Help, Another Gout Attack

[tonkgolf]

I have been struggling with this the past 5-7 years. I have tried everything!!! For me it acts up when I drink (which sucks).

Any and all rememdies will be taken into account excluding anything to do with or to animals:mj07:

Really I need any thoughts and suggestions,please.

if you have never had a gout attack then consider yourself lucky!

tonkgolf

 

[MadJack]

my FIL drinks organic cherry juice and says it helps :shrug:

 

[THE KOD]

do you have kidney stones ?

persons with gout have a higher likely because of the crystals form or something .

 

[tonkgolf]

Thanks Jack I have tried eating bing cherries and cheery extract pills. I'll try the juice.

Scott-Atlanta
Thank Goodness I have NOT had the stones. I know it is a by product of gout. The urine usually crystalizes in my knees/ankles or feet. It is really painful. Oh well thank goodness it doesnt cyrstalize in the "love" muscle. I always look for the postive :mj07:

 

[MadJack]

and since he quit drinking he doesnt get it anymore so you can try that too :scared

 

[tonkgolf]

Yea, well quitting is NOT an option I am going to beat this thing the right way ON MY TERMS1

My Doc was being a smart ass he asked me what triggered it for me. I said usually drinking dark beer. So he said well I suggest you quit drinking dark beer!

And I suggested he get a new personality since the other wasnt working for him, LOL

 

[MadJack]

Yea, well quitting is NOT an option I am going to beat this thing the right way ON MY TERMS1

My Doc was being a smart ass he asked me what triggered it for me. I said usually drinking dark beer. So he said well I suggest you quit drinking dark beer!

And I suggested he get a new personality since the other wasnt working for him, LOL

:mj07:

 

[sampson]

My doctor does politely point out that my diet (beer) triggers it. Only had in big toe before until recently had in ankle. I take Colchicine, Prednisone and 1 other pill that I can't find right now. Let me know if you want me to find out. They work.

 

[tonkgolf]

The other is Allupironal and u have to take it every day with liver damage as a side affect. I have chosen not to take any drugs, so far

 

[yyz]

Yeah....I didn't give up any of the shitty foods I eat when I found out I was diabetic, either.

We'll show them!

I'll be blind before I'm 60, and have no feet........but what do the doctors know?

:shrug:

 

[sampson]

I don't take daily. Only when I have attack, which is usually a couple of times a year, but I have gone longer than a year without one. Mine would not go away without meds.

 

[Old School]

and since he quit drinking he doesnt get it anymore so you can try that too :scared

wow...who da thunk it..


whole lotta bad schyt happens to the body when we abuse it..

personally have a Masters Degree in:

PAIN

 

[sharky17]

I stopped taking the Allopurinol and so far haven't had any flare ups.

I have been drinking considerably less beer and I'm sure that's been helping. However, the beer consumption will be on the incline for the next few weeks.....:mj06:

I struggled with it for quite a while, as different doctors could not diagnose it properly because the flare ups started when I was in university (beer drinking), and I guess it is fairly rare for it to start in your early 20's?

Anyway, I was never able to get the flare ups under control without medication (colchicine, allpurinol, and another I can't recall).

Good Luck with it.

 

[justin22g]

What hte fuck is gout?

it sounds nasty as shit. I hope i never find out what it is.

 

[OAKAS]

Hey tonk. Jack is right, the cherry juice helps.

I have had it for about 8 years now and have not had an attack for over a year now.

I also have cut down on hamburgers and steaks. My doctor said that could be the cause.

I still drink like a fish on the weekends.:142smilie

 

[OAKAS]

What hte fuck is gout?

it sounds nasty as shit. I hope i never find out what it is.

It is nasty, justin. You get sharp pains in your feet and big toe. When i first got it I thought I was going die. Very painful.

 

[gardenweasel]

a friend of mine has it periodocally...and yeah,he imbibes on a regular basis...

i may start rethinking my one 7oz. coors lite per night after reading this shit and listening to my friend....

i don`t plan on wearing slippers for the rest of my miserable life...

 

[MR. LOCK]

gout pain is unreal! what woeks 4 me is real cherries and cherry flex capsuals u buy online. when drinking have 1 drink then a glass of water to prevent the crystals from hardening. each time u have a drink chase it down with water. good luck

 

[sharky17]

gout pain is unreal! what woeks 4 me is real cherries and cherry flex capsuals u buy online. when drinking have 1 drink then a glass of water to prevent the crystals from hardening. each time u have a drink chase it down with water. good luck

That's a great point. I know that I'm doomed if I get too dehydrated.....The last bad attack I had was after about 20 beers on the golf course in 100 degree heat. I paid for that for about a week and a half.....

 

[THE KOD]

when the gout strikes does it incapaciate you ?

down and out ?

can you still walk and work ?

nothing helps ? cold packs ? heat ?

strong meds ?