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You may not be a doc, but you sure do know a lot about this. My rheuma did mention something about “psedogout”, but then ruled it out. Good to know that he is at least aware of this.
I’m not a big guy so no way I’ll take 2 Colchicines everyday. I may actually try getting off of it entirely in a month or so, but just need to hit something that resembles stable for a bit.
Let me ask you this – what have you seen be confused with Gout before? Are there any other things that have very similar symptoms to Gout? From reading some stuff about bunions, it feels like that could be one, anything else that you can share from all your research?
Hey Nobody, thank you for taking the time to provide a detailed reply!
1. Fair point regrading being patient; as I admitted, I haven’t stayed on a regime for an extended period of time as I have tried reducing meds. There was also a month of fasting in the last few months that didn’t help much as that resulted in not drinking water all day. I will try to stick to the meds for a month or so, but….
2. The daily Colchicine is worrisome. Both my primary care doc and podiatrist said that isn’t normal. The SECOND Rhumetolgist I went to has suggested continuing on with it (even suggested taking two a day…wth?). You make a great point about not correlating stopping it with the last attack, but if I stop it I’ll end up violating point #1. Not sure what to do. I have probably been taking it daily for about 6 months now.
3. Yes, it was a DECT. I WANT to say $500ish as I’ll have to pay like $100 and I’m at a point where I have to cover 20%, but I’m happy to provide final numbers once I get the bill. I do want to clarify that it showed NOTHING in the foot, nor did the xray. Your comment about “it could be something else” is exactly my thought, but at this point we’d have to rule out a problem with the foot itself, I’d think?
4. I did what seemed like a comprehensive blood test after being on 80 mg of the generic Uloric, and my doc didn’t say anything about liver function, but I also didn’t ask. I’ll make sure to keep an eye on this at the next test.
Please share if you have anything else from me? Also, I looked at older posts and seems like you have a ton of experience with this forum. Is there any one thing that this community is in agreement with that helps with Gout (ACV, cherries, grapeseed extract, other?).