hey lori...i have had 8 surgeries on my leg and back. my pcp has approved the surgery and he had to before medicaid would pay. i would like to know which doc's do the surgery. i have talked with a few people that has used dr. keith in norman. ca you help?

edie

I'm sympathetic to all who have experienced gout after surgey. I have had it 3 times within 2 months and it's painful. Before surgery, I never had it. And I had surgery in May 09 and have dropped a total of 60 lbs. and was told rapid weight loss can cause the uric acid build up. 

I have eaten cherries by the bucket fulls, taken colchicine when I felt it coming on and have had 2 cortisone shots... and going for my 3rd shot tomorrow morning. The gout is relieved after the shot - within a day or two, but seems to creep up without warning and the inflammation increases in just a few hours.  Since anti-inflammatories are not on the list of meds we can take, we have limited remedies. Pain meds are okay to help withstand the discomfort, and surgically stapling a bottle of water to our lips is a must, and I'm told I may have to take allupurinol now to prevent it from recurring altogether.

I have had arthritis for years.  It started in my 20's.  Actually when I was in my teens my knees were bad.  The Dr. predicted that I would be immobile in my 30's.  He was pretty close in his guess.   So yes you can have arthritis at a young age.  I am 36 and have needed total knees replacements for a couple of years.  Yes it is common with being overweight.  Every time you take a step you are putting pressure on your knees that is 2-3 times your body weight.  So think about how much that is.  At my highest weight that was over 1200lbs pressure with each step.

No it wont go away with surgery.  The damage is done.  Surgery will relieve some of the pressure on your joints and make them feel better.  It will also help with further damage.  There are exercises that you can do to strengthen your knees.  A physical therapist is good for helping you with figuring it out.

I assume the steroid problems apply to the injections as well.  I have lots of back and neck pain and after this last one do feel like I can eat anything not nailed down.  I hate that.

if your knees hurt. yall need to look up a product called EUFLEXXA. its for long term pain relief and lubrication for the knees. go to EUFLEXXA.com.  This stuff is awesome. Both my grandparernts have had it and they are obese and it worked great for them.

Katie