[Farley Lee]

Thanks Keith for your suggestions. I will start on the Allopurinol and let you know how it goes. In the meantime, I will continue to read through these forums as they contain alot of great information. Keep up the great work and I’m sure the members all agree that you are providing a great tool for us.

[Farley Lee]

Hi Keith,
I am a new member and very much appreciate this support forum. I am 51 years old and have been experiencing a few gout episodes in the past few years. It has gotten more difficult. My uric acid level is 8.2 and the doctor has recommended allopurinol. I am hesitant but think that may be my only recourse. My feet (around the ball of foot and big toe area) have been experiencing this achiness/stiffness/burning over the past few weeks. I’ve tried to continue with some basic exercise like the exercise bike but it seems to increase the achiness/stiffness/buring in my foot joints, especially the day after. It feels like a pain of 2-4. I’ve been taking indocin and that seems to help but from your recommendation, it does sound like I should hold off on any exercise that puts weight on the feet. My wife said the same thing and didn’t want to believe her but it sounds like she is probably correct.

Thanks,

Lee

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