My Heel Pain Just Won't Stop

Well, it has been a full week of following my doctor's advice and taking the prescription strength anti-inflammatory medications and steroids that she prescribed...

and I am no better at all.

In fact, I am worse. Every step is painful... the pain in my heel feels like I am stepping on a nail with every step...

it feels like I am walking on glass, the heel pain is so awful in the morning that I just don't want to even get out of bed.

Those first few steps are agonizing!

Plus my “good foot” has continued to swell... it looks like a tennis ball on the side of my foot.

The pain in my ankle and my lower leg are worse every day. I have also developed a pain on the top of my foot as well and both feet are tingling and numb in places... I dread taking a step with either foot!

Plus, with the steroids that I am taking I just want to scream! I am having head aches and having a tough time sleeping because of the buzz in my body and the pain in my feet...

After a week of following my doctor's advice, taking the medication just like it was ordered, I felt like the biggest baby ever... I have a fairly high pain tolerance and I just can't take it any more.

I called my doctor back to ask for an appointment for follow up since the current plan wasn't working and she felt like it would be best if I saw a podiatrist for another opinion.

This left me hopeful and yet a little frustrated too.

It has been a full week since I saw my doctor and a six full weeks since I first started having heel pain, which turned out to be plantar fascitis.

It has also been almost ten days since I first started having pain in my “good foot”.

So, needless to say, every step continues to be steps of agony. I am frustrated because even at night I cannot get any relief from the pain, especially in my “good foot”.

The good foot just aches and throbs all night long... there are times that even the sheets resting on my foot seem to cause pain.

Everything seems more hypersensitive to pain right now... and I think I am actually lying awake at night worried about that painful first step out of bed in the morning.

What do you do when both feet are painful? I am so used to being really active and yet I am on the sidelines...

No need to give up yet though... I will call and try to get an appointment with the podiatrist recommended by my doctor.

I need healthy feet... ..

I'll Keep you posted.

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