Foot Pain: A+E?

[NotQuiteCockney]

Last night, the ball of my left foot hurt a bit, when I was walking.

This morning, if I put my weight on my left foot normally I scream. Very sharp pain.

There's no pain if I don't put my weight on it. In fact, I can lie on my back, and raise my hips off the bed, and go on my toes, and it only hurts a little bit.

I didn't have any falls or anything yesterday.

My inclination is to think this is a soft tissue injury, and to take lots of iboprofen and leave it be, but I can't walk!

Is this likely to be something else, that A+E can help me with?

Ha, spoke to NHS direct, and they said maybe plantar fasciitis. They said to see my GP tomorrow.

The pain is in the ball of my foot, not in the heel, but yeah. Might be that. It really really hurts.

I was just worried it might be a broken bone or something. But I realised I carried DS2 a lot yesterday, on my shoulders, in my arms, and in a backpack, all of which meant I was carrying an extra 15 squirmy kg.

This is not good, I am kinda hooked on running atm.

Nononono. I am not having a running injury, no thanks. Gotta be something else.

More seriously, I only run on soft surfaces, and have good shoes. I last ran on Thursday afternoon, and had mild discomfort yesterday. Which is hopefully too long a lag?

No advice only sympathy

I've given up and taken an illicit voltrol, as I have some left from my last CS (still in date, woohoo!).

I'll go to the GP tomorrow and probably the physio too, if it keep up. I think I even have a babysitter option for tomorrow, will have to SMS to follow up on that.

Ah I remember votrol

happy happy memories

I was meant to be going to Fruitstock this morning with DS1 to hang out in the knitting tent.

But I don't think I can justify any unnecessary walking.

This is really bad, though, excessive exercise is what's been keeping me sane(ish) for the last few months.

(voltrol doesn't make you dopey, just reduces inflammation, fixes soft-tissue problems. codeine makes you dopey.)

I think I'll go get in the bath. DS1 is home, but DH took DS2 to the airport to pick up one of the teenagers.

I must be naturally dopey then

The best pain killers I have ever taken are kapex

Had a migraine, found 2 in my mothers drawer, took them and had to be sent home from work!

Sympathy NQC

is your life always like this or are you having a particularly bad year? (well, yes, I know you are, but you know what I mean)

Oooh, what are kapex?

I don't actually enjoy being dopey, at least, morphine made me vom. And I always have codeine in the house, but barely ever take it.

Right, I think I will have a bath. I am grubby, and that way at least my foot will be up.

Wax your fanjo while you're in there

well you might as well if you have taken pain killers already

Particularly bad year, I think.

I don't cope well with being immobilised. And we leave for Canada in a week, so I really do need to get this sorted out.

(Have I ranted at you about the Bed Bug Nightmare re: the trip?)

Whaaaaat? Bed bugs? No.

My sister's house has them. And my fairy godmother thought she had them, but it sounded like paranoia (she hadn't seen sis in ages).

So we won't be able to enter my sister's house, and will be nervous around them.

Bed bugs make the two endemic infestations around here (head lice, pinworm) look like family pets.

(Um, if we get them, I promise to tell you so you don't come and get them off us!)

Bloody hell. Can you catch them from people who have them? Jeez, tell me more.

Fanjo - lots of Rest for the foot ibrofen and ice packs to start with go and see GP or even someone that deals with sports injuries/massage.

I had a similar problem last November with my foot , it wasn't plantar fascilitis, but neither the less had been caused by my running.

I had upped the runnng and training intensity too much, nothing to do with my shoes running surfaces etc. I was training for the London marathon at the time.

I had three weeks complete rest from running then eased myslef back and had not problems since. Went to see sports injury. not my GP, and had weekly massges, it could feel a knot in my in the top of my foot down form the second toes. When I first had it there was pain in the ball of my foot, I was in depair that I couldn't run.

You say it may not be a running injury but if you go to a sports injury specilaist they will take your running histroy look at your gait and shoes etc .

No, mostly they stay in beds, walls, soft furnishings, come out at night and bite you. Travel from place to place in seams of clothing or in baggage.

Apparently they are endemic in North America these days, more in poorer environments, but also in nice hotels (allegedly).

Sister runs a boarding house, more or less, which is how they got them.

I just don't want it to be a running injury, I've never had one. I don't run that much, and I do have really good shoes etc etc.

But my regular physio is really good on sports injuries, so if this doesn't fix itself pdq will go see them next week.

Sheee-it. So why will you be nervous around them? In case they are 'carrying' some? Bloody hell, am shuddering here. Agree headlice quite bearable compared to bedbugs.

Fanjo...Id never had a running injury before this and it is a 'pain' when you have to stop. It maybe nothing to do with your shoes, but the level of intensity, your gait etc. You may not be doing that much but have you suddenly upped your mileage, even though you are still running the same amount of times per week. Have you recently done a longer run than your used to ?

I hope you can get it sorted. Your physio will definity be able to help , probably more than GP.

Good luck

I'll just be nervous that maybe there will be bugs in their clothes that will crawl out and end up in our accommodation (we are staying in the house of my fairy godmother's neighbour, who sound a bit mad frankly, but will not be there).

Or in our baggage.

I've become concerned enough about it that I'm considering vacuuming DH's baggage when he comes home from a trip.

They can live in your walls or soft furnishings for years without feeding. So yes, much worse than lice or pinworm.