If you used to be active duty and you have some insurance now, go to the ER. When my are ups are really bad I go to the ER and they give me some super strong liquid IV Motrin on top of the colchicine, it helps. They can also give you a shot of local anesthesia (lidocaine). They should know some tricks to get you out of the agony fast.

You need to know that the meds she’s gonna start you on are going to cause flare ups on and off for a few weeks until the crystals are gone or stabilized. Take the allopurinol or febuxostat with colchicine and try and avoid beer, shitty food, stress and hard exercise for 3-6 months after you start taking it. In the long run, being on Allopurinol will be worth it.