Gout

After months of no posts...


Gout in the wrist is soo unlikely, that a broken bone is the obvious choice.

I’ve had broken bones, and I can’t decide (the picture just dosen't give it justice). The pain is deep, and intense. After four days of looking like a bright red balloon, the swelling is mostly gone. It still hurts. It’s a deep-down, broken-bone kind of pain. It sounds like a break, huh?

Every time I get gout, I wonder “Is it gout?” “Did I break it?” There’s always some memory of that first twinge of future pain that causes doubt. It’s unusual enough in the ankle (that’s where I usually get it)...but...

The wrist.

I’ve been pacing the floor and debating (internally, since no one else listens anyway) on whether or not a trip to the hospital is in line.

The price of an unneeded x-ray might be worth it for a painkiller scrip...until I think of the other horrible obtsrosoties it’d take for the doctors to assure themselves of what I’m pretty sure of. It’s probably gout.

(SIDE NOTE: 90% of the treatment for gout, I’d just ignore anyway. I’m not a big fan of pharmaceuticals)

In the wrist.

God hates me.