PAIN!!!

I am in excrutiation pain right now and have been since yesterday mid-morning.

I don't know what happened. Wednesday I had a different therapist since my gal is out on pregnancy bedrest. This substitute was from another clinic and was picking up Cara's appointments.

Lisa is the third non-regular therapist I've had in the past few weeks. The other two (men) actually helped my situation even if their massages hurt like hell. Lisa concentrated on the toe pain which I thought would be good. She really massaged the foot in different spots than Cara and the guys did. It felt good.

By Thursday morning, there was quite a bit more swelling than usual in and between the big and second toe bones (the long bones of the foot). I noticed as I was talking with a client after she picked up her dog that the foot hurt and was real tight in the shoe. Walking on it was painful, but only in the toe area. I could bear weight on the heel and the side of the foot, just couldn't put any weight on the ball or toes.

After I was finished with grooming for the morning, I went inside and put it up on ice. The skin was hot to touch and so tight with fluid that it was shiny and looked ready to burst. And pain!!! I've not been in that much pain since the first few days after the surgery. Just the weight of the ice pack was causing a lot of pain. And the ice didn't really do much to alleviate the pain.

I kept it up and on ice all afternoon. When it came time to go out and put up the ducks, I couldn't slide my foot into my slip-on boot but finally managed to get my shoe on. I was crying so hard but managed to get the chores done and the foot back up and on ice.

I decided that when my Motrin wore off I would take some Vicadin. Glad I did. It controlled the pain for about 4 hours overnight and I took a second one at five hours and got a second stretch of sleep. I am almost at 5 hours again and will take another one soon. Can't wait.

So I'm going to call the doctor's office and see when she can see me. Hopefully today but I think it's her Friday on the nursing home circuit which means no office hours. But she does have Saturday hours so perhaps then. Got PT this afternoon. They are going to be shocked when they see this foot.