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Found a new DR to hate.

4K views 46 replies 23 participants last post by  Padilen 
#1 ·
Sitting here at the foot dr. I'm in for plantar fasciitis (torn tendon) in the arch of my foot. Yes, this is quite painful. I Think I injured it running. Anyway DR. suggested a cortisone shot, to which I agreed. So in he comes, with a spike full of what looks to be milk. I ask " will this be painful?" I thought I already knew the answer. He said "This will be the worst shot of your entire life." Nervously, my voice squeaks out "really?!" He responds flatly with the affirmative "really." He warns me not to kick. Come on how bad can it be? Naked foot in cold hands, lying flat on my back, in goes this instrument of torture into the arch of my foot. Oh...my... gawwdd ! Unbelievable pain. Over and over, slowly changing angles, pumping the steroid in to my foot. It seemed like forever, even though it probably it was 30 seconds or so. The dentist has nothing on this guy. I now realize that I could have avoided this if I would have babied my foot at the first twinge of pain. Instead for a few weeks I ran on it, didn't ice it and stood on it all day at work hoping it would just get better. So here is the public service announcement part of my post: please, take care of your feet, much pain awaits if you abuse them. You've been warned.
 
#5 ·
I got the same injury when the Ducati kicked back on me.

Hobbled me for a week, I just kept the weight off and wrapped in an ace bandage. must've got it soon enough because I didn't have to go to the doctor.

But either way- foot problems are no joke.
 
#6 ·
I guess at least he was honest with you up front. That did give you a minute to mentally prepare. I hate it when they downplay something and it hurts like hell. then you feel like a wus.

In college I did a 1 1/2 flip off the three meter board and landed sideways. The impact on the side of my head blew my eardrum completely. I went to the hospital where they shot me full of Demerol and sent me to Lansing because they had no one at Gratiot Memorial to handle such an emergency. I got to Lansing and they looked at my head and shot me full of Demerol again (assuming I guess I must have been in a lot of pain).:woot: Anyhow, they could do nothing for me either so I had to see a specialist the next day. My ear was caked with blood so they flushed it with something to clean it up and then used a VACUUM gadget to suck the blood out. I remember excrutiating pain, seeing red, hearing my mother say something about how pale I looked and then the next thing I know I was on the floor looking up. No warning about pain or anything...they should have at least belted me in the seat. The absolute worst pain ever. I wish they would have told me the pain would be like I was being nailed to the wall through the side of my head.:eek:
 
#8 ·
I guess at least he was honest with you up front. That did give you a minute to mentally prepare. I hate it when they downplay something and it hurts like hell. then you feel like a wus.



In college I did a 1 1/2 flip off the three meter board and landed sideways. The impact on the side of my head blew my eardrum completely. I went to the hospital where they shot me full of Demerol and sent me to Lansing because they had no one at Gratiot Memorial to handle such an emergency. I got to Lansing and they looked at my head and shot me full of Demerol again (assuming I guess I must have been in a lot of pain).:woot: Anyhow, they could do nothing for me either so I had to see a specialist the next day. My ear was caked with blood so they flushed it with something to clean it up and then used a VACUUM gadget to suck the blood out. I remember excrutiating pain, seeing red, hearing my mother say something about how pale I looked and then the next thing I know I was on the floor looking up. No warning about pain or anything...they should have at least belted me in the seat. The absolute worst pain ever. I wish they would have told me the pain would be like I was being nailed to the wall through the side of my head.:eek:

Yep he was honest alright. Nice guy, little too chatty during the procedure. Be sure I'm following DRs orders, don't want to go through that again.
 
#11 ·
Once you have that it's a revolving door of tendinitis :(
He was smart to tell you not to kick him in the face. When I first went in for treatment I almost kicked my podiatrist in the face when he grabbed the back of my ankle. He wasn't too angry though because he said he should have seen that coming. Tendinitis stopped me from running. It sucked running for a few weeks and then being hobbled for a week.
 
#13 ·
I've had four pf those so far.

Blew up an ankle, and caused all manner of plantar fascitis.

Wait for the shot into the "window" of your ankle where they use the x-ray machine to guide the needle into the right spot. You have to stand up and put weight on it (while on the fluoroscope) while they're doing it. I don't think the Geneva Convention would allow it on Al-Chaida.
 
#19 ·
I'm just moving from orthootics at all times to the "new right" running shoes (ultra high arches/mondo padding) - Brooks Glycerin and Mizuno Wave Riders - on alternating days. The alternating shoes are supposed to build foot back up. So far, so good. Well that, and an entirely new gait as well - moving from a heel strike to a midfoot strike. I'm starting to question the whole running idea...
 
#20 ·
Man I just be lucky then. I had PF and Bursitis (sp?) and I only had to get two shots and take some pills. I have been taking it easy the last two years.

Couple things I learned with mine:
Orthotics suck. If someone recommends them, they're just out for money. If I can't find a shoe that makes my feet feel good before I buy them I don't buy them. If I find out that I have problems with the shoes after I get them, they go in the trash.

Barefoot helps/ is the only way to go. I work in an office environment so many times I walk around on concrete flat footed. I don't do it everyday or all day, but it helps stretch things out when I'm feeling sore.

Sometimes all it takes is a little drugs. 800mg of Motrin seems to make mine calm the F down when they flare up. If that doesn't work, 5mg of Tramadol. If my feet get stressed they stay stressed. Its not necessary to use it all the time, just when things flare up.

Like I said before maybe I got off lucky, but these are the things that help me.
 
