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Raoul’s 2 Cents<\/h5>\n

Gout<\/span><\/h2>\n

I had a terrible\u00a0bout<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0gout\u00a0<\/strong>for\u00a0about\u00a0<\/strong>a week.
\nStanding on the sore foot, I shou<\/strong>ted\u00a0ou<\/strong>t lou<\/strong>d:\u00a0Ou<\/strong>ch!<\/em>
\nBut no one was\u00a0about<\/strong>.
\nSo I stayed in bed just to\u00a0pout<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Yeah, yeah\u00a0<\/em>… I know my poetry is terrible. But it’s true. I do have gout and was bed-ridden because the pain was excruciating. I need to start exercising. Forget my excuse of a hurting back or a recovering hernia. Because now it’s my gout! This is getting serious.<\/p>\n

It couldn’t have happened at a worse time because I missed helping raise funds by doing caricatures for the “Meals on Wheels”\u00a0 charity event last Saturday. Then on Sunday there was a water leak in one of the properties I managed. In both events, I was helpless to do anything. It just wasn’t my day.<\/p>\n

I researched that the cause of gout is very high levels of purines which come from food rich in uric acid. I also read that gout hits men more than women. What makes a man different from a woman?\u00a0Aha!<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Blood!<\/strong>\u00a0Women shed blood every month. Men don’t. So my theory is:\u00a0To avoid gout, men need to give away blood periodically to clean their system<\/strong>. I remember that I used to donate blood often and when I did, I never had gout.<\/p>\n

The swelling has gotten better so today I went to the Red Cross to do my civic duty to donate blood and test my theory. I went through the usual screening to make sure my blood was usable. It was all systems go until they asked a crucial question:\u00a0“Have you been out of the country in the last year?”<\/em>\u00a0I said I went to Nigeria on a Rotary mission trip. Immediately, red flags went up and the nurse disqualified my donation. It appears that Nigeria is a high risk malaria country. One needs to be here in the U.S. about 15 months before their blood could be accepted by the Red Cross.\u00a0Bummer!<\/em><\/p>\n

So now I’m in a quandary. How do I get rid of my old blood if the Red Cross won’t accept it? Do I prick myself?\u00a0Yeow!\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0It really isn’t my day.<\/p>\n

So … do you know anyone suffering from gout? Can you ask him to try my theory and donate blood? Also, do you know of any hungry vampires?<\/p>\n

TGIF people!<\/p>\n

\"Blood<\/p>\n

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Joke of the Week<\/h5>\n

Thanks to Tom of Pasadena, CA for sending this joke.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"TGIF<\/p>\n

Video of the Week<\/h5>\n

\"funny<\/p>\n

Mark Lowry: Clean Comedian<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nSent Don of Kelowna, B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n