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sjc said:
blingybongy said:
Dehydration and work stress used to get me several times a year.
Started drinking water and got made redundant 12 years ago.
Not had a single attack since.
This,it’s imperative you drink lots and lots of water,and stress or trauma can kick off an attack.Started drinking water and got made redundant 12 years ago.
Not had a single attack since.
blingybongy said:
Dehydration and work stress used to get me several times a year.
Started drinking water and got made redundant 12 years ago.
Not had a single attack since.
I started last year and think it was a huge amount of stress combined with a week of pretty much forgetting to drink water, eating every single "bad" food on the list and going out for a night on the beer that brought on my first attack. I tried the whole "eat better, stop drinking, drink lots of water, exercise more" approach as I really didn't fancy being on tablets for the rest of my life but found that no matter how good I was the attacks kept coming when I got stressed out. Started drinking water and got made redundant 12 years ago.
Not had a single attack since.
I've been on allopurinol now since late last year but was only given 100mg to start with and it didn't seem to be having much impact, the doctors didn't follow-up with me or suggest additional bloods or anything so I've pretty much had to chase and just ask for a higher dose over the phone, I need to get blood tests done next month to see if it's having the right effect.
I'm still only on 200mg but things seem to be much better already unless I do a lot of walking. I still haven't dared to try a lot of the foods I once enjoyed and I haven't touched alcohol since October but I'm hoping to be able to have a few things again in the future, the thought of an attack just puts me right off currently.
Stress definitely seems to play a part for me and I'm constantly wound up so probably need to sort that, only being allowed 28 days worth of meds at once isn't helping though
Edited by thetapeworm on Wednesday 26th April 08:59
The worst pain I’ve ever experienced. First attack would be somewhere around 2017. Took the doctor years and many X-Rays to finally agree that it was gout and I’ve been on Allopurinol and Colchicine for a long time now. Up at 500mg per day at the moment with blood tests every 4 weeks, haven’t had a sever attack in ages, but the occasional niggle to remind me it could strike whenever it feels like!
I can’t seem to pin it down to a particular food for me. Fizzy juices, whether diet or full fat would appear to be a bit of a trigger though.
I can’t seem to pin it down to a particular food for me. Fizzy juices, whether diet or full fat would appear to be a bit of a trigger though.
daignosed in 2015 after a particularly heavy weekend on it. pain worse than anything ever experienced. broken arm where it folded in two and my fingers were touching my elbow? an absolute cake walk in comparison to the pain of a bad gout flare.
cut down dramatically on bad foods, had blood work. started on allopurinol. couldn't face daily pills.
had about 3 to 4 bad flare ups since 2015.
fractured and sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago at a gym class. 2 days later a huge toe flare up on the same foot. no alcohol, red meat etc. no high sugars. lasted a week. the ankle pain completely enveloped by the toe.
i would not wish this illness on my worst enemy.
some google suggests a joint injury can cause a gout flare. i truly hope that all it was and the flare up days are gone again.
cut down dramatically on bad foods, had blood work. started on allopurinol. couldn't face daily pills.
had about 3 to 4 bad flare ups since 2015.
fractured and sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago at a gym class. 2 days later a huge toe flare up on the same foot. no alcohol, red meat etc. no high sugars. lasted a week. the ankle pain completely enveloped by the toe.
i would not wish this illness on my worst enemy.
some google suggests a joint injury can cause a gout flare. i truly hope that all it was and the flare up days are gone again.
Ref bone breaks - my gout only hits where I have broken bones. As I have broken all except my long bones. I'm not looking forward to what is coming.
To me, gout is only an 8/10. 9/10 is that (or grating broken bones) plus a good nut shot.
10 is that plus being dumped at the same time.
To me, gout is only an 8/10. 9/10 is that (or grating broken bones) plus a good nut shot.
10 is that plus being dumped at the same time.
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