Almost eight weeks of heel pain in the left foot, almost two weeks of ankle and lower leg pain in the right foot… what’s a girl to do?
Following my doctor’s advice, after getting no relief from my foot pain after a round of steroids and anti-inflammatory medications, I called to make an appointment with a podiatrist.
Fortunately the podiatrist was able to get me in two days later. I was hopeful.
After listening to my story and looking at my feet and taking x-rays of both feet, she diagnosed plantar fasciitis in my left foot and a fracture in the right foot.
Wow! Didn’t see that one coming!
To treat the plantar fasciitis she changed the anti-inflammatory medications I was taking to twice a day, she injected my foot with steroids (that was unbelievably painful!!) and prescribed plantar fasciitis exercise and rest. Of course, rest is easier said than done.
For the fracture, she ordered an MRI to look for additional damage… since by now I had been walking around like this for almost three weeks!! Now that’s frustrating!! She also immediately put me in a walking cast to protect the foot and allow for healing. This foot also got a prescription of rest.
Four days later I had an MRI of the right foot which showed a very obvious fracture, and lots of fluid surrounding the ankle joint.
I went back to see the podiatrist two days later and we reviewed the MRI together. She explained that the injury would take 12-16 weeks to heel and said that I was going to have to be patient.
Not an easy thing for me.
She said both feet needed rest to heel… the challenge being that with both feet being painful that staying off my feet would be the biggest challenge of all.
Plantar fasciitis in one foot and a fracture of the other… heel pain that won’t go away and ankle pain that throbs all night long… I am looking for relief…
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