I am up at one a.m. because I am haveing a gout attack!!   I have never experienced such pain, not even labour during childbirth was this bad (or was it?).

I was at my new doctor's earlier this week for  acheckup.  My toe was stiff and would crack when I bent it.  Mildly uncomfortable.  She checked it and said I think you have gout.   My response even though I haven't had eight years of medical school was "Oh no, it can't be gout, ny husband has gout and it is excrutiating, he can't even have the covers on his foot when he has an attack".    

I will never doubt her again.

Within hours---from around nine p.m. to midnight the pain went from being moderate to excrutiating.

EXCRUTIATING.

I'm so glad my dh recently refilled his colchicine perscription.  So far I have taken two tablets and two tylenol #3 with codeine.   Monday morning I will be phoning my dr. to apologize for being so arrogant to dismiss her diagnosis and beg for medication to help with the pain.  I am now going to get in bed and try to sleep, most likely I will stare up at the ceiling while tears run out of my eyes.

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Posted by deedeeuk

I'm so sorry that you have to go through the holiday weekend like this Kim! I pray that the pain will ease for you, especially at night! Shame you don't live closer - we have so many pain killing drugs in the house at the moment I feel like a pharmasist when I'm doling out Dh's meds. I'm sure we could have found some for you! LOL! (just kidding, I know you can't share prescription meds......before someone tells me off) I'm praying it is healed soon, though!

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