I went for my follow up checkup with the podiatrist last week, Wednesday.  It has been 30 days and I was told by the doctor’s assistant if I still have pain on my feet, call up to schedule an appointment with the doctor.  I did just that because my left foot is not getting any better.  The right foot is improving but, of course, with too much walking or standing it will hurt a little, not as much as the left.

The left foot is totally out of whack, in my book.  I have even walk less with the boys.  I’m going every other day and take all three at the same time so I don’t have to walk twice in a day.  The left heel is still painful.  I will be limping after a walk with the boys, can hardly stand on it.  So the right foot compensate a lot of that weight.  The next morning and through out the day, the left foot will hurt most when I get up to walk.  And another thing is I’m not taking the prescribed anti-inflammatory, Naproxen either.  Those meds gives me a very bad feeling in the gut – a burning sensation and the next worse is cannot pangsai = constipation!!!!

So the follow up day the doctor said I need to get x-rays on both foot.  I asked about heel spurs but doc is very adamant it’s plantar fasciitis.  Nonetheless, I was escorted to get the x-rays done which only takes less than 10 minutes and 5 minutes later I was back in the examination room to wait for the doctor.  Everything is so high-tech now that the x-rays are all computerized.  See how ulu I am!!

Anyhoo, the doctor told me I have a very tiny heel spur on my left foot which is not the cause of the problem.  It is his initial, plantar fasciitis is the problem.  He said the way to treat it is cortisone shots, AGAIN!!!  I told him I will never ever get those shots again.  His call was the initial shots are usually a little painful (bite my ass, it wasn’t for me) and the subsequent ones don’t.  Hahahaha, like that helped to console me.  Hell no.  I was very firm with my NO and told him how painful and how long the pain lasted from the previous shots.  His alternate remedy was surgery.  Woohoo!!!  An outpatient surgery that will last about 15 minutes.  He will cut a little incision on the bottom of the left foot where the plantar fasciitis is and lengthen it.  Sounds weird but he said it works for all his patients.  I can still drive since it’s on my left foot but have to stay off the the walks for 5-6 weeks.  That’s the solution to fix the pain on my left foot, and he said usually insurance will pay for the surgery. Hah!

I have decided not to go for the surgery and continue to wear the over priced inserts.  Can’t afford to be on crutches when i have to clean the house daily and scoot the dogs out of the house for showings for 5-6 weeks.  I asked my coworker who had went for the same surgery for her plantar fisciitis on both her feet 3 years go how was the surgery and feel now.  She said the surgery made a world of a difference for her, no more pain but she still wears her inserts just to be safe.  The surgery was worth the pain.  I will think about surgery when things are more settle for me.

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