So it's been a week on the latest
round of steroids and my feet hurt!
At my follow up appointment with my
podiatrist today, she discovered a
new cause for the pain in my foot.
On the right foot, the one with the
high sprain and fractured fibula, I
have now developed tendonitis.
You have got to be kidding!
I can't believe it and yet I am
relieved to learn that there is an
explanation for the continued pain.
I am going to finish up the latest
round of steroids and keep taking
the new anti-inflammatory medication
she has asked me to try.
The heel pain from plantar fascitis
seems at times to be showing very
slow improvement but I am almost too
afraid to hope. By the end of my
work day, I am simply exhausted just
from trying to get around.
My back and legs continue to ache
and I am sure that is from the weird
way I am walking... I walk so gingerly
trying to avoid completely stepping
down fully with the foot with
plantar fascitis and trying to lug
around the right foot with the
walking cast. Wow, it gets heavy by
the end of the day.
In two weeks at my doctor's
prescription I am going to begin
physical therapy. I have to say
though... I am worried. I am not sure
I can stand it. I am definitely
nervous. But I know that I need to
do everything I can to get some
relief from the pain in my feet.
Lessons learned... listen to your
body.
I am frustrated that I went so many
weeks without answers, even though
my body was still screaming in pain.
If only I had listened to my foot
pain earlier and pushed harder for
more aggressive treatment then I
would be that much further down the
path to feeling better than I am at
right now.
I ended up with an additional
injury, the fractured fibula, from
lack of treatment to the original
complaint of plantar fascitis.
Foot pain, I have learned, impacts
every area of your body... and for me...
my life. I am still on the
sidelines... I want to get back in the
game... but I need relief from foot
pain.
Will physical therapy be the
answer... who knows... my aching feet sure
hope so!
