I think crystals are pretty cool....they reflect light and allow light to pass through them as well...that would be an interesting topic for some future blog.....mesmerizing, right?!
What is not cool is having uric acid crystals in my big toe :P OUCH!
So, when Brad was at the Wayumi camp with the youth group he bought this really great coffee from Papau New Guinea for us to try...it is so good! (Well, WAS)....Anyway, I may have increased my coffee intake quite a bit since the Saturday we first tried it and a couple days later my big toe was so sore....like, "OW! the light cotton sheet on the bed just felt like thorns ripping across my toe!" sore. For the life of me, I could not remember doing anything to my foot. Then I was researching what it could be this week and saw that gout can attack or flare up if you eat rich foods and a lot of times (about 2/3 of all cases) it attacks BIG TOES :(
Guess what! A little coffee is great, but increasing your regular coffee ration too much is one of the leading culprits of creating these kind of crystals. Something you always wanted to know, right?! "Knowing is half the battle."...do you think it is really exactly 50%?...because it seems harder to actually give that coffee up than it was to learn that was what was causing my pain.
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