Any Gout sufferers on the forum?

It's hard to describe to someone who has never had it, but that a pretty good definition. I remember that just the weight of a single sheet on my toe was excruciating.

 

Supposedly coffee is good for it. I just can’t stomach coffee.

 

I’ve never had it in a toe but ankles yes. Getting into bed comfortably is a challenge.

 

I have had the misfortune of getting gout a few times. Nothing as bad as you all, but it sure hurts when it attacks.

 

Uh ya maybe. Your as big as a house and thinking you should up that to 140oz water and Dave these guys work great for the chits.

2 in the morning and 2 at night. No problems.

 

I've never been officially diagnosed, but every once in a while I get a stabbing pain in my big toe. Yowser!
Got it one time real bad on vacation. Doing a lot of walking. Ugh.
Nothing like you guys have though.

 

Allopurinol for me too. Blessed that it is the only medicine I am on. My clinic NP who is just a couple years older, is astounded. I take the medicine daily, so I can indulge in the things I would need to avoid.

I got it first time on a Friday afternoon after finishing a brat off the grill. Folks at the cookout told me what I had. Suffered until Monday. Seems the organ food gets me, rather than the ethyl alcohol.

I know some people who get kidney stones from the other gout med, don’t recall the name. The allopurinol doesn’t have that side effect.

 

Yup - first case was in my late 20’s. OMG - the pain - big toe on my right foot. Nothin like it! I avg a flair up every 5-7 years. Indomethacin works for me. They say alcohol and lots of meat can bring it on. I don’t drink, never have, and am a rather strict vegetarian - so who knows....

 

Here's a picture of my sexy feet...guess which one has The Gout!!

 

Ouch, the knee too!

 

Haven’t had a flare up in years thankfully but I’ve gotten it in my big toe and also my right wrist. You can imagine the jokes I heard as a teenager with a sore right wrist!

 

Aww Dave!