I suffer from gout now and then. Doesn't keep me off the air. Just saying.
My sympathies,
@SpookyTim! I had one unexpected attack of gout in my ankle years ago, and it was truly horrible! My dad and older brother had gout and took an Rx for elevated uric acid, but mine was a temporary thing. I had been decadent for a while with my diet, and some alternative medicine treatments and herbs helped enormously.
But, like you, it didn't stop me from working and getting out and about.
Sheesh.