Gout update

I am in the throes of the worst gout attack since I first developed the condition. It has now been 20 days of constant pain, varying between continuous dull throb and breath-catchingly severe pain via stiff, hot pressure. Some days it feels a bit better, the foot will relax enough to bend into a shoe and I will foray out of the house on crutches. These days have ALWAYS been followed by a bad night and a bad day. Yesterday I went to a Xmas exhibition I had been looking forward to for ages. I managed to get round half of one exhibition hall before having to give up and go home. Today I can't even stand for a few minutes. Had to sleep with my foot outside the bedclothes last night (the slightest touch of the duvet is agonising). I should be doing hospital & care home visits but I can't bear the pain of trying to get a shoe on. Even my very loose slipper hurts. The picture shows me on the way in to the expo yesterday. I wasn't smiling on the way out.