Gout - Come ye fellow sufferers!

If there doesn’t appear to be any direct evidence of longterm issues with the medication and you take well to it then I think for repeat sufferers it’s a valid option. It’s their body.

I would like to avoid a reliance on a daily pill, I feel a little young for that.

I’m going to be trying large quantities of water, painkillers until the bout has gone away and then slowly add potential triggers back to my diet to see what is causing the issues.

I don’t want my life to be ruined by gout. I am far from obese but a little further out of shape than usual because of two surgeries this year which have restricted my exercise.

I am a published food writer and bar reviewer so this is a particularly frustrating diagnosis as it impacts a part of my professional life which is heading in a good direction. I feel like the avenue towards a change towards being paid to do something I love is being blocked front of me just as I had finally started to walk down it.

If I don’t get it under control with some dietary tweaks then I will be ‘succumbing’ to medication.
 
I do have a kidney stone at the moment… completely out of nowhere.

I am also a little concerned that I can’t process the amount of water I’m consuming. The meds have caused an upset stomach and I’m basically just passing the water out as fast as it’s coming in.
 
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