Gout Diet Blog

I feel this needs to be stressed again.The importance of gettingnew shoes..ESPECIALLY when finally doing something about gout..i/ehopping the “A” train. Uric acid deposits wreak havoc..interferring/restricting movementsof the bones/joints in the foot/lower leg/knee.. With the “A” drug..these deposits will leave/or want to.The boneswill want to realign/expand movement/stretch..

GIVE ‘EM THE CHANCE!..

High arch runners are the best..especially the high archsupport..taking some of the weight off the ball..allowing for morestretching of the foot.

Your old runners..yes parts of the support will already becompressed/worn to accomodate your old foot shape..I DOUBT whetherthey will return to normal..you need new ones.

DON’T bother with expensive ones..Cdn.price..big box stores..$15/$20..$30/$35 will put you into REAL good runners!..beware! the veryexpensive ones..they wear out FAST!

I would avoid the foot Dr’s..AND the supports..problem withgetting a hard orthototic..is sure they are good NOW..they won’t bewhen your foot reverts back to normal shape..these suckers are $400-$600 here..the cheaper compressible orthotics..ditto..sure they aregood now..but they won’t be at some point.

I have probablly 12 pairs of these around my house..in variousdegrees of support.I used to have to have several pair right besidemy bed..for a couple of years..stepping/standing/wallking on ANY hardsurface..barefoot..NO WAY!!..I’ld make my way to the kitchen..andmake a decison as to which other shoe I might need..on the fridge..SOMY dog can’t take them out and BURY THEM!(yes he has done that..NOTfound??)I had several other pairs on the fridge..varying degrees ofsupport..I would CONSTANTLY be wearing odd shoes..as my feet regainedtheir shape..some of the shoes I wore as I battled gout..AND thepronitits with it..getting on the “A” train..REALLY exacerbated!!!the pronitits…I can no longer wear them..

BUT!! I am 99.9% I get out of bed..and can be SHOE FREE!!.. F MAN..I VIVIDLY(TOO VIVIDLY!)..remember NOT being able to evenget out of bed for like about 2 years..WITHOUT putting my shoes onFIRST!..I kept the shoes under my bed/on my bed..tryYELLING/SCREAMING! at your 100 lb..rambunctious puppy dog..as hegrabs a shoe..and moves JUST far enough away from you..as he standsthere growling/shakes it in his mouth..flailing it/flinging it by thelaces..(YES I do even have a picture of the dog trying to get themOFF the fridge..

Gout is such a nice lovelly disease.. I really enjoy(d) it

This as I root around sort of looking for some seriouslly stiffhard ass/race/competition/UNCOMFORTABLE!.ski boots..

I thought those days MIGHT have been over..

“Welcome to the “A” train..have your tickets ready”

my first attack involved the toes, is it possibleto have second attack that is just the left thumband wrist?

I have had gout attacks periodically for about 15 years. They weregetting increasingly worse and frequent about a year ago. I had daysI couldn’t stand at all, with both feet swollen simultaneously. Ibegan taking allopurinol which helped some but I would still getattacks which required colchicine to relieve. Colchicine was brutal onmy digestive system. My wife read about a doctor who treated his owngout with celery seed extract successfully. I haven’t had even a hintof discomfort since I began taking it about 6 months ago. I take itreligously, daily, and nothing else, no allopurinal… Please doresearch on this yourself, but it has been a real godsend for me.

I do not remember if I had any sort of carbohydraterebound or not.

This would be true only if carbohydrates had an effecton purine excretion. I don’t think any has been provenyet.

I have a marked inability to sense ‘thirst’ or toreact to a sense of thirst.

I am most definitely in the USA. Most definitelydealing with a doctor who is hesitant to prescribe ANYmedication until another attack is suffered andhesitant to prescribe ANY medication in view of hisinability to successfully aspirate any synovial fluid.He is most particularly hestitant to prescribeAllopurinol.

Yes, perhaps so. Though I have always been a poorresponder to a sense of thirst.But the diet involved sausage and liverwurst and theseare high purine foods, so it could well be acombination of purine intake and failure to ‘wash out’with high water intake. Though I am most curious as tohow there could have been such a long time between theweight loss/ dietary purine increase and the onset ofsymptoms of gout.

I know you have all said such things as trite, absurd,jackass and other such examples of civil discourse.

I have suggested a variety of fundamental causativeand contributing factors.

Each is supported by a considerable amount ofscientific evidence and is biologically plausible.None of this is equivalent to UFOs or Pyramids.

I’m not saying that any of it is proven conclusively,nor have I ever maintained that. I have exploredlogically relevant matters of causation andexacerbation.

Throughout history, prior to our knowledge ofmicrobiology, there were beliefs in an infectiousagent playing a role in gout.

