Hi, I want to share my story with you ... and ask a question (see below)

I got gout at 34 and was stunned with the severity of a sheer attack. My doctor prescribed anti-inflammatory medicine to me and I was taking it when I had an attack. It somewhat worked when I could catch a symptom early. I had a few attacks and then I had a break. I changed my diet. I used to buy cherries. But in a while I started hating them. Besides it was rather expensive to get cherries every day. In a couple of years or so my gout came back and I started having attacks more often. Gout started affecting my hand as well as toes. I was changing the diet again but it did not work as well as it did before. My doctor recommended me taking allopurinol but I was still resisting...

Now my story comes to an interesting phase. My partner gives some vitamins to kids. One of them was fish oil. I saw a sign on a can that it may temporarily help with arthritis. I tied a capsule when I felt yet another attack was coming. Guess what... next morning my pain disappeared. The fish oil worked for me much better than my double anti-inflammatory tablets. No kidding. I took a notice and started taking fish oil one capsule a day. Sometimes I forget and miss it. But you can believe me or not but my gout left me for good I hope. A year ago my gout was coming to me when I had a couple of glasses of wine or beer. Now my diet is almost back to normal and I now enjoy going out again. I still watch my food though but I feel no discomfort at all. Fish oil did magic trick to me. I told to my doctor about the fish oil and he did not mind me taking it. My doctor actually told that it may sometimes help with arthritis.

I don't know for how long my break will last. I want to take my blood sample to check my uric acid... I write this story because just over a year ago I was browsing Internet desperately trying to get something which works. I never saw fish oil as a recommendation.

Did anybody else come across fish oil and anything like my story before ?

And finally if you want to try fish oil do check with your doctor before trying it ....