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.....

I was going to ask if you were diabetic OP.

It does have a diabetic foot ulcer look about it. One would hope a podiatrist would be asking those kind of questions before doing any work though.

Oh Vicar you poor sole soul. Please show it to the GP, it looks like the treatment is bit aggressive.

I took DS2 and his bajillion veruccas to the Chiropodist. What's the difference between that and a Podiatrist?

the funny thing is that the pod has mentioned diabetes but the gp said she wouldnt test for it unless i had the other symptoms of diabetes - everything else was tested for, but no fasting bloods were done.

what are the symptoms of diabetes? surely i would know if i was diabetic? i think she thought that i would know if i had it......?

it hurts badly when i take pressure off it if ive been stood.....positively seems to throb.
but it hurts no matter what.

OP - distracted by a phone call before so I couldn't post.... That's not a verruca, it's an alien life form! No-one could look at it and not feel sympathy. Follow the advice of others here and go to the hospital. I do wonder whether this is beyond the abilities of the HPCs who have seen you so far.

You want some good pain killers above all else, and I would be worrying about infection.

Perhaps the hospital is for the best.

tiredness, thirst, weight loss, going to the toilet often and sugar in your wee.

type 2 diabetes can come on slowly so hard to spot these symptoms gradually building

Your GP doesn't sound very interested in this at all.

The fact you cannot walk on it suggests you need to go to A&E. Like, ASAP! Can you not go tonight with help from a friend, maybe?

I've googled and it looks like what has happened is the treatment created a large, almost black blister (the edges look like pictures online of veruccas post treatment) that has burst. You will be open to infection - as well as it hurting like hell. I'd see a doctor tomorrow.

cant honestly say i have many of those, defo no weight loss (i wish!) i drink alot anyway, and i go to the loo whenever i get chance cos sometimes in the job you dont get chance if its busy, and i am always always always tired.

maybe i should go back to gp and ask for a fasting bloods just to be sure, but i only seem to have one or two of those symtoms......

im sure i would know if i was diabetic?

Did they even do a urine dip test?

People with diabetes should not self treat verrucas with any salicylic acid preparations. See your Podiatrist for advice and appropriate treatments.

^ Taken from a website about foot problems, so it's the acid that would be a no-no should you have diabetes.

Part of the risk of that ^ is not feeling the pain if it burns deeply, which the OP does. A lot.

as far as i know, it didnt blister, i think its the effects of the acid coupled with standing/walking on it all day.....it wasnt this bad when i wasnt at work. The silver nitrate turns the skin black as it burns the top layers of skin, but the acid paste is much stronger - the silver nitrate was meant to form a barrier to stop the acid paste eating the surrounding healthy tissue....but the verruca was massive....it was like 4 joined together (really sorry TMI!!)

Ew ouch Narked. Seems diabetes unlikely then.

Perhaps the acid is just too much?

Vicar you should also make sure you have a good vitamin intake, it won't do any miracles but will support your body to heal. I take Redoxon Dual Action which is high dose Vit C and Zinc, both good for healing and it can't do you any harm.

DH had a sebaceous cyst that popped and left a hole in his shoulder. They put silver nitrate in it, and he said that it was the most painful thing he had ever felt. Mind you they had to 'pack' it as well. He was nearly crying.

no dip test.

oh buggeration. im worried i may have diabetes and if i do and ive not weight loss i will be particularly pissed off....

actually im pretty sure i am not going to be diabetic but just to put my mind at rest i will go back to gp and ask for a test.

and thrust my gammy foot at them.

this means i will have to get up early. and im working late. bother!

believe this or not - i take a vitamin C with Zinc every single day,

Ah. Whatever it is, it looks (and sounds) angry and painful and at risk of getting infected. I'd get it checked by a doctor and be hyper vigilant about checking it doesn't smell bad for the next few weeks. If you can't bend enlist a friend

Bloody hell Vicar! If that was on my foot I woudn't be limping I'd be in bed! Even my gore loving DS2 said that isn't normal.

You poor thing, that must be agony.

im quite bendy! i would not inflict looking at it on another person unless they have to! ('cept most of mumsnet of course! ha!)

You most probably don't have diabetes. The sores that diabetics get on their feet aren't caused by someone sticking acid on them. You have a reason for the big hole being there. I was just surprised they didn't do a dip test as it's a very quick way to check.

Vicar that looks like it must be agony, poor you.

Can you get an emergency appt at the GP's tomorrow? The doc can then send you with a letter to the hospital meaning that you'll be seen by someone more specialist (not sat about for ages, at the bottom of the A & E triage queue!).

Whatever is on your foot has gone way way past being "just a verruca".

Good luck and YY make sure you are on maximum painkillers for tonight.

And while you're at the doctors you might as well give them a urine sample to do a dip test. As you're there anyway.

well i dont feel such a baby now so thank you all for that.

im sure its not going to be diabetes but i will get checked out just in case, you never know and the pod mentioned diabetes when he counted them and stopped at 28!

i wish i could rest it and i wish i could afford to take some time off but i dont think it would go down very well.....however i am going to show my sgt tomorrow and see what he says.

i have a very high tolerance for pain so i think people just think im fine and i get on with it, im sure if i showed anyone they would wince a bit on my behalf.....so far i think my workmates think im just trying to get out of public order duty on friday and saturday night (only half joking there.....)