Suddenly Lame

[Old Greenhorn]

Man, when it rains it pours, sorry man. Hang in there. 
 Just curious, when they did the BP test on both arms was it a nurse or a Doc that did it? Di they confirm it a little while later? For that variation I would think they should.
 Hope they figure it out and you are back up to snuff soon.

[Jeff]

I went for the ekg. They replicated the difference there, but they said that the ekg, preliminarily, looked fine. I've always been that way. I told em that.

I've been having lots of joint pain. Hips, knees shoulders, elbows, aggravating enough to start taking joint supplements, but not enough to break my current 2yr streak of staying away from people that say there is something wrong with you.

While listening to my heart, he noticed the patch of currently flared up eczema on my wrist.  I'm now being tested to rule out Psoriatic Arthritis.

My take on the foot is, I had been sick with a head and chest cold since I got the pup. Ive spent the last month mostly stocking foot on a hardwood floor, so the doc innitially agrees with the consensus here, but wants me to have it looked at further.

Its a bit better today, but I've made a point to keep some sort of footware on while walking beyond socks. My hips cant stand me sitting down and my foot cant stand me standing up.

[realzed]

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

Yep and if it is plantar fasciitis it is commonly caused by wearing boots or shoes with a poor footbed and heel and ankle support or even walking around at home in bare or stocking feet (ie: little if any heel support arch support).
Very painful immediately with the first steps (or attempts thereof) in the AM - but pain resumes later if one is one their feet for long periods of time especially with a lack of mentioned - lack of good foot support.
Any good ortho place can set you up up with getting molded footbed inserts that, while initially painful and uncomfortable to wear, will within a couple of weeks or can bring good results.
The trick is to get a pair or single ones that can be transferred into whatever you normally wear so the support they offer to ease the pain will be continual whenever you are wearing something like work boots or shoes.
It won't be a quick fix - but I'm here to tell you that inserts do work well!   

[Magicman]

I've made a point to keep some sort of footware on while walking beyond socks.

The only shoes that I can wear are Reebok DMX MAX that has an air bladder in both the front sole and heel with a connecting tube.  You are literally walking on air as the air squished back and forth between the two bladders as you walk.  I wear them 7 days a week.  

This is why I recently had so much trouble finding replacement work boots.  They are Reebok boots but without the DMX.  I installed two insoles and they are working, not perfect but working.

PatD takes Glucosamine Chondroitin twice daily which eliminated her lifelong knee/leg pain.  It was recommended to her by @loggah when we visited him in 2017.

[Don P]

Good to hear, thanks for the update . 

You are wrapped and strapped from the shoulders, I've never had em check and compare both sides, I don't know if that work can alter the bp.

[Ron Scott]

When I was working as a consulting forester and walking long distances daily marking timber and carrying the weight of extra cans of marking paint on my work belt, I developed sever pain in the heels of my feet. So severe that I couldn't walk.

I went to the VA doctor, and he had x-rays taken of my feet. He then sent me to a foot specialist who had custom mold insert made for my feet. I started wearing the inserts regularly in my shoes and boots and the heel pain went away and I've had no problems since. It was plantar fasciitis.

[thecfarm]

I am thinking of you.

[21incher]

Thanks for the update. 
Just wondering if your problems started after the second covid vaccine like mine did. I have  the same joint pain, muscle loss, fatigue,  and brain fog that began right after  my second shot. All my doc has found  so far after dozens of blood tests is I developed an autoimmune problem that I did not have before it. I keep hearing it's long covid but suspect vaccine side effects.  

[Jeff]

I absolutely believe that. Same as my cognitive issues. I am not the same, no way, not near, as before the 2nd injection.  It killed Tammy's mom and Tammy is now deaf on one ear, and lost hearing in the other. 

[Southside]

He only got one, but that jab killed my dad. It's time folks start to listen. 

[Walnut Beast]

¢Take some various supplements and maybe a little acupuncture 

[Walnut Beast]

That shot effects younger people also. A friend of mine that got talked into getting a shot that works at muscle supplement place started to have weird stuff going on with his heart and chest they can't figure out. Started after the shot. He's about 225 lbs. and has deadlifted 810 lbs. 

