Health-related question, etc.
This feels a bit too ridiculous to go see a doctor about it, but at the same time, it's been lasting a bit too long now for me *not* to worry about it a little bit, so I'm asking you guys about it:
About, hm, maybe two months ago or so I experienced a sudden, piercing pain in one of the toes of my left foot, occurring at certain motions. For a day or two the pain, when it occurred, was really quite intense - so intense I almost went to see a doctor because I figured I might have broken a toe without noticing (I can't remember anything that could have caused that, though) - but then it died down quite a lot. It didn't quite go away, though, and ever since then I've had a milder version of that pain shooting through my toe at seemingly random occasions (mostly in connection with certain types of movement, but not always.) Recently (for the past week or so) it's turned from a pain that occurred occasionally to a more or less permanent one. It's dull now, though, not piercing anymore. I haven't worn shoes a lot in the past few weeks, btw, and when I did, it's been shoes that I've been wearing for more than a year, so it's unlikely to be a footwear-related problem.
Now, I'm not asking you what it could be - I've done a bit of research and it can be anything from basically nothing at all to a variety of forms of cancer. What I'm asking is, do you think I should go to a doctor about it? Because I feel a bit silly for even worrying about it, and I do have a tendency to go to the doctor unnecessarily, and I have some hypochondriac tendencies. I don't really want to make a fool of myself (again.) On the other hand, even if it's most likely nothing, it *could* be something serious.
Help me to make a reasonable, non-silly decision, please.
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In other news: I've spent the weekend at my parents and have written on average three pages per day there, so I'm going to go back there today, and stay there, probably, for the rest of my thesis writing period. This means I'll be mostly offline, but I will be online occasionally to check my mail.
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I have loads of - mostly Simm-related - squee, and some meta, but no time to post it today. Maybe I can manage it tomorrow at work. Some of it, anyway.
About, hm, maybe two months ago or so I experienced a sudden, piercing pain in one of the toes of my left foot, occurring at certain motions. For a day or two the pain, when it occurred, was really quite intense - so intense I almost went to see a doctor because I figured I might have broken a toe without noticing (I can't remember anything that could have caused that, though) - but then it died down quite a lot. It didn't quite go away, though, and ever since then I've had a milder version of that pain shooting through my toe at seemingly random occasions (mostly in connection with certain types of movement, but not always.) Recently (for the past week or so) it's turned from a pain that occurred occasionally to a more or less permanent one. It's dull now, though, not piercing anymore. I haven't worn shoes a lot in the past few weeks, btw, and when I did, it's been shoes that I've been wearing for more than a year, so it's unlikely to be a footwear-related problem.
Now, I'm not asking you what it could be - I've done a bit of research and it can be anything from basically nothing at all to a variety of forms of cancer. What I'm asking is, do you think I should go to a doctor about it? Because I feel a bit silly for even worrying about it, and I do have a tendency to go to the doctor unnecessarily, and I have some hypochondriac tendencies. I don't really want to make a fool of myself (again.) On the other hand, even if it's most likely nothing, it *could* be something serious.
Help me to make a reasonable, non-silly decision, please.
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In other news: I've spent the weekend at my parents and have written on average three pages per day there, so I'm going to go back there today, and stay there, probably, for the rest of my thesis writing period. This means I'll be mostly offline, but I will be online occasionally to check my mail.
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I have loads of - mostly Simm-related - squee, and some meta, but no time to post it today. Maybe I can manage it tomorrow at work. Some of it, anyway.