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I used this exact boot. You have to order the correct size for your foot size.
- Yes, you need to get on allopurinol. Do it sooner rather than later and you'll save yourself a bunch of pain. The fact that you're having a flare-up lasting this long is indication enough to get started on it; don't let doctors convince you otherwise.
- If you're still hurting all, yes get the colchicine and keep taking it until better.
- In my experience, yes the constant short walks throughout the day really help. Yeah, maybe you don't want to go for a 5 mile run. But every 30 minutes you get up and pad around the office or house for 3 minutes, then go about your day.
It really seems to break up the tension, improve circulation, and generally make things feel better. This is especially true when your more on the edges of a flareup, the pain is relatively minor. If you're actually in excruciating pain, maybe not.
Though even there--and I've mentioned this before on the sub--I'd suggest getting something like a lower-leg splint/cam walker and using it when you need to move around the house, plus to take the occasional stroll throughout the day if you can do so without undue pain.
Staying immobile all day long is pretty much the worst thing, even when you're in the middle of a flare-up, if you can figure out any alternative. (However, don't gimp around the house trying to walk only on the outside of your foot. That leads to a cascade of problems you don't want.)
Cam walkers are something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/United-Ortho-Walker-Fracture-Medium/dp/B009G5QAM2
https://www.amazon.com/United-Ortho-Walker-Fracture-Medium/dp/B009G5QAM2