[ford71V8]

Suffered with gout a few times (too many!) since I was mid 20s. First time I thought I had broken my foot somehow, was dragging it behind me just to walk around and driving the hour back home that day was ...interesting.


Progout to ease the attack, Allopurinal every day to stop it reocurring.
DO NOT take these medications at the same time. During one of my first times with gout I was never told to stop the daily allopurinal when I started to take the Progout. Instead of easing the gout this immense pain increased and worked its way up my leg into my knee, I've never had it so bad and the doctor was shocked his workmate in the other room had not informed me what to do.


Been gout free for nearly a decade now, touch wood, its bloody painful.
How painful? A bed sheet touching my foot would be painful. Lifting my foot off the ground was near impossible without bracing for the pain to follow....gravity was hurting me hah!

How can it be so painful? Google Uric Acid Crystals and you start understanding why you are in so much damn pain.




Edit - diet was changed, seems I needed to reduce how much seafood I was eating and I saw a pattern where munching out on beer nuts would start the feeling. Don't eat beernuts anymore and that still annoys me.