I had my first gout attack at 52 — right big toe, a Tuesday night after an indulgent business dinner. By morning I had a rheumatology appointment and a diagnosis: serum uric acid at 9.2 mg Allopurinol followed, it worked,…
I am a 44-year-old marketing manager. I manage campaign budgets, client expectations, and two school-age children simultaneously. What I could not manage, for years, was my own digestion — and more critically, I had no idea that my gut health…
I’ve managed campaigns worth millions of dollars. I’ve juggled school pickups, back-to-back Zoom calls, and a lunch that usually meant eating a granola bar at my desk while answering emails. But for six years — six embarrassingly well-documented years —…