I've had it a couple of times, but thankfully the last time was well over ten years ago.

I must have been lucky to have had it quite mild because on each occasion I was prescribed something that cleared it up in a day or two.

I did imbibe in the odd red wine and port at the time though Col
 
 
 

Well Colin as we type, I too am experiencing another bout of gout. This time (luckily), I'm able to limp around a bit. I went through what Palmist35 went through about 3-4 years back and it feels like what Mooch says.

Those extra....extra...margaritas did it for me over the Christmas holidays.

Cherry juice (from concentrate) on a daily basis helps a great deal (also drinking lots of water), but like Mooch said, you have to completely change your diet. (You probably know all of this, but I'm still trying to convince myself about the diet stuff ).

Hey Mooch, about the alpurinol......check with your Dr. about the long term effects of that drug.....it can lead to kidney failure. 

Gout is the 1st sign that your body is starting to breakdown, IF......you don't take care of it better.

Blimey Mooch - I've never suffered that long with it - but your sledgehammer analogy is spot on regarding the pain.

I had my first ever bout in 1990 or thereabouts and over the next few years it flared up in either foot, totally at random. It now only affects the big toe joint on my left foot and thankfully, I only now get 2 or 3 a year, but this has been the worst one for several years.

My last prescribed drug was Voltarol, which you can now buy over the counter, so I'm taking that along with Ibuprofen.

Thanks for all the well wishes. 

Mesh




Hey Mooch, about the alpurinol......check with your Dr. about the long term effects of that drug.....it can lead to kidney failure. 

My doctor is the one that practically insisted on it. 


The long terms effects are contraversal. However do understand that the reason for gout is that your kidneys are not getting rid of excess  uric acid fast enough due to something going on with your metabolic rate. So at this point it all ready is a kidney problem of some sort. 

Studiies have also shown that people with certain renal failure have improved with allpurinol. 

Gout is also something that affected a lot people with hypothyroidism. I have that and have been on synthroid since I was 15. (1985)

Bottom line is its contraversal and you may be right ... But maybe not. Do take note people have taken allpurinol for decades with no side effects. 

I hear the same stuff about the sythnroid I take too. You can't win. There is a Risk with all drugs. 

Taking care of yourself through healthy eating and healthy weight would probably eliminate most of our problems and then we can toss the drugs. 

Mooch4056


Taking care of yourself through healthy eating and healthy weight would probably eliminate most of our problems and then we can toss the drugs. 

THe bottom line......ain't that the truth!!

Feel better soon, Colin.

Thanks Jan.

I thought it was improving a bit last night but this morning it's back to where it was a couple of days ago.

I remember one drug I was prescribed (which I think, has now been banned in the UK) called Colchicine.

It worked wonderfully on the gout, but my God - the side effects were awful! Nausea, headaches, sweating.

Maybe my english is failing me, but isn't gout the one that often is triggered by pork meat? A colleague of mine has it, and she says that even a moderate amount of pork triggers the pains, and she says it's typical of the disease.

It's one of those burdens I really wouldn't wish to anyone. Hang on, guys.

That's a new one Kalle - I hadn't heard about it before, but it's not relevant in my case.

The only pork I eat with any regularity is Becan (obviously) and sausages, and my pork consumption pattern hasn't varied at all in the last couple of years.

Coincidentally, I went to the doctors this morning complaining of searing pain in my feet.

"Gout" he announced.

"But I've only just walked in" I replied.