Gout Support Group

I am a female and doctors are astouned that I get gout. I have been getting it since about 30years old. It was very bad last year but I have stopped all medication. I eat minimal read meat, no alcohol, no seafood. Drink at least 6 glasses of water or herbal tea every day. My gout is much better this year. When I feel an attack coming on, I have a few anti-inflammatories for a couple of days and keep it away that way. I have had no success with allopurinol. Every time I start taking it my gout seem to get worse. I have come to to conclusion there is no cure for it and I just have to live with it.

Hope you feel beter soon.

Hi Susil,
Glad to meet another woman with gout, but sorry you have this disease too. Allopurinol is the only medication my doctor has prescribed for me, and it did bring my levels down. Do you take Vit C at all?

Stay well,
Jan

Hello

I'm a woman with gout.
Allopurinol has helped me eat more sea food.
We can't eat soy... it's bad for gout and I am otherwise vegetarian, so protein sources are hard to come by. I guess my offical lable is pesicarian... it means you eat fish but nothing else like chicken, beef etc.

So I can eat pretty much whatever I want.... aside from bread pasta and all gluten and no alcohol.
Where as.... before allpurinol I couldn't even eat spinach, mushrooms, tuna etc... the list went on and on.

Gout runs in my family and I got it around the age of 19, you're not alone!
hang in there..... swimming has been great exercise for me and I also drink cherry juice and do acupuncture.

Hi JewlzA,
I eat chicken and fish sparingly..and tend to keep my meals around veggies and fruit for dessert. Soy made me ill years ago..so I stay away from that. There is so many things theories on diet for gout symptoms..I have high uric acid levels and allopurinol lowers them to a great level.
I have started on Tart Cherry Juice concentrate..2 Tbsp. a day mixed in water. This helps with inflammation.

Hugs Jan

Yeah cherry juice is good.
The tart version is really harsh.
You can have the Black cherry too, it's sweeter and doesn't have any added sugar.
if you live near a whole foods, wild oats or any natural store, really.

I am a 57 year old female. I have just been diagnosed with gout. Put on Allopurinal and though it seemed to get better for a fews days it is back in full force the last couple days. Right foot is swollen and toe red and in much pain. Called doctor and said med does not seem to be helping much. She ordered me Colchine but after warning me about diarrhea and reading the comments here about Colchine, I am almost afraid to go pick it up and start taking it.