[Noah930]

How do you know it isn't gout that's in your left knee? Point tenderness. Can't bend it. I've never had gout in a knee before, but friends/relatives who have had it there have those symptoms. And you've got a recent history of a gouty attack.

In the meantime, hydration won't hurt. Well, other than having to get up to take a leak 50 bazillion times per day. And while you're at it, unless you're diabetic, cherry juice (i.e. Trader Joe's) might help.

If whomever you eventually see agrees that it might be gout, and you can't take NSAIDs because of your liver, don't hate the steroid injection. I finally tried it after Tobra's rec, and it's been night-and-day relief for an acute gouty attack.

The other common gout med for an acute attack is Colchicine, but that's metabolized by the liver, as well.