Hi everyone, this is my first post. I
was just wondering if anybody had any
ideas about what's going on with me.
A year ago I cockled over in 'fashionable'
mules, and despite it being a bad fall, it
didn't hurt at all. I went on the
computer, and within three hours I was
experiencing the the most incredible
throbbing pain inside my foot. I was
very busy, and didn't have time to rest
the injury - in fact I was walking on it
about six miles a day with the help of
painkillers. It was agony, but I had no
choice. It gradually faded away, but
returned about four months later - and it
was so painful that I couldn't walk. My
boyfriend and parents helped me to
hospital because we were convinced it was
broken. The doctors x-rayed it and said
that there was nothing wrong, and told me
off for wasting their time. They also
said I should rest it for three days. I
rested it for three days and it went away
for a month or so, but then it came back -
for good it seems.
I'm now in a situation where I am forced
to rest the foot three days out of every
four, and any walking (shopping etc,)
causes me great pain. Most of the time I
have a very embarrassing limp, and can't
go far. It's no life for a 21 year-old
and I really need to get it sorted because
i'm scared it's never going to go away and
i'm going to be like this forever. I've
been to the doctor, and he has given me a
referral the a physiotherapist, but the
prospect of *walking* to the physio
worries me! Also, I can't imagine that
it would make it any better.
I am very overweight and i'm positive that
the excess weight being carried by my
size-3 feet isn't doing the injury any
good. The foot stops me being active
which makes the weight worse, but the
excess weight makes the foot worse, so I
can't win!
Anyway, i'd say there's a lesson to be
learned to anybody reading this: always
rest your sprains!
Maybe what i've described isn't a sprain
at all. Does anybody have any advice,
similar experiences, or ideas about what
might be the problem? Thanks for taking
the time to read this!
