Hi,
Im 26 I have been suffering from gout for
years. I have taken all medications
possible to help. I have been to over 20
specialty doctors. I am completely unable
to move my right leg and have not been
able to for over 4 months. I have been
crippled from this and have done
everything from taking meds to diet. I
lost my wife my job and my life because of
this. I am 26 I now have to live at home
and am completely forced by my health to
lay in bed due to me not being able to
move. My parents have to get me food,
drinks I am so ashamed I can not even get
up to go to the bathroom. As I stated I
have not been able to walk in probably at
least 4 months. I am in severe pain all
day every day. I think this has also
contributed to me getting severe Rheumtoid
arthritus. The bad thing is that when I
lost my job I lost my insurance. I dont
know what to do I oftent think of killing
myself I feel if I cant walk I am nothing
I have not even been able to go outside in
over a month it is just to painful to my
legs for that much activity. Please
someone help me I am at my end. I have
been told several times that I have one of
the worse cases that my doctors at least
have ever seen. And every time I go to a
new doctor because I am not getting any
better they just do the same thing the
last one did. PLEASE PLEASE I beg I want
my life back someone help me...........
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stanl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 24 Location: San Francisco, CA USA
Severe gout Posted: 02-14-08 14:41pm
Where is you gout located? What joint or
joints?
I'll assume you have tried all the usual
gout drugs, herbal solutions, supplements
and alkalizing solutions. For something a
little more drastic, I've heard of a
Chinese medicine treatment where they
actually pump out blood and synovial fluid
from the joint with the uric acid
crystals. Have you considered/done that?
Also, what do the doctors tell you as to
why you have gout? High uric acid, kidney
failure, weight gain, high body acidity
are the usual culprits. Something else
maybe?
A bit of a far-out (untried) idea:
injecting an alkaline solution directly
(bypassing the usual
mouth-to-stomach-to-blood route) into the
affected joint (where the crystals are) to
try to dissolve the crystals so that they
can then be excreted.
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JYY2
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 224
Posted: 02-14-08 19:28pm
Hi Davestellar,
I am very sorry you are in severe pain. I
have a few suggestions below.
1) Call your local government departments
of Social Services, Labor, and Employment.
Tell them you lost your job and medical
insurance because of the illness, and ask
them if you are entitled to disability
benefits.
2) Call the department of social services
and tell them you have been in severe pain
and have no medical insurance at the
moment and ask them if they can help.
3) Call the nearest medical school
hospital and ask them if they can help.
Medical school hospitals are more
interested in difficult cases and they
have more resources than the local
doctors. They may be able to help you.
Hope you get help and get well soon. Take
care.
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Davestellar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 2
Reply Posted: 02-19-08 16:26pm
It is in my feet, knees. And just
yesterday I also have arth. in my hips and
lower body thanks for you help its hopless
for me but thanks.
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karenstone
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 02-21-08 11:39am
I am so sorry for what you are going
through. My husband (44yrs old) is going
through the same thing. He has been
unable to walk since the middle of Dec.
2007. The gout is in his knees and
ankles. He had surgery mid Jan. on his
left knee to remove a major build up from
gout. We have been to many specialtists
with none to help. My husband is a self
employed chimney sweep, with no employees.
He has been unable to work since the 1st
wk of Dec. We have no health ins. I am
unable to work because he needs me to care
for him, and our 2 children.
A couple of weeks ago we started to see a
holistic dr. She is an applied
kinsiologist. She has started him on
suppliments to detox his liver, lymphatic
system. I also give him baths in epson
salt and apple cider vinegar. She
suggested we get a book called Alkalize or
Die by Dr. Baroody. It's about how if our
bodies are too acidic we set the stage for
disease in out body. His is drinking
distilled water and herbal tea only.
Eating plenty of raw vegetables, some
fruit, organic foods.
My husband has been feeling much like you
do. I know it doesn't help much, but you
are not alone.
We don't know if going this route will
help him or not. At this point we don't
really have any other option. He cannot
take the gout meds because they make him
very sick.
I know when you're hurting and going
through great trials it's hard to
understand why. I don't know the answer
to that. The only thing that is helping
my husband and I hold on is our faith in
Jesus Christ. We believe He will get us
through this.
I don't know where you stand with what you
believe, but I do know that the God who
created you, loves you very much. So much
that He sent His only Son to die on a
cross so you wouldn't have to.
John 3:16,17 says "For God so loved the
world that He gave His one and only Son,
that who ever believes in Him would not
perish, but have eternal life. God sent
His Son into the world not to judge the
world, but to save the world through
Him."
If you don't know Him, I pray that you
would come to know Him and He would give
you strength, comfort and peace through
this difficult time. I pray for your
healing.
My heart goes out to you with love and
compassion. I wish there was more I could
do for you. I will post again if this form
of cleansing and detoxing works for my
husband.
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