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Hi Guys,
While this doesn't intrinsically encompass workplace safety, it could impinge on a workers ability to perform their normal day to day work.
Now, I've had a guy helping me for the last 4 weeks, he is 53 years old, awesome worker and is really switched on, however he called me up the other morning and said he couldn't come to work, because he couldn't walk.
He then said that he had gout, I'd never heard of this condition before, apparently, guys of his age and the age that I'm coming into in a couple of years, this sort of thing is rather common.
And it doesn't affect women like it does men either.
I read on Wikipedia that when you get it, it is terriblly painful and you can have an attack of up to a week?
Have any of you folks ever had this before, it sounds really nasty.
Now, I eat what you could probably call a healthy diet, I don't drink alcohol at all, I severely cut down my meat intake the year before last, because I just started feeling un-healthy and I eat a lot more fresh veges than I used to and pasta-based dishes.
My biggest down-fall though, is that I love seafood, things like oysters, crayfish when you can get them, I still continue to eat a lot of white fish.
I'm just a tad scared that this could be me, in a few years time.
I'd like to hear from folks that have possibly had this condition before and how you dealt with it?
Thanks,
Mike T,
