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I had my first attack at 30. But I was drinking 4-5 pints a day back then. Now I only tend to drink on a Friday night and then a barrel load on football Saturday's.

This. Reading this again is bringing back all the memories. And every time I have a drink I find myself on tenderhooks for a few days after constantly monitoring my ankle to see if an attack is imminent. Not a good way to lead life.

I feel for you mate. If this your first attack then you're now succeptable to others. Cut down on your alcohol intake as that is the trigger in the majority of cases. I have a supply of colchicine in the cupboard and I take one a day to help prevent attacks. It's a crocus extract that was used...

It's still bloody painful and swollen but nowhere near as bad as yesterday:smile: I can now hobble around reasonably well but even a twitch of my toe has me swearing!!!! I've been on 400mg of ibuprofen and a couple of co-codamol religiously every 4 hours and now it's in my system it's...

The missus phoned 111 and spoke to them. They advised I went to A&E so did so. That was the most excruciating passenger ride of my life. Every pothole, lump, bump and gear change the missus hit had me screaming in pain. The nurse took one look at my ankle and diagnosed it straight away. They...

I didn't realise that. The missus is on the blower to them now. Why haven't they invented a quick cure yet? Something that just gets straight into your system and neutralises the crystals straight away?

Cheers for looking mate but I don't think I've got £50 in the bank at the moment! I'm becoming increasingly attracted to the Seville friendly now we've had that glut of signings. Have they released extra blocks yet? I'd like to give my new seat in SWC a try out.

If anyone did this to me. After I'd stopped crying I think I'd kill them.

My old dear is hopefully gonna save the day. She has some naproxen in her cupboard and they will be with me in a couple of hours. And on her way she's gonna stop at a Holland and Barrett for cherry juice. I do have 2 colcichine tablets left but I'm not going to take them yet. I've already taken...

When I had my first attack in my know years ago I didn't know what was happening and in extreme pain so I went to A&E. As part of their examination they stuck a syringe in my elbow and pulled out more than a smarties sized syringe of fluid to do a biopsy. When examining it they saw the crystals...

Cheers for the advice peeps. I have 2 colchicine left and have taken 2 this morning with dread. It's really nasty stuff and should be taken with extreme caution. I'm gonna get the missus to go through the medicine cupboard and see if there's any naproxen left. Forgot about that stuff. And get...

Yesterday I started having an attack in my left ankle. I've hardly slept overnight due to the pain and today I just want to cry in agony. I used to get regular attacks so started taking allopurinol but since then I've stopped drinking week days (the root cause of it) and have since weened...