My gout story
I am 29 years old and I had my first attack when I was 26. I havehad 4 attacks in my life, 2 of them in the last 4 months. I know itcould be worst, but I am writing this, just to know if anyone sharesmy history.
What I hate of being sick is the fact that everything that I haveread about gout tells me that I shouldn’t have it. I am in my 20s, Iam not overweight, I do exercise (regularly for the last 6 years), Idon’t take more that 2 alcohol drinks per month (since my firstattack), and I have never smoked. I have always tried to avoidpurines since my first attack. Furthermore, no one in my family hasever had gout.
I have noticed that gout attacks happen only when I try to loosebody fat, even though I never loose more than 1 pound of fat perweek. Also, when I diet I eat a healthy and with the help of anutritionist. Maybe the solution to my predicament is to never gainfat, so then I wouldn’t need to loose it.
Currently my doctor has me on colchicine and when needed I takeindomethacin. I was on allopurinol, but it didn’t work, I had anattack while taking this drug. The prospect on being on medicationfor life frightens me. The doctors generally don’t have an answerabout what I can improve in my life to avoid the attacks. They justkeep me doing blood or urine exams.