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Hi toofast,
I’m in the UK my friend so visiting a rheumy won’t cost me anything, but thanks anyway mate!
Well it went sort of ok with the GP today, I say sort of because the doc I saw today was clueless, she asked me what I wanted to do, then preceded to tell me gout isn’t serious, there’s no long lasting damage that can be done. I stopped her there and said hang on a minute, I dont even know what my UA levels are cus no doctor has ever told me for a start and my bloods have never been fully monitored and your telling me that gout causes no long lasting damage, so why then have I read that it can if left unchecked damage joints and organs then?
She preceded well that’s in very severe cases with regular monthly flares!
I asked her why I haven’t been offered allopurinol?
Her respons: “well some people become uncomfortable with taking a tablet everyday when attacks such as yours are quite far apart!”
I lost the plot a bit at this point
So I’m now booked in for a blood test tomorrow with a whole host of tests AGAIN and I have been referred to a rheumy!
But I am seriously considering changing my GP after I have the appointment through for the rheumy!
Thank you for your reply Keith,
I shall name and shame if I don’t get a suitable response from my GP on Monday!
It’s quite a large practice and also a training centre for future GP’s, which in its self is quite worrying really!
The reason for seeing a rheumatologist is to have proper and full diagnosis through joint fluid, I take it this is done after an attack? There’s no way they’d get near me with a needle during an attack, that’s for sure.
I have also just found out that my grandfather suffered from gout so I’m 99.9% certain it is gout and is hereditary
I am 44 years of age and prior to my first attack I never had any problems, it only seemed to kick in after changing my diet and lifestyle to a more healthier one, which was the strange thing because when I did Google the gout diet I’d already been eating the right foods for the last 4 months anyway and couldn’t understand then why I had an attack!
