Tuesday, July 22, 2014

The podiatrist says

that I have tendinitis in two tendons in my right foot and one tendon on the left. She put the right foot in a soft cast and recommended staying off my feet as much as possible and 600 mg ibuprofen three times a day for three weeks.

She also says this kind of tendinitis is much more common in rheumatoid arthritis.

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Feet

Last Sunday my right foot felt cramped, like I needed to pop every knuckle in the foot. I stretched a bit and didn't think more of it.
On Monday it was a little achy but I walked to and from work anyways.
On Tuesday, I decided to wear a different pair of shoes in case that was the problem. I left the house intending to walk to work, but the pain stopped me before I reached the end of my block.
 I took the bus to work, tried not to limp at work, took the bus home. At home I took  my socks and off and.... gee willikers wonka my right foot had an egg size swelling!

So I called my endo. He recommended taking 400 mg ibuprofen every six hours and to let him know if I got a fever or it got worse. I got children's ibuprofen and took it 400 mg every six hours and nothing changed except that my left foot swoll up too. I limped through Wednesday and Thursday, and on Friday afternoon I went to see him. He gave me a podiatric referral.  The endo said he doesn't know what the swelling on my foot  is; it doesn't look familiar but it doesn't look infected either.

And by the way...
- Children's ibuprofen has high fructose corn syrup. Don't know how much, but I'm guessing about 10 grams in a 400 mg dosage, because of how much it raises my bg.