Gout Symptoms

Crap, I have gout this week. Not as bad as usual, but enough to be in pain. My gout symptoms this time is a dull throbbing pain that started in my ankles and not my big toe. The pain traveled up into my left knee and is double in size. I've been drinking baking soda and water 2-3 times per day because I'm trying to get my body more alkaline. Been reading that when your body is in a alkaline state rather than a acidic state illness and health problems can be eliminated. The most annoying gout symptom I get is when the pain is under my foot, it's tender when I massage it but when I stand up, 185 lbs of my body weight pressing down on it, intense pain. Going to follow the recomendation on the baking soda box and drink it every 2 hours to really alkalize my body.