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.....

....err...I think I said it was the beginning of the end...certainly something seemed to happen once she began using the Pickles, the GP had been to a paper where it was mentioned. She is the dermatology specialist in our practice. She prescribed it, the pharmacist supplied it, dd1 applied it as advised, and a few weeks later the collection of warts were gone. She had begun freezing etc. treatment 18 months earlier.

im actually toying with sending my gory pic to embarrassing bodies in the hope they may take pity on me and find out why i have so many and recommend a treatment that doesnt involve having a hole in my foot......

I know, I know... homeopathy, right, ha ha ha

BUT the remedy 'Thuja' really does work on verrucas.
Take two 200c pillules every 4 hours, put some duck tape on them, and they'll drop out in about a week.

My DD picks them up in the yukky local pool, and no amount of carving and scraping and acid / salicylic acid / liquid nitrogen made any dent in them at all, until Thuja.

One week later, out they popped.

Oooooh Vicar! Dr Christian!

Ps. I appear to have developed a wart on my thumb in solidarity, OP. wondering whether i should just go and get it amputated straightaway and avoid the fuss! (no treatment available as an bf).

Haven't got time to read the while thread, but had anyone suggested vinegar? I had dreadful ingress for 6 years, they were getting more prolific acs I had a big fucker mosaic one on my in step. Thr vinegar treatment got rid of the mosaic one within a fortnight and even the most ingrained one only took a month. This was after years of duck tape, cryotherapy, bazuka etc etc. miracle - and cheap!

Hope your fey feel better now Vicar. Shout if you want details of the vinegar treatment

ingress ones

Totally I tried Thuja with my DD2 years ago when she had viral warts & they went.

Thank you for reminding me about them now DD1 has lots of the nasty little verruca feckers too & being 17 & knowing nothing at all refuses to let me look at them usually but I pinned her down looked at them for the first time in ages yesterday & god they're everywhere on her feet.

Thuja may be a bit woo for some but they help boost the immune system as does tea-tree oil so as Fluffy says fights the underlying cause rather than treat it from the outside.

Vicar you are probably very run down too so whilst I don't agree with them long term a good quality multivitamin will help to support your immune system in fighting these buggers.

I would def get your GP to have a look though even if he does nothing just so it's on record, if you need to go again he'll have something to compare it to IYSWIM.

Glad your skipper is being understanding.

Good luck Vicar!

Try it on one of the verrucas that hasn't been messed with?

A scrap of cotton wool with vinegar on, cover with a but of plastic bag, then tape down with micropore tape. Do after a shower, remove before next shower, file down the weird puffy white skin, reapply after shower. If it gets sore give yourself a day off or replace vinegar with plain water for a day.

At least it's cheap! Nothing to lose. Good luck

So does it look any different to the photo yet Vicar?

not sure.....i may brave a look tomorrow. its been very sore again for lat two days.

pod says ive gone too far to stop now....

actually dreading going back to work - already ive had unkind comments about my situation and being out of uniform.
am gonna tell my gaffer that if i get so much as one wrong word from anyone i will go sick...

i thought i was still of some use being out of uniform,and can do jobs for others like statements etc - can do appointments, but im getting snide remarks and shit...going sick would have been less hassle.

i know who will have something to say about it.....im waiting.

Thrust your unbandaged foot in the direction of the unkind people Vicar.

Good luck with having a look at it. x

Pod would say that if he's being paid per session

You can stop treatment at any time!

I do not like the sound of your pod at all.

Have you seen your Podiatrist's certificates Vicar?

Fluffy what is the difference between a podiatrist and a chiropodist? When DS had veruccas we saw a chiropodist.

Glad I'm not the only one being a naysayer.

It does sound a bit iffy though. How is your foot (feet?) today?

There isnt one sparkling, they changed the profession title to fall in line with the rest of the world eg usa and austrailia have pods not chiropodists but we cant drop the title chiropodist as it is so well known, plus the 6week college course foot health professionals could then legitimately use the title and patients would think it was a graduate professional they were seeing.

As it is anyone who was practicising for 3 years when the health professions council took over from the council supplementery to medicine could use the podiatrist/chiropodist title. The rest called them selves foot health professional or foot specialist.

We need protection of function really which is what the austrailian pods have.

Bet you wish you hadnt asked now!.

Oops. Wrong thread

srry

No, I'm glad I did Fluffy thanks. I thought Podiatrists were special Chiropodists and they aren't.

Surely Vicar's chiropodist is qualified?

Sorry Podiatrist.

Who knows? you can tell a patient anything if your that sort.

You dont have to produce your degree cert to buy salycilic acid or most supplies apart from local anaesthesia which we have a seperate cert for (I had a runny nose while doing my la exam and the consultant who was assessing me had to WIPE MY NOSE while I had a needle in the patients toe). He was gorgeous too. I was mortified.

I would hope vicars pod has a degree or diploma in chiropody/podiatry from a uk university. A lot of us never forgave the HPHC for letting the correspondance (sp?) lot practice as full pods.