After poking and prodding my feet and doing x-rays, he diagnosed me with "post traumatic arthritis" in the left foot and probable plantar fasciitis in both. It's no surprise that the fifth metatarsal joint on the side of my left foot is shot--that's where I've injured it repeatedly over the years. He mentioned surgery to clean up the joint or, more conservatively, orthotics.
He gave me these beauties to wear at night, too:
which have helped a lot with the heel pain I've got. I'm not excited to get the bill for these simple contraptions--it's probably a lot!
Next visit we'll do an ultrasound of my left foot and talk orthotics. I think I'm more inclined to try that than surgery--the doctor I had last summer did not recommend surgery and said that it was risky and didn't always work...so I'm steering clear of that for now!
3 comments:
Verity you are way to young to be having these problems. I too have plantar fasciitis and it is NO FUN! Try everything else before agreeing to surgery.
I feel for ya!
Did I give you that???? No fun, no fun at all!
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