No, I've never had any gout before. They can't give me the standard treatment during this bout of it because of my kidneys (I can't take most anti-inflammatory meds). They mentioned the Colchosine but I'm not sure I want to go there. I'm hoping that it was just caused by the cold and the fact that I had chicken liver (rumaki) several times last week. I've been investigating natural treatments for it and will be pursuing those before I take any meds for it. I read that bromelain is good and cherry juice is good and I've been taking those. Today I could actually walk fairly well, though I still couldn't do as much as I'd like, but it's a lot better than the weekend when I resorted to crawling because it hurt to much to walk. (Our kitties thought that was *very* funny.)

I'm sorry you have it, Al. It is really miserable. I'm glad GF helps with that. That also gives me hope that I shouldn't have too much trouble with it.

Rachel