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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oklahomabassin" data-source="post: 3342033" data-attributes="member: 1546"><p>I had a bout of gout once after eating all you can eat crab legs and a couple oranges for a mid afternoon snack. Woke up during the night with big toes hurting. I didn't know why at the time. I finally got up for work. Putting on socks wasn't pleasant and putting on steel toe boots worse. Walking sucked but not nearly as much as going up and down stairs. About middle of the day I determined it to be gout by talking to a friend that has had it before and his wife is an RN. I immediately went to the store and bout 2 bags of dried cherries. I ate 1 entire bag and finished my work day. I went in later that afternoon or the next day to the doctor who did lab work and said my number had declined to close to normal. No prescription needed and I have tried to be more careful with what I eat, but I keep a bag of dried cherries on hand in case I have another episode because I didn't stop eating read meat or seafood. I just watch the citrus fruits and seafood in the same day now.</p></blockquote><p></p>