JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Growing Old Is Not For Weenies; It’s Good To Have A Friend In Canada
I got gout. Of all things, after a long winter in which I survived two spine surgeries to relieve pressure from a herniated disc on my sciatic nerve, I woke up one morning in early March with excruciating pain in the big toe on my left foot. My first thought was an ingrown toenail, so I went to my doctor …