ouch. really really ouch....something really trivial is hurting me and affecting everything

[VicarGoingForGoldInKungFu]

this sounds so trivial, but after having verrucas for 5 years i have gone to a private podiatrist. i have a total of

28
of
the
little
fuckers

but i have 1 very very huge.one the fleshy part of my foot, and he is treating with a very strong acid paste which i have to leave on with a dressing for 5 days before it gets done again on day 6 or 7.

ive been off work, so its not been too bad, but i went and had the treatment again last night and then had to work today......and i am in absolute proper bloody excrutiating pain - my foot is swollen and throbbing, it feels like i am walking on razor blades. its so so so sore and the patch that is being treated is about the size of a two pound coin so its quite large and so very very sore.
i am limping, and today my sgt asked why im limping.
it feels so so silly to say its 'cos of a verruca, but it is, or rather the treatment of one.
the pain is so bad that were it anything else i think i would have thought twice about going in tomorrow - i can hardly walk, but i cant phone in sick and cite a verruca. its just not an option.
ive taken pain killers, i have to wear my boots and socks (if i could wear sandals it wouldnt be so bad!) but the job is in uniform and i have wear the clobber.

how does anyone have this type of treatment and continue about their daily business?
with shoes on?
seriously. its hurting just in case i ve not gotten that message through in the above whinge.....

Good suggestion sparkling

oh the thought of a week at a health spa..... i would love it.

ive just told dh i cant load the washer.....dd piped up "no change there then"

i think i have been holding myself differently due to the foot, but its all out of my hands now.

there is sod all i can do about it - i was going to go to work, then i thought sod it....really sod it. ive been getting a hard time anyway for being there on restricted duties, i owe no bugger anything in this job. learning fast, and ill get talked about whether im there or not.

so stuff it. ill rest, do as im told, and get better.

So what's the plan?

the plan is do nothing much for the next few days, stay off my face on diazapam and lay down alot.

dh just said i should go to a health spa in october when i have a week off. i dont need telling twice.

i should get looking.....

That sounds like a great plan.

I'm an aromathrapist & surgical nurse in a previous life.....can I join the Healthcare convention on here?

oooh give me a good scabby foot anyday.....(watches Fluffy blanche)

Not the same thing at all I know but I was queen of the ulcers when I was on the vascular ward.

More foot news please, Vicar! Been gripped by this thread.

Could I join the convention? I'm in Canada so of no immediate use to you, but I am a chiropractor, and do myofascial release (that fabulous deep tissue work stuff :o) --- wish I could teleport myself to your house and straighten out the kinks for you.
Diazepam sounds good - no way we could get it prescribed here, the days are over when MDs handed that stuff out :o but it's a muscle relaxer and helps with feeling stressed and anxious, so enjoy the floaties. When you can move at all, I'd recommend doing some gentle stretching - not just trying to bend forward, but also some back extension to let your back muscles know that they do need to wake up and unkink.

Have been lurking on your thread but have had nothing useful to say... however, seeing as the altered biomechanics have now worked their way up to your spine... I thought I'd see if I could help :)

well thank you jacksmania thats very kind of you. its only a teeny tiny dose of diazepam.....2mg i think.

i reckon the way ive been walking must have had repurcussions on my back.
foot is looking pretty terrible - im wondering whether i should just call it a day now im having much bigger problems.....

ive just looked at foot and said to DH it seems to be having little affect on the nasties anyway.....i think im stuck with the pox....ill see if DS can help me upload another pic....

Definitely the way you're walking. If you've been limping, that throws everything off. You end up with what we call an "antalgic lean". "Antalgic" means you try to lean away from the pain. Which overstresses the side you're leaning towards (usually). Your body tries to compensate by using your postural muscles differently, and eventually ---> whammo! Back spasms.

A hot Epsom salt bath would help. Just stick your foot out of the tub.

he has said he will after dinner
bless......

I've been lurking since you started this thread Vicar and i am in awe. I had a trapped nerve in my foot years ago and it was agony i'm on my feet a lot in my job but your scabby foot is spectacular. hope diazepam relaxes those muscles back pain is soul destroying

new pic for those wishing to be put of their dinner for the next 6 months

here you go ladies. apologies in advance to those of a nervous disposition.

( my foot looks dirty but its just where the dressing has been stuck....not that much of a minger!

Oh my god vicar, that looks horrendous. Is the white middle the ruucs??

my foot looks dirty

At a quick glance I thought it was hairy

thats just mummy verucca.....ive spared you pics of my full foot....

the white bit is the vp but its had tons of acid on it so i think its now just indistinguishable from the chemical burn.

that pic is it now but its much less painful than it was, its dried up a lot.

i really do feel like a leper.....

It looks better to me, the wound is smaller and it trying to heal.

I think some of it still looks a bit vp. Could be wrong though. Looks a bit like white circles.

Remeber it's a virus like a cold, colds dont go because we take lemsip they go because our bodies realise we have a virus and make antibodies. This is hard to do when the virus is wrapped up in skin.

a leper with flaky feet who now shuffles around at a 45 degree angle......

lord above.

thanks fluffy - it feels better since boots off time. now its just my spasmy back that im contending with.....

why am i riddled and so unwell? im a virus ridden mess. why is my body not reacting to this virus?
i afraid in 10 years i may just be an attachment to that thing on my foot.....it may take over my life, learn to drive, do my job.....
onlyhalf joking

Police= stressful job (dhs cousin is an inspector)
Teenage kids=stressful homelife.
Sending son to college=stress.

I had an unidentified virus for 18 months after graduating, one day it just went. I had a craving for horlicks for a week and then it was gone.

hmm Horlicks. Bloody milk allergy.

i wonder if my craving for wine is a bad thing then

That does look better, I think? I'll not be taking my verruca to the podiatrist again, that's for sure. It doesn't hurt, I've had it five years, it can stay, surely?

Think of like a pet that doesnt need vets bills.

People do get a bit put out when I refuse to treat vp's, like I havent quite appreciated the deadly seriousness of the situation.

I think it looks better.