So there has been a bit of a setback as it seems that the infection has returned. The area around the ankle had started to become discoloured again and was becoming increasingly painful after the level of pain had dropped off somewhat. This time I didn't hesitate and got in to see my family doctor w...

Nope, no percocet goggles as I wasn't drugged up when she arrived.

After all these weeks I finally got a hot nurse! The nurse that had been coming regularly is swamped with clients in the evenings so I've had a different nurse the last few visits and today an beautiful young one showed up :x Normally I am hoping that they won't be inflicting any more pain than is a...

Not much new to report, except that I am beyond frustrated with this whole experience and cannot wait until I am fully healed up. Unfortunately, that isn't going to be happening anytime soon. Hopefully the pain will disappear though so that it is just an inconvenience rather than an impediment. Then...

Very Duke Blue wrote:WhAT A RELIEF. (THE SHIFT KEY AGAIN SUCKS) I HOPE I HAVE TIME SOON TO GET IT FIXED.)
HOPING YOU CONTINUE GETTING BETTER.

I've got a sticky shift key too - it is a pain in the arse. But from my current perspective, a pain in the arse is better than a pain in the foot

Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:Best news you could have given us. Soooooo glad you got on this when you did!!!! Continuing vibes for pain relief and steady progress! You're on your way!
Love, Ima

I was a complete and utter moron for leaving it as long as I did. Just a complete and utter moron.

I got the MRI results back today and it was clear - there is no infection in the bone. My doctor thinks the extra pain was just caused by how they immobilized the foot when the MRI was done. As he said, the technologist might not have grasped just how inflamed and painful the area was. He sent me to...

Wow! I'm just back from visting your homeland. (Edinburgh is my new favorite city in the whole world and my newest life goal in running is to "compete" in the Culloden Moor 10k one of these years.) Healing vibes and I hope it all starts to get seriously better soon! Edinburgh is nice. I'm from the ...

IowaDevil wrote:OK my pick ended up in the garage again this week! I'm getting really good at picking those guys -- several weeks in a row!

I left Kyle Busch on the bench

The pain in the ankle is worse today than it was yesterday, but is still better than it was last week and especially the week before, so it is a good thing I'm going to see my family doctor tomorrow.

Hey folks...just a quick update. I had the MRI done on Thursday and it was a nightmare! They had to immobilize the foot for the scan but, in doing so, they placed it in a position that hurt like hell and the frame (don't know what else to call it) that they used to immobilize it felt like a vice aga...

Hey folks...nothing new to report at the moment except that I am having the MRI in a couple of hours and then seeing my family doctor this afternoon.

My foot is driving me absolutely mad today as it is itching like crazy but, because the area is so sore, I cannot scratch it. I am hoping the itching is due to the skin healing - sort of like how a it itches when a broken bone knits back together (sadly, I know that feeling all too well). Because of...

Thanks folks. My normal nurse was off today so someone else came in her place. This one said that he was surprised that the surgeon hadn't prescribed any oral antibiotics after saying that I could come off the intravenous ones. The E.R. doctor who had originally put me on them had said that I would ...

Sorry, been negligent with the updates as I've been busy with medical appointments and trying to get some decent sleep (the percocet helps with that!). I saw the surgeon and he said that he thinks the steroids that had been injected to deal with the initial psoriasis had broken down the fatty tissue...

Another update....... Because I know the pain that is coming my way when the wound is being repacked I have taken to reading a book, and therefore completely obscuring my view, when that is being done. But when she was changing the dressing today, and before she started repacking the wound, the nurs...

The office of that surgeon who runs the specialist wound care clinic called earlier today and they have given me an appointment at their outpatient clinic for this Thursday at 7:45am. So I guess my doctor was able to impress upon them the seriousness of the issue and they are giving me an appointmen...

Now that he is back from vacation, I saw my family doctor this afternoon and he is not a happy camper. While there, I didn't remove the dressing from the foot because there was so much discharge from it but I had snapped a couple of photos while in the E.R. so I grabbed my Blackberry and showed him ...

Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:Sooper dooper! Things are gonna get better now!
Love, Ima

Oh I hope so.

The foot was very sore first thing this morning but it feels a little better now. But I suspect that is only because I have taken a percocet.

PS: Boy do I love your new fanny pack! Just adds something! When the supplies were delivered they brought two of them for some reason. Even the delivery guy wasn't sure why. Maybe one is for the antibiotics and the other is for me to make one hell of a fashion statement after those are finished. if...