At the doctor's...

[seawasp]

... I've had a pain in my foot, about at the base/joint of the big toe, for a while, but it's been getting much worse in the last couple days. Hopefully she can figure out what's up...

Comments

[redrose999.livejournal.com]

Holy *fuck&

call me when you are done.

The Disease of Kings

[katestine.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, I was just reading about something that causes pain in a single big toe joint. Any swelling? If so, hope the doc takes a sample of the fluid...

Re: The Disease of Kings

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Your thought is my thought. The good news being, if it's what I (and you) think it is, it's fixable with medication. The bad news being, it tends to recur.

[the-blue-fenix.livejournal.com]

Do we get to poke fun at you if it's gout?

TBF, history buff

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Gout isn't funny. (My brother has it. It's agonizingly painful.)

[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Hope you get well soon.

-- Steve's disturbed at the prevalence of unexpected visits to the doctor/ER by Friends and fellow forumites today.

[kayshapero]

Yeowch. Good luck!

[shana.livejournal.com]

Ouch!

I just got back from the doctor; I'm trying to see if I can finish reading lj before I have to take another nap.

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Joining the chorus of well-wishers hoping it isn't gout or anything serious.

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

I hope it turns out to be nothing. Good luck.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Has anyone put in a vote for "I hope it's just a bad shoe" yet? If not, I am.

[murstein.livejournal.com]

I had something like that misdiagnosed as gout by an urgent care clinic one weekend last fall. When my regular doc did the appropriate lab work the next week, it was diagnosed as not-gout; since it had gone away already, there was insufficient data to diagnose what it had been.

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

I had pain like that in my foot--fairly severely--for a few days a while back. Saw my doctor, who had my foot x-rayed. Not gout, fortunately. "Bone spurs and joint degradation consistent with arthritis" was the diagnosis. Also not fun, but manageable.

[fallenpegasus]

I've got exactly the same symptom. I'll bet you have the same condition.

Gout.

[noctyrnus.livejournal.com]

Hopefully its nothing serious :) and not Arthritis, too.

Well...

[seawasp]

... as my next post shows, it appears I may have gout.