Foot problems

[BoxCall@68]

Here is a new one.took my usual walk Sunday morning,trying to get my wind built up from copd.well woke up Monday morning right big toe sore as a boil and foot swolled up.finally went to foot doc this morning.called it gout.never had this before.son said he fights this sometimes.it sure knocks the wind from the sails till it clears up.guess I'm getting old.

[ICDEDTURKES]

Here is a new one.took my usual walk Sunday morning,trying to get my wind built up from copd.well woke up Monday morning right big toe sore as a boil and foot swolled up.finally went to foot doc this morning.called it gout.never had this before.son said he fights this sometimes.it sure knocks the wind from the sails till it clears up.guess I'm getting old.

I'm close with Timb on here it's kicked his azz twice. Said it's horrible

[BoxCall@68]

I wondered if iron skillet biscuits and sausage gravy and Pabst blue ribbon would mess your foot up.if that's so,I'll suffer with a bad foot.lol.

[WAGinVA]

Get some dried tart cherries and eat a handful in the morning and the evening at the first sign of inflammation. I have had gout attacks off and on for ten years. As soon as I feel something in my foot that feels like the start of a stone bruise I hit the cherries hard and it usually will prevent a full blown attack.

[BoxCall@68]

I figure since 1974 when I got a medical honorable discharge from the air force for two separated ,Achilles,tendons and broken left foot bones,years might have healed these issues.permanent gimp,but this gout is,a new battle.yep still moving on.look out fall turkeys.

[soiltester]

My dad had gout, and 3 of us 4 brothers have had gout, and in my situation, I know it's inherited
Don't know how many bouts I had and finally, way back when, went on a pill a day and never looked back as it isn't and hasn't been a problem since
I'd have had a uric acid test with good #'s and then a few days later had it flair up

Good luck and hope it's just a mild something going on doesn't persist!!

[decoykrvr]

Avoid foods high in uric acid and never let your urine's color get darker than a light straw color. Drink large quantities of water.

[Hognutz]

I got it for the first time when I was around 60. Extremely painful!!! Pickled herring got me!
Allpurinol is your friend.
You know it’s gout when the weight of the bedsheet sends you through the roof!
Good luck!

[Hoobilly]

hope it never happens to me! freaking in grown toe nail is killing me right now.

[Grumpy]

Allipurinol is about $8 for a 30 day supply well worth it too, I used to get it in the big toe then went to ankle and then to knee, take the allipurinol about once or twice a week and haven't had it in 15 yrs. now.

[soiltester]

Allipurinol is about $8 for a 30 day supply well worth it too, I used to get it in the big toe then went to ankle and then to knee, take the allipurinol about once or twice a week and haven't had it in 15 yrs. now.

Yer' lucky Grump .. it's 1 a day fer' me and seems like it's been forever .. but well worth it!! 90 tabs fer' jest' ober' $16

[Hobbes_mobile]

Used to work for a guy with it. Seems like anytime he ate seafood it would blow up on him. I hope to never experience it. Hope it heals up quick.

[Grumpy]

I used to take 1 a day too but after about 5 yrs. without any gout I cut way back on the pills, just not a pill guy here unless 100% needed. Pork sets some people off and my FIL got his from a good beer drunk, I know it is painfull as hell and for me it came on in an hour or less, I believe the dr. told me it was needle sharp urea crystal that build up in ones joints, whatever the hell it is, for less pain, I would rather sit on the concrete garage floor and hit my nuts with a rubber mallet

[Cut N Run]

I had the same thing happen last week. Went to bed just fine and woke up with a painful left big toe. I had a few tall PBR's the night before too. Thanks for the info. Never had anything like this before and it kinda freaked me out.

Jim

[Hognutz]

Beer is definitely a factor with gout. The guys that had it at work were all beer drinkers to the extreme. if your uric acid level is borderline, a few beers may be all that it takes to put you over the top. A few beers and some red meat and your all set!
Good luck to you, Jim!

[ICDEDTURKES]

Sal got it we were nc. She could barely walk from our rental to ocean "told he can't be that bad suck it up and walk it off" that went over great

[Hognutz]

Yer lucky she didn’t plant her good toe right up your butt!!

[BoxCall@68]

Well august 7th,the foot swelling has came down and doesn't look like a red party balloon.big toe is still little ouchy.am able to slip into crocs and do some shots with my bow in the back yard.this gout has been a hard row to how.I slacked off blue ribbon,and I'm sure there on the verge of bankruptcy cause of it.wouldn't wish this mess on anybody.

[Hognutz]

Are you taking steroids, Prednisone, to help get rid of it?

[BoxCall@68]

Not went to foot doc yet.big hassle with Medicare.waiting for approval.

[Hognutz]

Drink cherry juice. Supposed to help.

[devastator]

Yep,Byle said it all,it is a bitch,told the doctor only a case a week,she said she new better!
I said it sounded better than 3 lmfao!

[turkeybuster]

After a few bouts of gout all those little crystals make a Little Rock.this rock leaves the kidney
,,,,that is where the real fun begins....been there ....you gonna need more than beer.

[Cut N Run]

My regular Doctor couldn't see me for 9 days, so I went to the Doc in the Box less than a mile from my regular doctor's office. They prescribed Indomethacin, which made the pain & swelling vanish in a few days. The full course of meds runs two weeks, but I can barely tell I had trouble in the 4 days I've been on this medicine.

Jim

[soiltester]

My regular Doctor couldn't see me for 9 days, so I went to the Doc in the Box less than a mile from my regular doctor's office. They prescribed Indomethacin, which made the pain & swelling vanish in a few days. The full course of meds runs two weeks, but I can barely tell I had trouble in the 4 days I've been on this medicine.

Jim

I use to hobble in and walk out of Doc's office.
He would give a shot of something right into the area and in a minute.. all was well