Interested in gout

Have been monitoring the group for last few weeks. Interested in comments
regarding stress/trauma and the taking of medication.
I am male and in early 60's and have had about 20 attacks in the last 10
years, all in my feet except the last one in which was in my left knee.
My wife has SLE (Lupus) and we looked after her elderly mother who stayed
with us. My wife had 2 or 3 severe bouts of Lupus symptoms a year and was
completely incapacitated by them for about a week at a time. When this
happened I had to look after her, her mother and try and keep my work going.
During each of these occurences a gout attack would start after a couple
of days. These were not the worst attacks I have ever had, but were
significant. After a while I realised that there was a relationship between
my wife's Lupus attacks and the stress they generated. This was confirmed
as being a possible trigger by the Rheumatologist I consulted.
I have also had gout attacks which started shortly after some sort of trauma
incident such as:-
- a hairline fracture in the ankle
- a new pair of shoe that rubbed
- kicking a chair whilst in bare feet
Regarding the taking of NSAIDs, I take Rheumox (I think its the UK name for
something similar to Indo.). Whilst it does not seem to have quite as bad
side effects as Indo. it can cause stomach problems. I now tend to take it
during a meal (usually between courses) and this does seem to minimise the
side effects.
My latest episode was in my knee and was not proven to be gout - I have
still to visit a rheumatologist. It laid me up for three weeks and my knee
is still not 100%. I would be interested in hearing about anyone else with
similar episodes or who has had pseudo-gout.
Mike