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Well it's been 10days since my steroid injection and I'd say thing have improved about 50% – less pain but my toe is still red and sore especially if I try to walk.

I'm leaving it another couple of days then it's back to the quack's for more inappropriate treatment.

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Thanks for all the advice/help gentlemen.

I saw the doctor this morning and we discussed gout prevention. In view of my medical history he felt a change of diet and weight loss would be better than medication. He gave me a diet sheet.

For the current attack – 6 weeks and counting but low/medium pain – he said that since NSAIDs hadn't solved the problem he would bring in “the big guns” and he gave me a steriod injection and said that it should make a substantial improvement after about 24 hours.

Well its been 12 hours since the injection and although the pain isn't any worse it's not too much better either. in fact the heat in my foot has increased a great deal – very warm indeed now and pretty uncomfortable in fact.

Is this a normal reaction to a steroid injection?

Thanks again. John.

 

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Thanks Zip2play – I will.

Just as aside the doctor I'm scheduled to see is a nice guy – he saw me when I first had an attack

3 years ago – but he came from Iran and his English wasn't too good. I was completely baffled by his initial advice to “goggle goat” until I worked out he was trying to say “google gout”!

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