Saturday, August 21. How to give yourself a gout attack.

I did an inadvertent experiment: I drove home from our holiday, and it was raining cats and dogs, in the dark. And it was hot outside, so we turned on the airconditioning in the car. But since I did not want to set it to blow on the windows, it was blowing on my feet. For 6 hours. You can guess what happened: I had a small gout attack in my big toe. I can even tell you why, I have written about it before.
​Todays weather and temperature: Sunny when we left, but then tropical rainstorms.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 3
Breakfast: Eggs Benedict at the hotel. Last day.
Lunch: Pasta with cream blue cheese and mango sauces. It still haunts my dreams, I have not had something that good in decades. And it was completely vegetarian.
Snack: No snack.
Dinner: Grilled meat and vegetables. It was great.
Todays supplements and dosage: None.
Todays UA reading (before breakfast): 7.7 mg/dL
Todays step count (total at bedtime): 7263 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 2 liter, coffee 0.5 liter, soft drink with lemon flavor and enriched with vitamin C.
This weeks weight: 117.4 kg
​Waist circumference: Too big to measure.
Heart rate before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 110 bpm
Blood pressure before bedtime (read more here to see why it matters): 117/92 mmHg
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 5 times, #2 2 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, still travelling.
Days since my last gout attack: 0
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