Begone, Foul Foot Pain!

[cjsmith]

I got my first four alcohol injections today. Seven more visits, spaced a week apart, and the four nerve bundles that have caused me so much trouble will be dead.

I forgot to rub my toes just beforehand to create a memory of what the sensation feels like. I will never again have sensation in some of my toes. I guess I'll have to depend on the memories I already had.

Yes, it hurt. It's a deep pinching/stinging/bruisy feeling... unique. The doctor was right when he told me the anti-inflammatory injections I had already had were worse, though.

Now it feels like half of each foot is asleep. Cold, tingly, numbish. Apparently even if there is no anaesthetic included, an injection into the metatarsal interstices will often have a numbing effect anyway -- something about the nerves being "spread apart" was what I heard. (My doctor is not big on detailed explanation.) So I left the office walking funny, as I have every time I've visited there. :-)

Comments

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

You may have forgot to rub your toes, but at least you didn't remember to stub your toes before.

I hope it all goes well and I admire anyone who can deal with shots. *runsawayinterror*

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

True! :-)

I have a big psychological reaction to shots. Anything related to needles has a fair chance of making me pass out. But it's still better than surgery...

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

So we will be the last two people on the planet to get tattoos. Works for me!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Not too awful a fate! :)

[genderfur.livejournal.com]

But it's still better than surgery...

...which also involves needles.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, and sometimes that's the worst part of it for me. Last time I had general, they put the IV in a good 45 minutes before they needed me for anything... that was the most awful 45 minutes of at least that YEAR. :-(