I had a bit of a lie-in this morning, after deciding that I would attempt to get a doctor’s appointment this morning for my swollen foot. For the last couple of week’s I have been in quite some pain, alleviated for the most part by Em’s pink Ibuprofen. So at 10 o’clock I hobbled into the surgery and saw the doctor.
It turns out that I have gout â or almost certainly have gout. It does bother me somewhat in that I have always thought of it as an old man’s problem (my Grandpa had it a few times), but I am pleased that they have diagnosed something for what is otherwise pretty inexplicable pain. The doctor prescribed me some Naproxen â ibuprofen with knobs on â and I’ve just taken my first tablet. Now I’m just wondering how long I have to wait for the relief to begin…
