You have no idea how much I enjoy pickles!

So, still pretty sure I has a gout. Here's a good link about it: Gout.

So, last Saturday I rode bikes and my shoe was loose and my foot started hurting. Then I had a big steak dinner. Sunday more hurting, but I didn't think much of it.
Monday more hurting, Tuesday more hurting. Wednesday more hurting, and losing sleep. Thursday, many many more hurting, up @ 4AM. Friday, up at 4AM and livid pain. Limped to work (took 30 minutes), went right home in agony. Slept.
Saturday 2AM, went to the Emergency Room. I was hurting very bad. Foot was very swollen, Jenny said it reminded her of one of those foam hands at a sporting event (go team!).

Every doctor that stepped in said "looks like gout", and I'm thinking gout is an elbow thing, and am going "my elbows are fine".

They hit me up with some pain killers and sent me home.

Now, I start retracing my steps armed with the internet of knowledge and realize what caused this...

my vitamin, energy drink & "new energy drink" regimin.

That's right, I caused it. Seems that I was having a 600% daily dose of Niacin as it started, and when eliminating uric acid, the body will chose niacin over it. So the uric acid hit my foot and deposited.

So, I cut out "new energy drink" which was those little 5-hour energy drinks they've been spotting on TV lately. Actually, I cut the regular energy drinks too, for the most part, as the Vicodin & Advil I was taking for the pain helped break that addiction. What can I caffiend on now? Espresso again, I guess.

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