Foot Whine

[cjsmith]

Finished physical therapy Monday. My calves are looser, the interstices between the joints at the ends of my metatarsal bones are looser, my ankles are looser, and my feet still hurt.

Four injections this morning - two interstices per foot. As before, the pain helped distract me from the neeeeeedle. I didn't pass out. Go me.

I suspect the mix wasn't perfectly mixed. My right foot didn't get much of the anaesthetic. It's sore. Left foot got lots of the anaesthetic and now feels as if my fourth toe is missing. The boundary gives very strange effects when I walk.

Next thing to try would be surgery.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Those injections sure do hurt, don't they? Mine were also an anti-inflammatory (cortisone analog) into an inflamed and tender joint area (I have capsulitis as well as neuromas). They weren't directly into the joints, so maybe they weren't as bad as yours, but one of 'em hit the nerve and that's got to be somewhere high on the list. I got all red in the face and stopped breathing and stuff like that. Because I didn't make a sound, the doctor and the nurse both told me I was "doing sooooo well". I was tempted to tell them they have no idea what my menstrual pain is like.

I'm glad to hear the orthotics are working pretty well for you. Mine are not helping the ball of my foot, but are helping my knees, so I'll keep 'em. :)

I sure hope you don't have to have surgery. That sounds like a long-recovery one, waiting for the bone to knit. Ugh.