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Originally Posted by anicetan
Woke up yesterday in excruciating agony. My foot felt like it had been injected with flaming gasoline. Spent five hours in the emergency room, and the diagnosis comes back: gout.
Gout? I thought that was something fat old Englishmen got in the 18th century. Apparently it's a buildup of uric acid crystals in the muscle. Anyway, they gave me a shot and some pills and some crutches, and sent me home. Still hurts, but the pills seem to be doing the trick. Anyone ever get this before? I tell you, it totally sucks.  |
i get it once or twice a year...you can change your eating habits in the future or you can wait till you get it and take the pills (thats what i do) it usually hits you when you are sleeping and very often its in the left foot/toe area....
i feel your pain...