I am seeing an orthopaedic surgeon tomorrow. I have had plantar fasciitis for 5 years. Steroid injections no longer work. Physiotherapy has not worked.
Long winded version of how I feel. I am in constant pain that keeps me awake at night. No pain relief has any effect. I can only stand for a few minutes. I am house bound. The pain is not just in my heel, spreads along the outside of my foot, up my leg and into the small of my back. My back is tender to touch. The back is secondary, because I sit all day on the sofa, my back is weakened. I am about 5 stone overweight. The weight gain goes hand in hand with the pain. I am in pain so I don't move which means I gain weight, the weight aggravates my foot pain and so the downward spiral continues.
The trouble is when the surgeon gives my foot a prod with the question does this hurt? I know I'll hardly react. No great dramatic leaping up screaming.
I have been in grinding pain with no relief for so long, nothing much makes it worse until I walk on something uneven such as a pen left on the floor then I'm in intense agony, breathing heavily and sweating with pain. I don't plan on standing on something to demonstrate.
The best way I can describe the pain is imagine your foot is in a bucket of iced water. Its a numb aching pain. Do you understand what I mean by that.
I need a good phrase that sums up the pain is so bad I am desperate enough to want surgery.
Do you think a surgeon will understand what I mean from my description?
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Help me find the words that explain this pain
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fortifiedwithtea · 05/10/2017 11:29
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