Attack Of The Killer Gout, Part 2!
Ok, so I have another gout attack. Just for reference, I shared my last gout experience on June 9, 2005. Ok here is my sad, sad story:
Last Monday, 1/30/06, I woke up and my big toe hurt. Back in August, I thought my gout was flaring up and called my doctor. She called me in a prescription for a prednisone pack. It actually did not flare up so I saved the prednisone for a rainy day. I started the prednisone pack on that Monday. Throughout the week, the pain went down quite a bit.
Well, the pack ended on Saturday. On Sunday, the gout showed its ugly face. The pain was practically unbearable on Monday (2/6/06). I went to work anyway, crying all the way because the toe that is hurting is my right big toe. I held back tears all day. On the drive home, there was a lot of stop and go traffic on Park Road due to an accident... I was not only crying, but blubbering at the pain. It felt like someone was drilling into the side of my big toe. When I got home, I could barely walk to the apartment. I almost collapsed.
I am a man that is not afraid to cry. I don't usually cry at physical pain, however. This should show you how intense the pain was.
I did not go to work on Tuesday. I went to the doctor. Last time I had gout, they gave me that medication that gave me diarrhea. I have learned that medicine is called "colchicine." I told the doctor up front that I would not be willing to take colchicine. He gave me some more prednisone and a medication to take next time it starts to flare up that will not make me sick. Cool!
They also did some blood work to see the uric acid levels in my blood. That would tell them if I needed a prevenative drug. Well the lady from the lab came in and I told her up front that I was horrifically petrified of needles. I also told her that no lab person has ever had trouble drawing blood from me. I told her, "Therefore, you only get one shot to get it right." She took me at my word because the first time she stuck me, my vein rolled and instead of pulling it out and resticking me, she dug the needle around trying to catch it. YES INDEED!
She finally stuck me on my other arm and got blood. Please shed a tear for me!
All this and i survived.
Wayne
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