Gout

[SPKrazy]

Ouch

[Critters2]

1. Ooh! My dad had that a couple of years ago. He's not one to whine...

until he had gout! Must be painful! Hope it doesn't last long! :hug:

[SPKrazy]

7. It has already lasted a couple of weeks

and I guess I need to drink a lot of water

and raise hell with my doc who seems to have pawned off the job of telling me on his nurse who didn't seem to know what to tell me really.

:hug:

[Critters2]

18. I hate docs who hide behind their nurses. Makes me miss the old days,

when doctors had a sense of responsibility.

I know my dad used to soak his feet in epsom salts. Took some Rx med, too, but I don't know what it was.

Good luck!

[SPKrazy]

23. Hell, I Had To Bully My Way Through The Answering Service

I called during the day, this morning, and left a message for the nurse and the doctor. No one replied to my message, no Rx called in. So I called the doc on call (my doc's partner, and someone I know personally as well) and had to argue with the answering service about whether I was having an emergency. I finally got her to put me through when I told her that "when I talk to Dr. ___ and Dr. ___ I will tell them that Operator 7 (that is the only name she would give me) was rude and wouldn't put me through to them" suddenly she said she would put me through. The doc called, she was very pleasant and we discussed it and she called me in some allopurinol.

So, I agree, hiding behind your nurses and your answering service is cheezy and lazy.

Epsom salts, I'll give it a try, they tend to draw out toxins I think. I need to go sweat in the sauna too I think.

[Schema Thing]

2. cherries always worked against gout for my dad

[SPKrazy]

8. I've read that

cherries interesting

[Schema Thing]

15. it was a dramatically quick fix, for him

he'd even get those awful canned (in plain water) cherries to save money.

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

22. Let me add my endorsement of the cherries

Or cherry juice, as long as it's pure juice, not sweetened or diluted with other juices. Trader Joes has some great stuff, if you have one in your area, but any decent grocery store should sell it in some form. Fresh cherries, of course, are in season right now, but the dried ones work just as well for this sort of thing.

In my case, it knocked out the gout within a day

[Suich]

3. I get it off and on, and man.....

does it hurt!

[SPKrazy]

9. I feel for you

[skygazer]

4. Cherries or cherry juice

Or even the cherry extract supplements. They do help - my husband suffers from occasional gout. It sucks. :(

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

10. thanks

:hug:

[mike_c]

5. sorry dude-- I'm a fellow sufferer....

Your post just reminded me to renew my allopurinal script!

Gout sucks. Hope you can stay off the affected foot or knee.

[Suich]

6. I didn't know you could get it in your knee...ouch!

Do you take allopurinol every day?

[mike_c]

14. supposed to....

I'm lousy at remembering to take meds. And of course, once a gout attack begins, allopurinol is counterindicated until the attack is over. That happened to me on a trip to Colorado a few weeks ago.

[SPKrazy]

12. thanks

wish I had something besides Mobic for it right now.

[Zavulon]

11. Been there.

Do NOT take aspirin. Acetaminophen (or the anti-inflammatory of your choice) is the way to go.

No beer or bacon, either, which really fucking sucks.

[SPKrazy]

13. okay

good advice

:hi:

[Zavulon]

17. Well, the

beer and bacon advice was obvious, but PLEASE remember that aspirin can actually make gout worse. How did I find out? By not knowing and continuously pumping aspirin into myself during a gout attack until I actually had to crawl from my bedroom to my kitchen because my gout was so bad that hopping on one leg made it flare up.

[loveable liberal]

16. Indomethicin is the way to go brother.

And quit all tobacco products. Used to get gout, havent had an episode since I quit smoking. Indomethicin is the cats meow!

[AlCzervik]

19. sorry SP.

i've never had it bad i have a friend that does and i know you're hurting, hope it passes asap.

[madinmaryland]

20. I've had that too. Allopurinol is your friend.

It's a long term solution.

Those uric acid crystals congregrating in your joints hurt like hell.

For me it was toes or ankles.

[SPKrazy]

21. ankles

my achilles tendons, my feet, arches, toes, wrists, fingers, and knees.

I thought I must have RA or something like that.

still not any fun at all and feel sick too.