I am 12 days pre-op and on day 2 of my 2 shakes & 1 lean, green meal pre-op diet. I've been having the shakes for breakfast for about 4 weeks. I've been on my feet a lot and working outside in the yard this weekend (I live in Nevada) and have been trying to drink plenty of water, but this afternoon I started having unexplained pain on the top of my foot in the ankle area. It feels like I dropped something on my foot & it's badly bruised. It occurred to me that this may be gout - which I've never had before, but my husband and brother in law have had. There is no redness or apparent swelling. I plan to drink 16 to 24 oz before heading to bed tonight, but am wondering if the increase in protein from the shakes could be a factor. Any insight is appreciated!

I've been having some similar pain in the top of my right foot today. It feels like I broke a bone in my foot. It was worse when I first got up and walked on it. My hubby thinks it might be gout and offered me some of his gout meds, but I declined. I hope it's just pain from the heels that I was wearing yesterday and that it feels better tomorrow.

Its weird I actually suffer from gout and I hardly hurt it in my feet or ankles the pain is always in my back, wrists, or arms. It feels like a sort of achey feeling and it is like posion cursing through your veins when you have an attack. The atttack only occurs when I eat read meat or steak. I hope you girls don't have gout and it was because you were working in your yard and from wearing heels. A lot of times people will have a gout attack in their big toe that is the most common area to have one. I don't know if this helps, but I am always here if you need to talk about gout

This is a pretty good summary of Gout.

http://www.umm.edu/p...ut_000093_2.htm

I have flare ups from time to time but its mostly controlled with a daily dose of Allopurinal. For me, it hits my toes, ankles, and heels most often, usually only presenting in one joint at a time (thank goodness). If you suspect gout, GO TO A DOCTOR! My first time I didn't know what was happening and my ankle was swollen to the size of a cantalope between the time I realized it wasn't a sprain and the time I made it to the Doctor's office (just one day). It is very painful, I don't get bruising but I do get swelling and redness. As the article points out, a bedsheet is too much pressure to bear on a full on attack. I hope for your sake (and I'm sure your husband will bear this out) that it isn't gout but something more immediate. The bruising is, I think, unusual.

It appears that I am gout free. No foot pain today. I'm so relieved!

I am so glad for you JackieOMonroe! Hopefully my gout will be be gone after surgery!