On 1/30/2012 10:54 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:

> I really do sympathize with you! I had my first experience with Gout
> this past summer, and suffered quite awhile before I went to the doctor,
> as thought it was just arthritis, like my mother and grandmother had in
> their hands. Come to find out it was Gout that had hit a couple of my
> fingers. I was surprised, as I know when my dad had it, it was in a big
> toe! Come to find out it is becoming more common to hit the fingers
> anymore, as that's where I'm mostly bothered when I have a flare-up.
> Only once I had it in a big toe.

I thought I had it in my big toe but a CBC or urinalysis didn't indicate
high uric acid. Come to find out it was bone spurs. Surgery to correct
it did absolutely nothing and now the surgeon wants to fuse the joint.