[LadyLib]

Has anyone suffered with gout after a myeloma diagnosis?

by LadyLib on Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:28 pm

My husband recently got hit with a case of gout following treatment and before prepping for SCT process. Anything help with symptoms?

[Marie64]

Re: Has anyone suffered with gout after a myeloma diagnosis?

by Marie64 on Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:53 pm

My husband had a case right after he came home from SCT. Only thing that helped was medication.

[blizard49]

Re: Has anyone suffered with gout after a myeloma diagnosis?

by blizard49 on Sun Dec 15, 2013 12:25 am

Yes, nine months post transplant I got gout in the right toe, bad enough to prevent exercise walking. I took advil, and also cut down on red meat; upped the veggies, and it went away. Came back in a month, but went away with advil. I am on a more plant-based diet, but still eat lots of fish and poultry, and meat once a week or so, and its been gone for the last couple of months. There is diet advice on some of the websites around, for gout.
Eric

[Guitarnut]

Re: Has anyone suffered with gout after a myeloma diagnosis?

by Guitarnut on Sun Dec 15, 2013 3:30 pm

I got hammered a few weeks after SCT with what they called "Pseudogout" in my right ankle. HOLY COW that hurt! T,hey hospitalized me for a few days and it went away after steroids. Haven't hadthe problem since.

[LadyLib]

Re: Has anyone suffered with gout after a myeloma diagnosis?

by LadyLib on Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:47 am

Well the gout has visited again. it hit my husband overnight. he ached all the way through the Superbowl. Even with Oxycodone, he is still in a lot of pain.

[Darbs]

Re: Has anyone suffered with gout after a myeloma diagnosis?

by Darbs on Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:55 am

During my third round of VCD I developed foot pain which moved to the big toe joint and was very much like a gout attack which i have suffered from before on a few occasions.My whole foot was also very swollen I initially thought this was from the Velcade. Oncologist believed it to be gout which chemotherapy can trigger so he has prescribed Allopurinol 300mg daily.This drug reduces uric acid levels.So far so good no flare up this week.

[blayz]

Re: Has anyone suffered with gout after a myeloma diagnosis?

by blayz on Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:10 am

Yes.

In between my doctors diagnosis and the official diagnosis from an oncologist I had a bout with gout. Left great toe and it lasted for about 3-4 days, same pain that I experienced when I had an attack in the military - they operated and drained joint. This time I took some of my stepfather's gout medicine. Knocked it out right away and has not revisited.