gout, acute
"Have had several gout flare ups in the past but didn't know it.  The pain was excruciating, as others  have said couldn't even put a sheet over my right foot big toe.  Hopping to the bathroom like a Kangaroo during the night.  At times the pain was so bad I had to crawl to the bathroom.  And at 3AM., it ain't funny.  I determined that eating chicken livers/lots of protein and beer did me in.  Went to my Doctor and he told me it was probably gout.  He prescribed indomethacin 50 mg., three times a day with food in your stomach.  Said he'd be on the Golf course and to let him know if I was still crawling to the bathroom.  Well... it worked!  The pain was significantly reduced in a matter hrs."