I will admit that Pasturella Multocida and alsomycological influences are rarely identified in gout.Ofcourse, they are also rarely looked for in goutpatients too. Although rarely identified, it is notunknown and it is not in any way absurd. Fungaletiology has been addressed by a number ofresearchers, it has been published in medical journalsand presented at international conferences. If you donot want to believe in it, that is fine. I’ve postedabout these various additional factors to stimulatediscussion of the issues, but so far it seems to havemet only with ridicule despite the biologicalplausibility. I do not dispute your assertion that’mycological rhymes with illogical’. I do, however,dispute that the rhyming dictates the functionalrelationship.

I hate taking medications, especially after taking Paxil and the sideaffects it gave me. I took Paxil for OCD, depresion and anxiety. The100 pounds I gained while on it and the flu like symptoms were theworst. I have now been diagnosed with gout and I’m trying to avoidmedications if I can, except my gout is getting worse. My question toeverybody here is if the medication has really made a difference andif it’s worth the side affects? How long have you been gout freesince beginning the medication?

I have a problem with my knee that has been keeping me from walkingor moving around. My doctors don’t seem to know what it is so theyare saying it’s gout. There seems to no evidence of an injurythrough an MRI and X ray. This has been bothering me for more than amonth. I’m out of work on disability because I cannot move my kneeenough to drive.

I’m not sure that I have the exact symptoms of gout. I was wonderingif anyone in this group has gout of the knee and could talk with meabout the pain and the way it affects your knee?

I have a high uric acid count in my blood but 3 tests of knee fluidhave come up negative for uric acid crystals. I’m thinking I wouldhave some crystals in my fluid if I had gout. My doctor originallywas sure I had Lyme disease until more than 6 tests came up negative.

I have been on .6mg Colchicine once daily for almost 3 weeks. Theswelling in my knee has gone down alot but doesn’t seem to go away.

My knee is swollen with fluid. This prevents me from moving itaround that much. I can barely bend my knee on its own. If Ielevate the knee or sit normally however, there is no pain or burning.(it just feels tight because it is swollen) Does this sound likegout? Doesn’t gout burn all the time no matter how the joint ispositioned? My knee isn’t shiny, red, or hot either.

Also, my feet have been swelling up for the last week from the anklesto the calves and top of foot.(not my toes) This may be a reactionto the Colchicine or Relafen(NSAID I was taking with Colchicine until6 days ago when my feet started swelling).

If anyone can assist, I would be forever in your debt!

I’m happy to report that we are coming out of Winter and heading intospring and I haven’t had an attack yet. My first post introducingmyself a while back , I had stated that I have a real rough time duringthe winter months with gout, in fact I typically spend most of thewinter months limping around or out for a week to 3 weeks here andthere. Last winter I believe that I had 4 or 5 attacks throughout thewinter/spring season.

I have made some changes in my life primarily due to gout and the fearof getting diabetes (my mother has diabetes). The first was readingthrough some of the posts here. You definitely need to pick and choosewhich things seem to make sense. The most valuable data I got was fromArnold the skier and Walter(Thank you both). Accordingly, I got mydose of allopurinol increased from 100mg to 300mg daily. My doctoralso recommended the South Beach Diet - which is a low carb diet thatis focused on the glycemic index. Also from the posts I have read, Icompletely ignored these so called “low/high purine food” lists as wellas all the other “snake oils”(A multi-vitamin and my allopurinol is allI take now). My diet is higher in protein as compared to beforedieting but much lower in saturated fats. In addition, I’ve alsostarted exercising. Lifting weights and cardio. Cardio about 4-5times a week.

Results: I’ve lost 20lbs in the 4 weeks I’ve been on the diet and Ispent this past weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, ice skating. Howwonderful it is to exercise without the fear of retaliation. Myankles(typically my gout spots) have been sore a few times afterintense exercise and I thought I would get an attack like I normally dothe following day, but nothing ever came. I haven’t had an attack inmonths - not since I’ve increased my dosage of allopurinol as a matterof fact.

I haven’t had a blood test done in a couple months but I plan to havethat done in the next couple weeks. I will post the before and afterresults.

I went to a podiatristyesterday & he’s pretty sure I have a stress fracture which justdidn’t show up in the first x-ray that they took at the bone & jointclinic. I willl have another x-rray today to see if it shows up. Ifnot, then it’s most likely tendonitis, which will be treated the sameway as a fracture. I will be in a boot cast for 6-8 weeks.

I had a feeling all along that it wasn’t gout & in the the back of mymind I kept thinking it felt like something broken. The first doc.said I would know how I broke it if it was. The new doc. said a lotof people don’t know when they have a stress fracture. Anyway, I’mglad I followed my instincts & got a 2nd opinion instead of goingthru a bone scan & who knows what else. I’m ticked at doc. #1!! He’sa bone & joint specialist for crying out loud!! I could’ve beenhalfway heeled by now. Oh well, I’m glad it’s not gout. And at leasstI’ve become educated on gout if I or someone I know ever gets it.

I have been on Allopurinol and Diclofenac for 7 months. I still get alot of pain and today, a fairly acute attack. Had to go to the emergencyroom because the General Practitioner refused to see me today.

ER prescribed to CoDydramol to try and bring the pain under control.