You can get gout in any joint, or all of the joints. I have been having kidney stone issues for the last year. Just recently went to see a urologist. He had me do a more complete urine sample, 48 hour collection. It came back that my uric acid is high, so now that's going to be a problem, too. So I need to make a follow up appointment.
From my understanding, gout and kidney stones usually aren't controlled by adding something, more often it's reducing. Protein, oxalate, sugar, sodium, are all offenders for my type of stones. Protein and sodium are also offenders with gout. Ugh.
My dad had severe arthritis. After 57 years of meds, his kidneys wore out. They wanted him to stop taking the meds. So he couldn't get out of bed. He decided limiting the pain was more important than extending his life, so he went back to taking the arthritis meds. We talked about it, he told me he had a better, longer life than he had expected, and the doctor warned him when he prescribed them that eventually, he would ruin his kidneys. He figured still being able to walk when he was 83 was worth it.
He always said "Getting old ain't for sissies."