#22 ·
I feel your pain. I had a Morton's neuroma ( tumor ) on a nerve in my foot . It required cortisone shots every couple weeks both in the bottom and top of the foot. I personally think the one's going through the top hurt worse but everybody is different. Padillen as far as these being men, well I have 2 sister in laws and a niece that have had kidney stones and children and they all say they would much rather have to go through labor again then have kidney stones again. I have had several kidney stones and even worked while having kidney stone attacks. Had to keep running to trash containers or the bathroom to throw up from the nausea. They say stones are worse for men as we have the extra equipment it has to pass through. I also walked around for 3 months and went through physical therapy with a spine broke in two places until the therapist told my family doctor that there was something more serious than torn muscles.
 
#23 ·
I've had three cortisone shots in my wrist over the years, a cinder block fall on my head from two floors up, and been hit by a car while riding a bicycle but the worst pain I've ever experienced was when I got my pointer and middle fingers stuck in one of the heavy water/fire proof hatches of the USS Saipan. I went into shock from the pain and the sight of the bones of both sticking through the skin.
 
#25 ·
I've had three cortisone shots in my wrist over the years, a cinder block fall on my head from two floors up, and been hit by a car while riding a bicycle but the worst pain I've ever experienced was when I got my pointer and middle fingers stuck in one of the heavy water/fire proof hatches of the USS Saipan. .
Damn. I thought I had some bad luck with injuries...:(
 
#31 ·
I'm a runner and have been for years. For the past 5 years or so I've always been running in zero-drop shoes with minimal cushioning. This year I had been battling stress fractures in both tibias and decided to switch things up and get a shoe with more padding. I had heard good things about both Hoka and Newton and tried out a few models from each. The Hoka were very cushiony, too much so for what I was used to though and I just couldn't get comfortable in them, even after a few miles of testing. I ended up going with the Newton Distance the overuse problems I was having went away almost instantly.

Both brands have a hugely devoted cult following and if you go look at the some of the threads on the Runners World forums, you will see a lot of positive reviews of each.
 
#27 · (Edited)
For the record I've not had any kids.
But I've had a lot of injuries and pain.
Nobody is the same, we all feel it different.
Women are more likely to ignore their own Heath.
I have had recent health issues that I now believe should have been diagnosed sooner if I had explained my symptoms better. And insisted something was wrong.
This last time I went in and asked 3 things-
1 was it the cholesterol pills, (new gov. Guidelines for women's health ) 2 could I be tested for rheumatoid arthritis,
3 was it all in my head?
I told Dr, I get it I've had a lot of injuries and I expect some pain. But not every part at the same time.
Test came back and I was told Hashimoto disease and " you probably had it a long time".
Arthritis number high, but could be disease.Injuries that I remember
Baseball bat to right side of head- went to dentist not Dr,
2 hair line fractures of jaw.
Collar bone/ shoulder, ribs , most likely closed head injury. Lost 3 weeks, hospital lost records of visit to ER. Person that found me claims broken collar bone and separated shoulder, broken ribs. Shoulder locked up and therapy for 3 months. Loss of some range of motion, still.
Crushed right ankle and broken fibula.Massive hematoma from tractor accident. - I see a surgeon in January. Dr now say it should have been removed when it accrued in 05.
Surgery for masses and hysterectomy, September, other masses need follow up in 2014.
Ankle fusion in November.Walking cast hopefully on Thursday.
And at some point in my life most likely Broken nose, broken right eye socket, this from my ENT specialist when I had Cat scans for my sinus surgeries. And then there is Tinnitus.
BUT, the one thing that I HOPE know- one has to experience, Is VERTIGO it's not that it's painful it is just too,Weird, freaky, Scary, probably the one thing that scared me. But back to Dr, read my post about my uncle in f### cancer thread.His original Dr shouldn't be a dr anymore.
 
#30 ·
Man Padilen sounds like you and I have lived life to the fullest. My list of injuries goes on and on also. My family doc told me many years ago " someday you're going to be a crippled old man because of all your injuries". Guess I should have listened. My wife tells all her female friends when the conversation comes up about women being able to handle more pain then men, that she knows first hand I can handle more than anyone she knows. She also says and she is right just don't give me a cold as I become the biggest baby ever when I can't breathe.
 
#33 ·
I have had my fair share of injuries and surgeries and The two things that stand out as the Painful Is when they did the injection on my lower back (underfloroscope) to see if I had a blown disk, well they inject this stuff to inflate the area and when he injected the stuff I almost puked and then passed out.

The other one is I had a spot right below the belt line and it was rubbing against my boxers and it got raw. Well being the dumbass that I am I didnt think anything off it until it got infected.

Well the er dept had to open it up and scrape it out, well they gave a shot of diluid but in my arm not thru a IV. I felt every little movement when they were taking this spoon looking thing and digging out the infection. I was on anti-biotics from when I first went to the dr and thought they got it all out. Well a second trip to the er and with a ultra sound they found more, and out came the spoon again.

I then spent the next 4 days in the infectious disease floor being pumped full of every antibiotic they had, since they were treating me for sepsis.

I could go on and on with pain stories but these two were by far the worst.
 
#37 ·
Yikes! It's funny and predictable, women immediately want to bring in child birth comparisons to this type of conversation. Was telling my wife about the events of my dr. visit when she immediately played the labor and delivery cards. If this was a competition, it ended there. So did the conversation. Not a lot to be said after the topic of pushing a living creature through sensitive loins is brought into the conversation.
 
#40 ·
The list of injuries is not a measure of how full you have lived your life...in fact one could argue that you suck at life as a result of not being able to finish the race....



















































On a more serious note, I thank my skill as a person and god that I haven't had any major injuries in life. I hope you all feel better
 
#41 ·
This is the scar comparison thread?!

I still have dents in the muscle of my lower back from where they made a five inch incision and then ripped it wide open with a spreader and proceeded to fish chunks of my lower discs out of my spinal canal. :sonicjay:
 
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