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Thanks for the advice guys. The doc said if I have an attack get in to him ASAP so he can draw fluid and see. I guess thats all I can do for now. Hopefully I dont have one…All I know is the initial attack was the wost pain I ever had….The Ketoprofen so far has helped the swelling in my foot and hand. My shoes fit better and my hand is not sore anymore.
Thanks Toofast. I will update as time goes by. My Uric acid levels did come down over time but they were down when I was still having pain. I think it was 9.6 at the highest and the last was 7.2? or there abouts.? He aslo said “which I have read” that sometimes a uric acid level can be deceiving cause people can have high uric acid and not have an attack.
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Anyway thanks again
Well, my doctor recommended me to a Rheumatoid specialist. I saw the specialist yesterday and he is convinced I have psoriatic arthritis. He does not think I had a gout attack since they never drew fluid and confirmed it. He said a sudden arthritis attack can be just as painful and with the other symptoms I have it more likely the psoriasis. Makes sense to me since the pain lingered for so long and non of the normal gout relieving things seemed to work. I think the less coffee was just a coincidence. So he put me on Ketoprofen so I guess we will see.
Well doctor #2 came back with more of my blood work and all my numbers are normal now. Kidney, Liver, gall bladder..Normal.. what they did not do is check my uric acid again? Stinking doctors…anyway he told me not to take the allpurinal anymore and quite possibly the pain in my foot (which I dont have much of anymore) is caused by Osteoarthritis? I really dont know what to think. All I can do is continue to suck down a gallon of water a day, drink less coffee and only drink a couple beers a week.
Toofast,
That is a great question and honestly I have no idea? The doctor #2 that gave me the ultrasound called today and they want me to get more blood work done to rule out Hepatitis or some other things. They also told me to continue not to use Allpurinal and don't take Choclacine either. I asked the nurse if doctor #2 ever talked to doctor #1 about what was going on..Of course they did not…then I said “this is the third time I have had to give blood why dont you just run test on everything?” of course no answer..So I did call my doctor #1 this morning “the original one that put me on the allpurinal” and asked what I should do. They said dont take anymore meds and get the blood done we will talk when the results come in.?
So, I will ask these questions about coffee, liver, kidneys and all that stuff next appointment. I will say though that my foot feels great today and I was on them for 10 hours. Plus I noticed a couple little patches of psoriasis that are starting to clear up? Good thing cause I have a PT test for the Air National Guard in the morning and need to be able to run. Who knows….
