Since Monday. I have had knee and ankle problems for years but this just came on suddenly and has had me down since then. If it's gout I hope I can get some medication to help but I have changed my diet and drinking a lot of water. I will rest for the afternoon and put my feet up and hope it gets better.

Well Sandilee, I am not a physician, but I have had a blood clot in the past. This foot event I just had was assessed from that direction, in that, my physician assessed the foot and did a d-dimer blood test which did rule out a blood clot for me. Your symptoms could be a variety of different things and your foot does need to be looked at, especially with the sudden onset of symptoms. If it ends up being gout, or something else, then it can be treated appropriately. So you might want to consider going in to see a physician sooner than next week. If it were to be a clot, it shouldn't wait until next week. Good luck!