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Christian Lowe said:
He opened the show blasting USC for getting blown out by a team that his alma mater beat by 20 only two weeks ago. Said they had a golden opportunity for a signature win and blew it by playing horribly in the first half. Said they dominated the second half but by then it was too late.
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First half: 38-7 UT (domination)
Second half: 13-7 SC (marginally outplayed)
 
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jlawso21 said:
I know you have already received some replies: here is my experience.

I started having symptoms of gout in 2000. Took me a year to realize/get diagnosed what was wrong. They prescribed indomthecin and other nsaid type drugs at first and I continued to suffer with attacks every 3 to 6 months. After a couple more years it became a real quality of life issue, especially when it got in my knee and I had to sleep with my knee in the air and my head on the floor. It became so painful and sensitive that I could not even have a sheet touch the skin. It would mostly occur in my left foot/arch but also in my ankle and knee. I cannot describe the pain I went through and the dark thoughts that started to occupy my mind.

I started seeing a rhumatologist about half way through this journey. He gave me prednisone which you may know is a love hate drug: you love it the first day or two then hate it. He also put me on allopurinol and warned me that it could take up to two years to get it under control. It did. Apparently the crystals of uric acid build up and it takes a long time to get your blood levels down where they need to be. Normally uric acid level below 6 prevents attack. In my case it took getting it down to less than 4 for over a year (400 mg of allopurinol) to get it out of my system. It took an additional 1 year and a couple of attacks before you get clear of excess crystals already in the tissue. This is something that he did not explain very well and in my case I was flying blind, having more attacks and in really bad shape as far as quality of life. I dreaded any twinge of pain as an oncoming attack. Finally after about 5-6 years it was under control. I have not had an attack for the past the past 10 years.

Not trying to scare you but if you have a particular sensitivity to uric acid it can be serious for you, you need to get a long term diagnosis and figure out a short term and a long term strategy or else it can get much worse and overwhelm your system. There is not a lot of money in treating it so you need to find someone who cares about your pain level and treating you. That is where I made my first mistake, thinking that the local doc in the box knew anything about it. So, after my uric acid level was at 4 for a couple of years they lowered my allopurinol to 300 mg per day as maintenance. I will be on this the rest of my life and hope it works. Best of luck to you.

One final thought, the rhumetologist told me something that you need to understand. He said it the case of gout "an ounce of cure is worth a pound of prevention". What he meant was this: don't try to prevent it with what you eat. I ate no seafood and tried cutting back on meats and purines. As he told me, and I later learned, once you have the uric acid level under control you can eat anything, and if it is not under control it doesn't matter what you eat, you will still get an attack. So you need to take the medicine first, the cure, then you don't have to worry about the prevention. This is exactly how it has worked out for me. Again, good luck. And let me know if you have any questions.
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I get about two attacks a year … last few have been in the knee … I take allopurinol with mine the pain is almost gone , still swollen a little bit but can finally bend it and walk again
 
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TheRain said:
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Had no idea that Williams kid was a top 10 composite recruit...geesh. And Rattler was top 5 iirc. It's amazing the continuous QB talent you can get once you've proven your system. Similar to how the Clemson pipeline has been.

Hopefully we'll get such raw talent incoming soon. I'm not sure we've even had 2 top 10 QBs all time. There's Peyton and...Casey may have been a 5 star iirc but not top 10 or even 20. Nobody else is really that close, most of the modern guys have been sub-top 60 and closer to 100. (Just looked and Crompton was the highest post-Clausen at #51 composite).
 
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thomaseusin said:
Upcoming headlines afterward -

#14 UT boat races #15 Kentucky under the lights
#11 UT takes down #1 UGA In a fist fight
#7 UT bum rushes #9 Bama to win its first SEC since 1998 (yikes!) to sneak into the final 4
#4 UT picks corn off #1 Iowa’s forehead
#4 UT caps a magical season over #3 UGA to keep the Dawgs waiting for another 40 years

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Tennessee Dream and Alabama nightmares !!!
 
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UT4LIFE86 said:
I get about two attacks a year … last few have been in the knee … I take allopurinol with mine the pain is almost gone , still swollen a little bit but can finally bend it and walk again
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I've been on 150 mg of Allopurinol for 15 years. I was treated for arthritis for several years as I had no outward symptoms. I also got kidney stones frequently. I haven't had either since by a fluke it was discovered I suffered from gout and went on the allopurinol. That cheap drug has saved me from a lot of serious pain.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
Disagree on Theo. Theo has been a beast this year. We missed him on those outside runs he has been big on stopping those plays in backfield. Turnage earned some snaps for sure though. It opens up some combinations and ability to be confident resting guys on any spot now that you can trust Slaughter and Turnage off bench
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Henceforth, the reason I said by no means should he be playing over Theo; but, two things: if you dont see the talent gap between Turnage and most of the secondary, including Theo, you don't know what to look for; and, two...if you dont think Turnage should be on the field as much as possible, over FLOWERS or MCCOLLOUGH...Flowers, let's say...then idk what to tell you.

Again, Theo's experience, leadership, veteran instincts and tenacity are crucial to our success, he's been our best defensive player (but, he's never going to be mistaken as someone with overwhelming speed and athleticism...like Turnage); Turnage, on the field with him...secondary becomes significantly better.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
If we beat OM, GA, and KY, I think @Weezer and @utvols88 should have to run around Neyland nude, holding hands.
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