding...). The last attack moved on out this past Monday. Well, but Wednesday another attack was already making its way into my right knee. I went to Kroger last night to get some catfish filets for supper, and at the checkout the clerk asked me how I was doing, so we got into this conversation about gout. She told me that another co-worker there has suffered from gout for years, and so has her fiancé. She said the other worker told her that if you want to cure gout, then get concentrated cherry juice, mix it with something palatable like 7-up or sprite, and drink it daily. She said her husband has been doing that for a year or so and as soon as a gout attack starts, he starts on the cherry juice. She said it really cuts down on the episode time and practically stops it before it gets started good. So, off I went to the cherry juice aisle and stocked up on it. I can't comment on success or not just yet, but by the end of the week I'll know whether it is going to work for me or not. I did some research on the Internet on gout and cherry juice when I got back from Kroger, and there are a gazillion documents, studies and testimonials to this working. If this really works, I'm going back to Kroger and kiss that woman right in front of God and everybody! In other reading, I discovered that gravy/sauces are a gout-sufferer's worst enemy. You can eat moderate amounts of fish and meat, but don't overdo it. And of course, exercise is the magic cure. But how on earth are you going to walk/exercise when you can't even hardly stand up because if feels like you are walking barefoot on glass shards?? Now, I know that just made your day so much better, didn't it? Ken

You better drink lots of the cherry juice so you'll be ready for the hoedown. Don't want to have a third one and you not there...........Donnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:19 PM Subject: [PTREE] Weather I didn't know there had been such bad weather over there in Mississippi yesterday. My sister told me it rained like really hard all night long in Carroll County. We only had a slow rain for most of the day yesterday. But boy is the grass green and growing now.. Anybody got any personal news to share with us? I am having fits with this gout problem. I have an attack that lasts like a month, then just disappears for awhile until it acts up again. I can't take anything for the pain like Motrin, etc, because all the heart medications I'm on are already messing with my kidney function. So I just try to keep off my feet and propped up as much as possible, use cold/packs and stay drunk as much as possible (just kidding...). The last attack moved on out this past Monday. Well, but Wednesday another attack was already making its way into my right knee. I went to Kroger last night to get some catfish filets for supper, and at the checkout the clerk asked me how I was doing, so we got into this conversation about gout. She told me that another co-worker there has suffered from gout for years, and so has her fiancé. She said the other worker told her that if you want to cure gout, then get concentrated cherry juice, mix it with something palatable like 7-up or sprite, and drink it daily. She said her husband has been doing that for a year or so and as soon as a gout attack starts, he starts on the cherry juice. She said it really cuts down on the episode time and practically stops it before it gets started good. So, off I went to the cherry juice aisle and stocked up on it. I can't comment on success or not just yet, but by the end of the week I'll know whether it is going to work for me or not. I did some research on the Internet on gout and cherry juice when I got back from Kroger, and there are a gazillion documents, studies and testimonials to this working. If this really works, I'm going back to Kroger and kiss that woman right in front of God and everybody! In other reading, I discovered that gravy/sauces are a gout-sufferer's worst enemy. You can eat moderate amounts of fish and meat, but don't overdo it. And of course, exercise is the magic cure. But how on earth are you going to walk/exercise when you can't even hardly stand up because if feels like you are walking barefoot on glass shards?? Now, I know that just made your day so much better, didn't it? Ken ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don, I know. That is the exact reason I didn't get to come last year. I started to try it, but boy am I so glad I didn't. That was my first real episode of gout. You think I'd be used to it by now, huh? See you in June. Ken -----Original Message----- You better drink lots of the cherry juice so you'll be ready for the hoedown. Don't want to have a third one and you not there...........Donnie