A pain in the foot

The base joint of my left big toe started hurting Saturday while my wife
and I were walking around the museum.
Yesterday it hurt a fair bit more. And, today it is no fun at all.

My guess is it is gout. It has been before, and this is what it was like.
Acid crystals building up in the joints of my toe is no fun.
It could be just regular old arthritis too. I’ve got that in a fair number
of other joints. And, it’s been acting up as well.
But, my bet is still on gout.

While I wasn’t expecting it, I can’t deny I’ve done things that bring it
on. Traveling down south I drank far less in the way of liquids than
normal, at more meat than normal, and bounced up and down on my feet more
than normal.

If I go back to me 4-6 liters of water per day and stop having pork 3 ways
for dinner, it will probably get better. (It is probably for the best that
barbeque place is 1300 miles away…)