Fair's fair: it was up again in fifteen minutes.

For a next with far less pain: as soon as you feel any sign of attack, take 400mg of Ibuprofen and double up 6 hrs later. Repeat until cured. (Usually just a day, or two, if you're in time with treatment.) But talk to your GP first! There may be reasons why you should take Colchicine instead of Ibu.

Nope, those novelists weren't lying. I feel your pain, having gout as a returning 'friend' myself. A load of NSAIDs will get you through, or barring that for any reason, a load of Colchicine. They didn't prescribe you anything like that?

Some chains should take an example from Bike House Coffee in Valladolid, Mexico 😁

I hope it will be a wonderful workshop. Maybe I'll be joining at some point still. Currently I'm in bed with a inflamed knee-joint 😟 Seems my workshops are cursed for my attendance this academic year 😕