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So had a foot pain weds night sore/tender around the Base of the big toe, assumed I'd bashed/sprained it and I'd rest it for a bit.. by Friday I couldnt walk without looking like a zombie or even drive without high pain every time I pushed the throttle /brake.
Went to doc, who says it's pressure on a nerve, use ibuprofen, a bunion sleeve and think about mbt type shoes. I've never had anything like this before and while the doc was nice enough there was a heavy accent barrier preventing finer understanding.
Is this likely to be a long term complaint? I wear steel toes for work - would more flexible footwear be better? If so what? I can go without steel toes, think they're over regulatory nonsense anyway but 99% of "work boots/shoes" have them as standard, something reasonably hard-wearing and comfortable for someone on their feet all day and clamouring over things etc
Any other tips much appreciated. I'm a firm believer in nipping stuff like this in the bud.
Went to doc, who says it's pressure on a nerve, use ibuprofen, a bunion sleeve and think about mbt type shoes. I've never had anything like this before and while the doc was nice enough there was a heavy accent barrier preventing finer understanding.
Is this likely to be a long term complaint? I wear steel toes for work - would more flexible footwear be better? If so what? I can go without steel toes, think they're over regulatory nonsense anyway but 99% of "work boots/shoes" have them as standard, something reasonably hard-wearing and comfortable for someone on their feet all day and clamouring over things etc
Any other tips much appreciated. I'm a firm believer in nipping stuff like this in the bud.
Ouch that doesnt sound like fun. Thanks I'll look into that, I suppose at 38, carrying some success ballast and a rich diet puts me in the strike zone. Although I know its not impossible the gout sufferers I know are nearer twice my age.
Big toes now sensitive but numb with nothing in the way of visible swelling; it "just feels" to me like an issue specific to the foot though. But if nothing else it forces a dialogue with the doc.
Big toes now sensitive but numb with nothing in the way of visible swelling; it "just feels" to me like an issue specific to the foot though. But if nothing else it forces a dialogue with the doc.
Right, so, doc no.2 listens to the story, takes one glance and with a frown asks why the doc 1 didnt mention gout. Prescribes naproxen and requests I get a blood test ASAP which can only be arranged via my gp. Hobble past blood dept on my way to pharmacy.
Ring gp, cant get past answerphone message that theyre shut for the bank holiday and wont reopen untill tuesday 8am. Great, only its tuesday 1:30pm. So have they all overslept or still drunk from the weekend, wtf? So now what, waste more time driving over there to see about getting an appointment for someone to tell me I can go get a blood test the hospital doc has already said I should get? Seriously I dont know what to do now.
All my leftylite friends are all "wah-wah dont let cameron privitise the nhs" (seems to okay if blair does it though) but seriously, will it get us a service that people who arent unemployed can use?
Ring gp, cant get past answerphone message that theyre shut for the bank holiday and wont reopen untill tuesday 8am. Great, only its tuesday 1:30pm. So have they all overslept or still drunk from the weekend, wtf? So now what, waste more time driving over there to see about getting an appointment for someone to tell me I can go get a blood test the hospital doc has already said I should get? Seriously I dont know what to do now.
All my leftylite friends are all "wah-wah dont let cameron privitise the nhs" (seems to okay if blair does it though) but seriously, will it get us a service that people who arent unemployed can use?
Thanks thats usefull to know, although at this point I'm still unsure whether it is gout or not. Have booked a blood test. Hoping I can get test results direct.
These painkillers have worked for now.. Have given up on speaking to a quack... tried to register with new local surgery but jobsworths were more interested in satisfying finite paperwork requirements than helping unwell people and left as I was this close to coming out with things that the children present in the place shouldn't have to hear.
These painkillers have worked for now.. Have given up on speaking to a quack... tried to register with new local surgery but jobsworths were more interested in satisfying finite paperwork requirements than helping unwell people and left as I was this close to coming out with things that the children present in the place shouldn't have to hear.
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