*black cloud*

[jrittenhouse]

Been having a lot of difficulty with my injured foot over the last few days, and the podiatrist looked at it today and threw in the towel on the course of therapy I’ve been getting since February.  He said it’s opened up deeper, and he’s bascially decided to operate on the thing and fix it by brute force, shall we say…

The real problem is that my

Comments

[quietdarkness]

I'm sorry. I can understand where you are, though. It's very disappointing to battle this thing for months, only to be told "Oh whoops! We'll just do this and fix things right up!"

I do hope it fixes things, too. You've been screwing around with this for far too long. I think I'd trade my prolonged misery for a foot orthotic, though. That seems a small price to pay to be shut of the wound. In the short term it'll be a PITA, but in the long term, you'll probably be happy you had it done.

[jrittenhouse]

I know - I've been out of the workplace on a regular basis for almost a year solid, and crippled with this since February. I can't begin to describe how miserable it's been to be so limited in what I can do or where I can go. (And the on and off pain isn't a load of laughs, either.)

Yes, I'll make the trade - clearing up this mess for a foot orthotic and so on. I'm looking at the next twin visit over the holidays, and dreaming of taking the twins to the museum, etc. But - with me immobile, that's hopeless.

As long as it works. You got any experience with this sort of thing? The only urological stuff I've dealt with is the kidney being out in 1999 and a resultant hydrocele a few years later - the site went septic, and that was a serious mess.

[quietdarkness]

Not really. I certainly know about all things urology, and I do have some experience with non healing wounds, but I am no expert on the sort of foot wound you have.

I am very VERY happy it's not in the bone, and I suspect that if your circulation is adequate, the surgery should cut away the infected tissue and the wound should heal. More than that, I can't say. I always joke that my expertise is between the navel and the knees:P

Just make everyone wash their hands before they touch you when you are in the hospital. Doctors are the worst about it, so watch them.

[jcw_da_dmg]

I hope that this fix "takes".

[jrittenhouse]

God, yes.

[jrittenhouse]

Me too...

[shelleybear]

Agrees with other posters.
Kick this thing in the butt and get on with a pain-free life.

[inuitmonster]

yikes, good luck.