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Good evening and welcome to Connect. @pfreeman61. You have arrived at a very welcoming community of other members who can share their experiences. Your hosts or mentors are folks who have been patients, providers, and caregivers. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for every member.
I am drawn to your post because of the introduction of a word I haven't heard in quite a few years: pseudogout. Where is yours located...knee or that ankle? What have you done to ameliorate the discomfort? Has your clinician drained the area for you? Did that work at all? And, if you don't mind, do you or have you had Baker's Cysts?
Mine was in my left knee, a common site for pseudogout. A total knee replacement with complete removal of the pseudogout crystals was the only viable solution.
You may find valuable information at this Mayo Clinic link:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pseudogout/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20376988Would you mind sharing some more information with us, e.g. Do you have a relationship with a clinician at this time? It would be helpful to know and understand your current situation.
May you be safe and protected from inner and outer harm.
Chris
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Hello Chris @artscaping and @pfreeman61, I am so sorry to hear about both of your situations. Sound so painful! And Chris, just to think you had to have surgery to remove those crystals wow, I did not realize that degree of treatment was necessary. I have not worked in healthcare for a long time but I remember back in the day our patients took colchicine and some other medication for gout and I do remember how painful gout is but it was usually in the big toe so I never knew it could be in the knee.
Chris it sounds like your surgery work and things are resolved? And @pfreeman61, I hope and pray you can get the necessary treatment to bring you the relief that you deserve!
I trust you will find the same support, encouragement, inspiration, and tons of information here on Connect so welcome to the group!
Many blessings, Sunny flower
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Mine is in both knees and the ankle. The left knee is much worse than the right. The only thing I have found to lessen the pain is to keep the joint completely still. I also get some relief from hot soaks (heating pad doesn’t seem to help). The VA is actually “treating” me. It appears I need both knees to be totally replaced. At 60!!! I was told this originally when I was 56. VA says there is no relation between the accident that caused me to have my ankle fused and my pseudo gout. This doesn’t make sense to me because there is no history in my family of gout or pseudo gout. I had a doctor 4 years ago that thought I had a miniscus tear and went in to repair it just to realize that I didn’t have a miniscus.🤣
I have read before the links you provided, but do not have any of the issues listed. This is why I can only associate it to my accident. I can’t find anything on how soon the pseudo gout starts after a trauma. I also haven’t been able to find anything that would tell me if over dependence on my left knee aft my ankle fusion could also cause the pseudo gout (trauma).