Hi, my name is Joe. I am 45 yrs old, with a history of gout. My feet and ankle have been getting to the point were I can t stand on them for to long or they will start hurting so bad that I have to get off them, and when I do get off them they hurt even worse, then by morning it s usually gone. Even wearing certain work boots will trigger the same reaction even when I m sitting, when this happens it feels like there s a rope around the bottom of my ankle that just gets tighter and tighter. I also take all the drugs for treating gout, I have an ankle issue right now on my left that s going on three weeks now and even prednisone isn t helping. Can it be something other than gout?