Thankyou BethH , I have made an appointment with my doctor for next week .For the last 5 weeks I have forgone all meats and alcohol products , to try and help myself . I,ve stopped eating cheese and eggs so i,m not left with much else i should stop taking . I take 3 aluprinol daily with cochicine but i,m still getting regular attacks . He told me my kidneys weren,t functioning at 100% but surely my body shouldn,t be making that much uric acid as i,ve stopped feedingit all the primary causes. I,m frightened to eat anything , i,m 62 trying to hold on to my caretaker job , i,m getting really desperate .