On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:18:34 -0800 (PST), BillyZoom
> wrote:

>On Jan 30, 6:02*pm, Metspitzer > wrote:
>> Since Google Groups has ruined Google's Usenet search I was unable to
>> find an active group about gout.
>>
>> I have had gout flare up in both feet at separate times. *My
>> podiatrist gave me an injection of steroids directly in my foot.
>>
>> Because he is only in my town on certain days and not today, I called
>> my regular doctor. *I was expecting a shot in my foot. *After talking
>> to the doctor, the nurse came in and asked....Arm or hip? *When I told
>> her I was expecting it in my foot she went back and asked the doctor
>> and came back with the only explanation...........He says we don't do
>> that.
>>
>> She said that it wouldn't make a lot of difference. *I am guessing
>> that a local injection would have been better. *No?
>
>Ask Bovine. I'm sure she has it or will soon claim to.

grin

I am not a doctor, but I play one on the Internet.