This is my 2nd day with a gout attack. It started yesterday morning and finally got pretty bad around 6:00 pm or so yesterday. This morning when I got up it was bad so I made a trip to my rheumatologist. By the time I got there and got to see him the foot had improved enough that he didn’t think there was enough fluid to draw out of a joint in order to test it. Yes, they have to stick a needle in one of your affected bone joints and withdraw fluid. It sounds painful to me. At any rate here it is 5:00 pm and the bottom of my left foot is pounding – it feels like the foot is expanding and contracting. It’s difficult to walk. And certainly not without a cane, or two. ■ Time to feed the dogs.
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