oh gout is horrible. Instead of waiting like an idiot like I usually do, I called my Nephrologist right away (I only have one kidney that's working around 35% capacity, thus contributing to gout) and had him call me in some prednisone quick like.
Yeah, it's really really hard for me , diet wise. I have to eat things very low in protein. High protein foods cause a purin upsurge, and those purins contain crystallized bits as well which get caught in joints and inflamme.
So sometimes, yes, I screw up and eat something high in purins too late at night or something and get it. Allopurinol is a preventative medicine, which I tried taking, but it seemed to increase my gout outbreaks by alot and made them more severe and last longer.
So I'm very much trying to change my ways as far as food but it's really hard when high protein foods are readily available...