[Jeff]

Foot is feeling much better . As long as I keep some sort of shoes on. Walk with them off and it starts coming back, but its pretty good last few hours. Dull ache but very tolerable. Im taking it pretty easy for a bit. I hope to put a mustang back together Sunday.

[Don P]

Horse mats are your friend. I'm pretty lame, we've been walking Akeela in circles for hours. I need horse mats and hockey rink walls in the living room  :D

[SwampDonkey]

What? You'll have to build onto the house. :D

[doctorb]

Sure sounds like some sort of acute injury, if it's getting better this quickly.  Whether that occurred because you're getting older is anyone's guess.  But the fact that you Don't know exactly when this injury happened makes me think it's just one of those things.  Get used to this stuff.  You've still got some living to do.

[Jeff]

I'm  leaning towards steping on one of the dogs chew toys while still asleep trying to get the puppy out, and only waking to the pain. Who knows. It still hurts today, but not near as bad. 

The hip but and knee and leg pain, who knows. Leaning towards some sort of sciatica issue. That is purely my diagnosis, because none of it make sense.

[Al_Smith]

I wasn't going to say anything because I'm not a doctor but will interject a thought on this  Georgia early on and myself  on the Covid 19 thing had about a one week situation where nearly every joint in our bodies hurt .Before we had the injections for same .Her Doc said it might have been the Covid .
Afterwards in spite of having all 4 injections I tested positive which was just like a bad cold .Weather that adresses the problem Jeff is having is only a thought on my part .I'm not going to argue about it . 

[SwampDonkey]

The other issues sounds like sciatica to me. I've had it before and it lasted 5 weeks the last time. Nothing can be done about it much. I do know that foam chairs and foam on top of mattresses is not a solution.  My go to chair is a nice wooden rocker with very thin cushions. Or my wing back with horse hair and cotton stuffing. Those and daily walks. I have a firm top mattress, not something than sinks. But a good walk several days a week does a world of good. Winter makes it difficult to get out, especially with ice everywhere.

[Jeff]

Virtually no pain now in my foot, a little if I walk with out shoes, not really pain, but a slight reminder not to do that. Ill probably cancle the podiatrist tomorrow if I'm still good. Ive been playing and kicking the ball with the pup a little e few times a day and so far so good. My hip and knee and leg pain feels so muscular, so I still say its nerve pain and passed that on to the nurse today who said she would talk with him. I'm finally over the creeping crud, but Ill take it easier a few more days

[Texas Ranger]

I have a touch of gout in my left ankle, friend told me he drank pure black cherry juice and it helped a bunch.  Don't  know, has not help yet.

[GAB]

I have a touch of gout in my left ankle, friend told me he drank pure black cherry juice and it helped a bunch.  Don't  know, has not help yet.

I've been using Tart Montmorency cherry juice concentrate when I get a recurrence of big toe joint pain.
It took time to occur and it takes a while to go away.  I keep a 46 fluid ounce jug in the fridge just in case.
The last I bought at Leland Cherry Co. 
GAB

[beenthere]

I have a touch of gout in my left ankle, friend told me he drank pure black cherry juice and it helped a bunch.  Don't  know, has not help yet.

Put up with gout for about 20 years, and some serious bouts. Drank a lot of different juices, and think it was the cause of a knee op. About that time I was being checked out by a different doctor, and he asked me if I was on Allopurinol for meds. Said "no" and he said "well you should be". That was just 22 years ago next month. Have not had any trouble with gout since that time. 
Was on Indomethacin for several years and my pharmacist was worried about how long and often I was taking it. More severe times I took Colchicine. 
Neither of those meds since the Allopurinol. Apparently some people cannot take this. 

[doc henderson]

indomethacin and colchicine treats acute gout, and allopurinol prevents the next episode.  that all makes sense.  

[doctorb]

I have been diagnosed with gout within the last year.  Used colchicine for the acute attacks.  Altered diet significantly and drank cherry juice, but did not prevent further attacks.  Started on Allopurinol last month.  Doing well now.  Need a bit of further monitoring to optimize the dose of Allopurinol.