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Started by Jeff, February 04, 2023, 04:39:33 PM

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Jeff

Got up to go to the bathroom last night, and out of nowhere, I couldn't put full weight on my left foot due to pretty fair amount of pain when I did. Had to use the walls and furniture to get around. Get off from it the pain eases out, but has a funny pressure feel to it. Only been on it when I have to. I have a puppy. :-\

This afternoon, it feels like there is something marblish shaped under each step just in front of my center heal. In my arch, tight to my heal.
  Hope to take it easy, but Tammy has to be gone most of the day tomorrow, so I hope I don't have to seek a doctor Monday morning.
Just call me the midget doctor.
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Roxie

I had similar symptoms and mine is a heel spur. 

Your mileage may vary. 
Say when

dgdrls

Plantar fasciitis??

Take care Jeff

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thecfarm

toes down, toes up, move the heal too.
My boss at a past job was having what was posted above. 
What I told him to do got some brownie points.  :D
But he could not put much weight first thing in the morning. As the day went on, the pain got less. He dreaded putting his feet on the floor in the morning.
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doc henderson

both are great diagnostic possibilities, and may be helped with a steroid injection or short course oral.  surgery can help bone spurs, and plantar fasciitis can respond to lots of PT like rolling it on a can.  can try cold and NSAIDS if you can take them.  maybe a sports med ortho or pain guy.
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barbender

I got Cortisone shots in my feet for heel spurs once. Once! Never again! I showed up just to get x-rays so I could get the ok for the orthotics I needed, not planning on anything else. The Doc talked me into the injections, which I was very hesitant about. I said, "I drove myself over, and I have to go back to work. Won't that mess me up?" "Oh no, you'll be fine." Well ok. 

 My gosh, what a fiasco that turned into! I was picturing a shot, jab and done. Wrong. Jab, right into my heel bone and leave it there. Over and over, get a new syringe and pump that in. The room started spinning, I told him I was going to get sick so he gave me a bag and left. Finally the spinning stopped, me sitting there with a puke bag and covered in cold sweat wondering where the day went wrong🤦‍♂️

 He came back and finished, it took a while as I learned the initial doses were just numbing agent. He got done and shoved me out the door, I couldn't feel my legs. I was not very happy. My feet ached so bad from the shots, the cure was worse than the disease.

 All of that said, this was at the Cass Lake Indian Hospital, where the care can be top notch, or not so much. I don't know if what happened to me was normal or if I got someone who had no idea what they were doing, what I do know is that I would have to be in very dire straits before I'd be subjected to that again😬
Too many irons in the fire

doc henderson

that is not normal.  make sure it is a doc that does that for a career.  not a general practice doc.
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barbender

Well Doc, that reminds me of a quote I saw from someone on the Forum once- "What do you call the people that graduate in the bottom 10% of medical school? Doctor."😁
Too many irons in the fire

doc henderson

I had stitches in the bottom of my foot, and it is a very tender spot.  but the folks that do it a lot, know how to get it done so it is not so bad, and not a long process.  As well, you have to get to the right spot or it does not help.
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barbender

I almost think this was this guy's first opportunity to try this that he came across. He was really pushy getting me to agree to it, told me how much it would help. BS. At the Indian Hospital, you get a lot of young Drs. that do their residency there, and get part of their schooling paid for iirc. The best thing to get there (IMO) is a referral to somewhere else, which was basically all I was there for. That was close to 25 years ago and I don't think I've been back since!😂
Too many irons in the fire

Don P

Quote from: thecfarm on February 04, 2023, 05:49:01 PMBut he could not put much weight first thing in the morning. As the day went on, the pain got less. He dreaded putting his feet on the floor in the morning.


That, is a perfect description of plantar fasciitis.

Roxie

Quote from: doc henderson on February 04, 2023, 08:43:39 PM
that is not normal.  make sure it is a doc that does that for a career.  not a general practice doc.
My doctor sent me to a fancy foot specialist and I think you are underestimating the sadism that compels these guys. 
As anyone that's had a heel spur knows, part of the pain is caused by a tendon in your heel that runs up to your second and middle toes. This is especially excruciating when your foot and toes are flexed upward. So what did this idiot do but take hold of my foot with both his hands and after looking into my eyes so he could fully watch the agony that was to follow and jerk and hold my foot for far longer than needed. I almost cried but I refused to give him the satisfaction.  
The moment he let my foot go I started to put my shoes on to leave and then he was hopping around saying that the appointment wasn't finished and I said yeah it's finished. 
I got the flare up under control with two Aleve in the morning. I haven't had a problem since.  
Your mileage may vary 
Say when

Jeff

All I know is this is miserable.  Hurts enough to make me nauseous just getting the dogs in and out.
Just call me the midget doctor.
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thecfarm

Sorry to hear of this pain.
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Southside

When those foot guys run out of potential victims in an area they go into nerve conduction studies which involves both electric shock and hollow needles being stuck into you dozens of times.  I eventually walked out of that snake oil salesmans office early too. 
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barbender

Sorry to derail things a bit, Jeff. 

 For as painful as the heel spurs can be, they never hurt me as badly as what you are describing. They just make the soles of my feet really sore, like after being on your feet all day. They often feel the worst when I first get up. 

 I don't remember where on the Forum, the thread may have been called Plantar Fasciitis, but a member suggested some orthotic insoles. I used to wear some but I misplaced them. In fact, getting those was the cause of the miserable experience I had at the Indian Hospital. Anyways, instead of repeating that experience, I ordered a pair of the OTC ones the member suggested, they were around $30. They have definitely helped. I've noticed too, that it is better if I wear shoes in the house (hard surface floors) with the orthotics, or my feet begin to get sore quickly.
Too many irons in the fire

barbender

Too many irons in the fire

doc henderson

need an x-ray out r/o stress fracture.  Not sure where you all Doctor, but the few non-qualified "think they can fix anything" folks I have dealt with are usually well known to the mainstay docs in the area.  the chronic inflammatory stuff is usually not out of the blue, and goes a long time before folks have the severity of symptoms you are talking about.  i assume no specific injury.
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beenthere

QuoteI've noticed too, that it is better if I wear shoes in the house (hard surface floors) with the orthotics, or my feet begin to get sore quickly.

I had to give up going without shoes in the house quite some time ago. Foot pain subsided right away. 

But never had such pain as Jeff describes. 
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firefighter ontheside

I have a bone spur under my right big toe.  It flares up sometimes and causes lots of pain.  I rarely am caught without shoes on.  I wear my crocs around the house all the time and then it won't hurt.  Went to an orthopedist and he xrayed to confirm the spur.  He said he could do surgery, but I declined that for now since it only flares up sometimes and I can manage it with not being barefoot.
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A broad recommendation:  Always use an orthopedist rather than a podiatrist.  My wife and I speak from experience.
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Jeff

3rd hour waiting in urgent care. Doctor was out today, and this is the only way to get an xray before he gets back.  At least I have an amish guy here to talk to that has a cabinet shop and used to work in the woods, and goes to the u.p. fishing.
Just call me the midget doctor.
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Old Greenhorn

Jeff how are you making out with this? Any better today?
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Jeff

So, went to the dr, im now in the hospital getting an ekg because my blood pressure is 30pts different from one arm to the other.  The foot still hurts, probably planta whatever you call it.  Had to have blood work and apparently got a newbie flobotonnist. 
Just call me the midget doctor.
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GAB

Quote from: Jeff on February 07, 2023, 10:45:22 AMHad to have blood work and apparently got a newbie flobotonnist.
Sorry to read that you were used as a pin cushion.
Been there, don't care to experience it again.
GAB
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