Pain is tiring. Gout attack hit me 2 days ago

[underpants]

colchicine, ibuprofen, and ice

but damn this is tiring.

the pain in a 7.5 on a scale to ten. Every step off my right foot feels like someone is smacking a 2x4 across the top of the bones of my foot.

Trip to Busch Gardens Saturday is called off.

[GCP]

1. Will your doc prescribe indocin?

It's pretty good for gout, I believe.

[underpants]

2. My podiatrist did

but my nice rheumatologist says colchicine is better

:shrug:

[GCP]

3. Indocin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory

Could it be taken in tandem with the colchicine?

[underpants]

4. I don't know

I am going next thursday to start an official treatment.

Man it is KILLING ME right now

[GCP]

6. Could you call the doc and have him call in a script for vicodin

Or tylenol #3? Anything stronger you'd need a written script, but he could call one of those in.
Sorry you're in such pain. :hug:

[REP]

14. It IS better, but sounds like you need a higher dose

And stay the fuck away from Allopurinol (then again I'm biased because I'm highly allergic to it) and spinach.

Get well soon!

[madinmaryland]

5. You have at least 4-5 days left. I had several attacks about four to eight years ago.

Either you will need to seriously modify your diet or go on medication (allopurinol). It is excess uric acid that crystalizes in your joints that is causing your pain.

Good luck.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I'm really sorry to hear this, my dear underpants...

Pain changes everything, and not for the better.

Please take care of yourself...

:hug:

[Schema Thing]

8. cherries.

eat them.

[gratuitous]

17. I swear by this

Costco has dried cherries by the heueueuge bag, and R.W. Knudsen makes a Just Black Cherry juice. Lots of water to flush your system. Shortens the duration by days.

[underpants]

23. My wife just loaded me up with cherries

and I can feel the difference immediately.

My brother, not a gout sufferer, has been telling me about this for a while. I should have listened - see sooner or later listening to him HAD to pay off.

[whistler162]

26. The good thing is you don't need to get your brother a

birthday or christmas present. The "I told you so!" should last at least two gift cycles.;)

Good luck with the cherries.

[bettyellen]

40. pure cherry juice, drink it and limit shellfish and spinach!

[grace0418]

27. I guess I can cross gout off the list of things I'll ever get. I eat cherries like

it's going out of style. If I ever have the opportunity to visit the PAC NW in July I take it because I know I can gorge myself on the most amazing cherries the whole trip. I live one state away from Michigan but somehow the cherries from Washington are a cut above.

[hippywife]

9. Allopurinol?

I take them to prevent uric acid kidney stones which are a form of gout. I have a friend who takes them for the type of situation you are describing. He can't eat much red meat or shellfish at all without an attack like that. They work and are very inexpensive.

:hi:

[rurallib]

13. Very true

[REP]

16. Worst. Drug. EVER.

Even if I weren't allergic to it, it's a horrible drug. The colcicine is better.

[hippywife]

25. Why is that?

I've taken it for years with no side effects at all. :shrug:

[REP]

36. It's pretty toxic, and I hate because I'm violently allergic to it!

I was tried on all of the drugs for urinary pH-related problems, and they're all pretty awful plus they didn't work! Colchicine does work for me with the fewest side effects, though it doesn't specifically raise my pH.

[underpants]

20. That is the treatment my rheumatologist is going to put me on

appointment next thursday. She wanted to start it about a year ago but I failed to follow through. Stoopid me.

[pscot]

10. Ask for a uric acid blood test

My attacks had been getting progressively worse. When a blood test showed high uric acid my new dostor put me on alopurinol. My uric acid level is down 40% and I haven't had another attack. Gout is debilitating over time. If you aren't taking alopurinol, talk to your doc. It seems to have made a big difference for me.

[underpants]

24. My rheumatologist wanted to put me on that a while ago

like an idiot I didn't follow through.

Cherries- just ate about 10 of them and can feel the effects immediately, that an taking my morning dose of colchicine.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. I am so sorry *hugs*

[Parche]

12. rest forrest rest

:hi:

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[rurallib]

15. If you drink beer quit - cut my gout down to near none

add in some cherries and it is nearly gone.
BTW thank your parents for the gout.

