Yeah, and it hurst like a bitch. Drink a couple quarts of black cherry juice, and if that doesn't help, go to the doc and get a prescription for some gout medicine. I had my summer vacation semi screwed up via a gout attack.
It typically attacks the joint in the big toe on the right foot, swells up and hurts like hell. Icing it only makes it worse, as it just causes more of the uric acid to chrystalize.
My attacks seemed to be a combo of meat, red wine, and a desert with ice cream.
If you're also overweight and maybe sufferening from high colestorol, serious check out the south beach diet. I lost 10 pounds in two weeks, eat more meat than I had in the past, no gout and my cholesrol dropped from 326 to 206, with no meds. I also feel more energetic.