Put Your Best Foot Forward

Stunned...that is the word that best describes how I felt when I visited the doctor yesterday. Oh how I felt he was going to tell me that my foot was healing 'slowly' and to keep doing like we were and all would be well in time. This was simply not to be. "Not good" was what he said instead, after reviewing the results of the MRI I had done. My heart sunk and I almost asked if he was joking. Yah, the foot still hurts but 'maybe' not quite as bad or the same as before. He assured me that my pain is very real and I am not a whiner...in fact, I am a trooper for limping around and still doing my job well.

So, here's the deal. I have Plantar Fascitis that has actually caused deep bruising of the bone and, as the doctor said, had I not been limping to protect my heel, I would have been suffering from a stress fracture too. WHOA...my poor mind could not absorb this. In my head, I was healing but slowly. Not the case. I ended up in a soft cast that made my foot "bigger" so the shoe was "tighter". Ugh...Mega Motrin...Percocet and sleep! Next I face a type of therapy like they do for kidney stones...where they blast em apart! On my foot! My HURTING foot! He even stated that it will hurt a LOT and he would have to give me a shot in it to numb it completely. Memo to self: Request pain meds! The only thing that made me not run...ok, hobble...out of the office was that he said he has a 90% success rate from this! Hmmmm could I possibly be in the 90% for once in my life instead of the usual, being in the OTHER 10%? Time will hopefully tell. As of now, we are simply awaiting the go ahead from the insurance.

Wish me luck!