I am currently sufferring from anxiety, specifically related to a belief that my teeth are going to fall out. It means I try not to eat unless I have to, sometimes ignore it when I feel hungry and am quite prescriptive with what I will eat. Porridge, fine. Cheerios, not fine. Mince, fine. Chicken ok. Steak, pork, lamb, bacon, no way. I can't bear salad leaves or cucumber (too crunchy )
Anyway I am now on Citalapram and waiting for CBT so all fine. I can eat most days at the moment but I no longer eat for pleasure. Bonus - have lost weight!
So now I have something wrong with my foot. some kind of infection between litte toe and the next one. I've had (for years) something a bit weird there but after visiting pharmacist then doctor at the time and neither seeming bothered I just left it. Sometimes I have to dig out a bit of dead skin and then it feels better again. But now something has really flared up and it's so painful if anyone touches it I yelp. It hurts to walk and is generally uncomfortable. I am very aware of it.
I went to the chemist today and just got some athlete's foot stuff off the shelf but I'm not convinced that's what it is. Naturally I am of the belief that I am going to lose some toes . I am also less concerned about losing toes than I am teeth. I really would rather lose toes. So instead of this replacing the teeth anxiety it is sort of a bit underneath it.
Anyway, point is, now two toes look swollen and you can see an infection in the form of a red line going from between those toes into the middle of my foot.
So um, I guess some advice on the foot would be great.
Disclaimer, my Dad is a recent-ish amputee, I know losing limbs is nothing to joke about. Flippancy is my way of dealing with things.
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Weird Foot Thing
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SophieLeGiraffe · 02/02/2013 20:03
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