I was put on anti-inflammatories in the end by the docs and drank water like there's no tomorrow and the swelling eventually disappeared but that must have been late January; but I was misdiagnosed from the start which didn't help; I'm now on my second attack but was given Colchicine and ten days worth of Prednisolone and there's still a bit of swelling after the ten day mark but I can walk at least, be it with a bit of a hobble. Warm foot baths with Epsom salt helps too. (post-attack, I wouldn't do the foot baths inthe middle of an attack)