OMG NOT IN PAIN ANYMORE

[zana16]

It only took me 9 months of pain before I finally went to the doctor this Tuesday... As I suspected (after ruling out my biggest irrational fear, diabetes), it's a plantar fasciitis, aka a fancy word for "your foot hurts and we don't know why." Never one to trust conventional medicine, I find this a bullshit diagnosis and would have been pretty upset with it except! They don't know why it happened, but they can make it go away (knock on wood). A four-dollar prescription from Target later, and I feel like I am walking on the moon. Seriously.

I can walk without pain. It's amazing. I skipped the bus today because it didn't hurt to walk the extra mile. I felt like I could keep going forever! Descending into the Metro on the escalator, I actually walked down the steps instead of riding it down, because I no longer have to hold my foot immobile to avoid the sharpest pain.

Whenever I stand, I automatically start to limp, then realize I don't have to anymore! This is the best day ever. I heart conventional medicine! Better living through chemistry baby!

Couldn't muster the courage to read the list of side effects for the drug. Am in denial. What I don't know could hurt me, but probably not much more than the pain I was already in, right?

Comments

*worries*

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Good lord. Next time you are afraid you have diabetes please go to the doctor sooner! D:

How are your shoes? Are you getting proper arch support and things?

God, how much do I sound like a mom?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for being pain free! And hurrah for walking! I wasn't able to walk for six months or so once (ages ago) and it's something we so take for granted - so I feel your yeay!

I'm another person who buys shoes rarely and then hopes they last forever - I don't get the whole shoe thing, I just want them to be comfy! There are definitely shoes with arch support and stuff too (in fact my Etnies, which I bought in a sale and have lasted really well, have really comfy arch support). It's not generally the cheap fashion-y shoes that do, mind - but it makes such a difference to walking in them! /comfy-shoe-rant... *g*

[melodyclark.livejournal.com]

Having suffered with plantar fasciitis myself, I know how painful it is. I'm so glad you were correctly diagnosed and are taking the right pain meds.