gout
"My mother, brother, 1 sister and myself have all had this diagnosis.  My mother was the worse suffer until she was put on allopurinol.  When she had a bad flare her mode of travel was a wheelchair.  I was next in the worse category then my brother and sister.  All of us have received moderate to good relief from the pain associated with Gout.  A small change in our diet was also started, but for one and he loved his alcohol.  Allopurinol has cut way down the number of flares I now experience."