Well, *this* is going to be fun.

[jennlk]

FSV of fun...

Those of you who saw me at Fusion or Cap may remember that I was wearing an ankle wrap at least part of the time.

I've been upgraded to an air boot. sigh.

For an undetermined length of time -- depends on the results of various tests that have been scheduled but not completed (EMG and MRI). Preliminary diagnosis (pending test results, natch) is tarsal tunnel inflammation. He thinks it was triggered by bruising the bone and tendon on the outside edge of my foot, which pinched the nerve sheath and caused it to become inflamed.

The doc says I can take it off to drive, which is a Good Thing, because otherwise I'd have to take the whole family grocery shopping. Chaos would ensue, trust me.

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[backrubbear.livejournal.com]

Chaos would ensue, trust me.

Hm. "Grocery shopping as a Berserker."

Sounds like fun to me. I'll follow you with a video camera and earplugs. :-)

[kevinnickerson.livejournal.com]

If that's it, what's the treatment? Shoot it full of steriods?

[jennlk]

AFAICT, immobilization is the first step. We didn't go into actual treatment options yet - he's still not 100% sure what the problem is. We just figured that immobilizing the joint probably wouldn't hurt, as it has been getting worse over the last few weeks.

After that, I think it will depend on whether it's a structural fault in the foot (and the extent of it) or just years of mis-use. Since I could still walk on it, he's leaning toward an orthotic.

[jennlk]

I'm sure you would. ;-)

(knowing you, then you'd send the video to America's Funniest Videos.)

[backrubbear.livejournal.com]

I probably wouldn't send the video there. Keeping it for room parties would be fine.

AFV makes me cringe, and not in good ways. Whenever I'm visiting family and it comes on, I make myself absent very quickly.

[jennlk]

Phew. Glad to hear that.
(well, not necessarily that AFV makes you cringe (it does me too), but that I wouldn't have to worry about showing up there)

(altho', room parties could be bad enough....)