Gout sucks - again!

Had gout in my foot in Feb.  It decided to make a reappearance about 2 weeks ago.  I even ended up in the hospital ER in the early morning on the 8th, and was unable to put any weight on it.  They gave me X-rays and some pain relief, but essentially took my word at the fact that it was probably gout.  I’ve been a tender-foot ever since.  I’m no longer taking any pain killers - they didn’t seem to help too much anyways, they make you so sleepy… but I am still not in any shape to run or walk 100%.  But hey, no pain when I put weight on my foot — that’s a very good thing!

I went to see my family doctor a couple days after getting out of the ER… I was unable to see my preferred doctor, so I saw another doctor in the practice.  She was not helpful.  She did give me a prescription for more pain-killers (again, not so effective, but sleepy)… but the worst was when I was asking her questions, trying to get advice - and her advice could be summed up by this simple sentence:  “Just do some reading on www.webmd.com“.  Heck, why not just tell me to Google for some info about gout?!?  That’ll be $150 please…  Sheesh…  Next time, I’m going to insist on my normal doctor.