Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
So I had my phone appt. with the ortho doc. on Friday.
The first thing she said is that she sees nothing operative. Which is ortho speak for no surgery. Yay! That's what I was most concerned about. She seemed like a pro surgery person and so if she says it's not required? Good!
As for the thickening and fluid build up. She thinks it's tendonitis caused by my injury. I relayed to her all the physio I've been doing and how my ankle is getting stronger but it's still not translating to me walking normal. So she wants me to come in for another x-ray to see if possibly the metatarsals have not healed properly. She also wants to take another look at the ankle. Barb, I did mention a steroid shot and she said that could be a possibility and if so they can do that there when I see her. No appt. yet cause her booker hasn't phoned yet it being the weekend but I'm hoping to make one tomorrow.
I'm so hoping to get back to normal (whatever that is) soon. I've never been immobile for any reason in my life and want to nip this in the bud ASAP.
Thx again for asking and caring you guys!
"I couldn't heal
because I kept pretending I wasn't hurt."
Way - wait till you buy your last car!!!! I swore the one I have now would be my last, unless I get really crazy and get that marigold yellow Jaguar convertible I've wanted for years. 😁
Ana- I have a few implants and one came out - chronic sinus infection which obviously affected the bone. I hated throwing that $$$$ sucker in the garbage
gershun - you and your foot and your appointment have been on my mind too. Update us when you can. (((((hugs)))))
"I didn't realize who I was
until I stopped being who I wasn't."
"Believe in yourself,
even if no one else does."
barb -I had a couple of "boulders" in one eye after evac (from ash falling). They were excruciating! I went to an optometrist who took them out and gave me drops
cw - I had a temp fake tooth in front while waiting for another procedure. It became loose and fell out regularly, I used Poligrip ro keep it in. Wasn't great but good enough for the duration.
I called my eye doctor's service; I saw him early this am and now have steroid drops which are helping mightily.
I'm done with thinking the first thing is the cure. If it still hurts, speak up.
Send, nerve pain travels. I had terrible pain in my metatarsal, various toes had intermittent pain and occasional pain on the top of my foot.
The culprit seems to have been a neuroma (inflamed nerve endings) between my third and fourth toes. It showed up on an ultrasound of my foot, but not without some poking by the radiologist. A steroid injection has given me great relief.
It's NOT in your head. I think that we, as women, have been conned into thinking that if something isn't immediately obvious to the PCP, it's not "real".
Maybe I'm borrowing trouble and it won't fall out?
I just read this:
"But medical and legal experts caution that oversimplified media coverage of the cases fail to capture the realities of the system – and warn that sensationalist coverage of a handful of “extreme” cases ignores a larger crisis in the country’s healthcare systems."
https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/maid/#eligibility
Federal legislation creates a framework for medical assistance in dying across Canada, including establishing eligibility criteria. The eligibility requirements are that the patient must:
be eligible for publicly funded health care services in Canada (or in the applicable waiting period),
be 18 years of age or older,
be capable of making health care decisions,
have a grievous and irremediable medical condition, which means:
the patient has a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability, and
the patient is in an advanced state of irreversible decline in capabilities, and
the patient is enduring physical or psychological suffering, caused by the medical condition or the state of decline, that is intolerable to the person and cannot be relieved under conditions that they consider acceptable;
be making a voluntary request;
provide informed consent to medical assistance in dying, which means:
for a patient whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable, the patient provides consent after having been informed of the means that are available to relieve their suffering, including palliative care.
for a patient whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, the patient provides consent:
after having been informed of other means available to them, including counselling, mental health supports, disability supports, community services and palliative care; and
after having been offered consultation with relevant professionals, as available and applicable; and
after having discussed these means with the medical or nurse practitioner and given serious consideration to these means.
If you are suffering solely from a mental illness (not in combination with another condition) you are not currently eligible for medical assistance in dying.
Having doubts about the healthcare system in many countries lately.
Canada was on the news related to offering the homeless a suicide contract, but not for an illness. Just for being homeless. I hope this is just another lie from the news media.
So many people have researched their own particular condition and travelled to far away specialists, many with amazing results, imo.
You will find the right specialist soon, just keep trying. Have you tried sports tape? A PT can show you how to wrap it to support the instability while you heal.
@Barb
I have a similar pain and might ask my PCP for a referral to a podiatrist, or even an orthopedist. (pain since 2013, broken ankle). I am embarrassed because the pain travels, it flares up swollen and bright red, starts at the metatarsals, very painful to the touch, and cannot walk on it for several days to a week. It acts a bit like gout, and has settled this time in my middle toe, a bit red, and sometimes blue. It must be all in my head.
"Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it."
I have a podiatrist appt. also in addition to my follow up with the ortho doc on Friday. I am going to ask about injections and custom orthotics. Hell, I'll fly to Germany if I have to. I hear they have a good health care system there. The health care system here in Vancouver has really gone downhill. They are starting to send people across the border to Washington to get cancer treatment now. Sad.
My husband did the same. The steroid shot was the only thing that alleviated his foot pain.
I just got a steroid injection into an inflamed nerve in my foot: what a relief!
I swear by podiatrist and custom orthotics; mine changed my life.
Good luck on Friday with the orthopod. Please ask her if a gentler physio might be the answer.
I always think about your kitty when I see your posts. You and your kitty are a package deal!
I identify with your love for Hendrick. I loved my cats the same way.
It’s amazing how deeply we love our pets. It’s very hard to lose them when their time comes.