[underpants]

21. I've had about 3 whole beers in two years

I watch my diet a lot. These do just flare up from time to time though.

I ran in cleats recently - oh and kicked footballs- probably not a good idea. DAMN!

[stevedeshazer]

18. I've been through this for years, and I know how debilitating this can be.

Make sure you get a blood test that will verify uric acid crystals.

My doctor prescribed prednisone. It made me better in a few hours. It's a steroid, so you can't take it long term. He sent me to a specialist who drained my gouty knee. Yeah, with a long and very large needle. Painful but worth it.

As another poster suggested, black cherries. Eat just a handful a day. Out of season, you can get them dried or drink black cherry juice.

Since I learned this, I haven't had a major gout attack. Yeah, I still drink beer sometimes.

There's a bit of stigma associated with gout; everyone assumes you are an alcoholic.

It's not true.

I'm 55 now, and I've been OK and gout-free for about two years now.

PS - Tomato-based food sets me off, as well as seafood. So does cured meat (nitrates and nitrites) and makes my big toe hurt. No pepperoni sticks or beef jerky.

Good luck.

If you keep up the cherries (cranberries and cranberry juice help, too) and limit your intake of the bad stuff (cured meat, tomato products, and, oh yeah, potatoes, too) I'd bet you have relief, too.

But yeah, in the short term you need the drugs for pain relief.

Long term use of this stuff is hard on your liver and kidneys, ibuprofen too as well as all anti-inflammatory drugs.

Good luck, underpants.

[underpants]

22. I have done everything I was supposed to do.....

except I do like to have some bourbon from time to time (still probably too much) and my brother has been telling me about cherries and truthfully I haven't followed through on that.

I watch my diet like a hawk.

[Systematic Chaos]

19. Real apple cider vinegar, like the Bragg's brand. And black cherries. A couple pounds of them.

Do a tablespoon of that horrible vinegar every few hours, and eat all the cherries you can. Within a day to 36 hours you'll be able to wear shoes again.

I haven't had a gout attack in about 7 years, but the three I did have were treated this way and were over very fast.

[grace0418]

28. I agree, and I'm sorry. I was having wisdom tooth pain a few weeks ago and even

after I got the pain to subside with pain relievers and a hundred other remedies, I was just exhausted from it. When I got the tooth pulled last Friday I was tired that day but the next day felt like a million bucks.

Pain is exhausting. It really makes me feel for people who live with chronic pain.

[LynneSin]

29. Eat Cherries

http://www.quickcare.org/musc/cherries-and-gout.html

I realize this is not a substitute for good medical health care but my stepfather swears by it.

[Lance_Boyle]

30. haven't had one in 7.5 years now, knock on wood.

Colchicine was a miracle drug, aside from the "stomach will eat itself" thing. Colchicine, pepto, and a good bag of weed made the last attack bearable. Cutting out most red meat and red wine seems to have diminished my prospects for a future bout. Again with the knocking on wood...

[KamaAina]

31. I take celery seed

capsules are available at a good health food store. Attacks have been FAR less frequent and severe.

[lillypaddle]

32. Ouch

Hope you feel better soon.

[mdmc]

33. feel better bro

I am all steriod-ed up these days so I feel good..

[mikeytherat]

34. Gotta concur with the advice re: cherries. They really help.

Got some nice black cherries at the local Ukrops-er-Martin's today.

mikey_the_rat

[underpants]

38. Yes I am going to make them a regular part of my day now

Well I guess running is out for at least a week....going swimming instead. A week of me and "the line" to look forward to.

[rurallib]

35. HEY UP - how's the gout?

[underpants]

37. MUCH better as of last night

I ate 110 cherries and drank some cherry juice and my coworker brought me some crutches which immensely alleviated much of the pain.

I can walk up and down the stairs in our tri-level without having to pause, talk myself into it, and then count through painful winces.

[bettyellen]

41. stay away from spinach and shell fish!

[underpants]

42. I have re-read my eating list

I forgot about spinach and I love spinach.

[tigereye]

39. oh i am sorry, UP - hope you feel better.

[ThomCat]

43. I am very, very sorry.

Yes, you are right. Pain is very tiring. :(

:hug:

I hope it passes quickly and doesn't ever come back. Feel better soon.