as I tried to work from home. Annie wondering what’s going on.
Quick update…
DAY 202
Thursday was a rest day. I worked from home for most of the day (went in for a meeting then drove home so Mr. T could go back to work). I think “rest” is not the right word to describe yesterday, though.
The art team was sending me box after box (DVDs — I work for a publishing company) to proof and T Junior, in his sick and tired state, was clingy, moody and snotty. Finally, I just brought his tub of toys from upstairs to add to the toys downstairs in the hopes it would distract him. It sort of did, but it also made more mess for me to clean up. More than I already had planned.
We are having company over for the Super Bowl, so that means: cleaning! I had a goal to finish a whole list of things — laundry, dishes, vacuuming, mopping, toilet-scrubbing, dusting — before Project Runway started. I was almost done when Mr. T reminded me that the Super Bowl is on Sunday and “Why the heck are you cleaning Thursday night?”
I stopped Cloroxing the island counter. “Crap!” Then I gave him a stern warning: “Don’t mess it up. This has got to last till Sunday.”
DAY 203
It’s so nice to have a semi-clean house, I thought as I made my toast and coffee this morning. Then I went to turn on our new fancy flat-screen that we bought last weekend for the Super Bowl game this SUNDAY.
Nothing. No picture. No audio. Ugh.
Luckily, since I already found care for T Junior during my podiatrist appointment, I could now also take the new TV back and get one that works (hopefully). Anyway, first stop: podiatrist.
I was walking through the building hallway to Suite 320 when I heard a woman sobbing…loudly. She was “talking” to someone on her cell phone. She sounded helpless, hopeless. I don’t know what they were discussing, but the heavy, sad sound of her voice broke my heart. I wondered what clinic she’d been in. Certainly not the podiatrist.
Then I was seated in the waiting room, filling out paperwork, when a woman pushed a grubby-looking man in on a shopping-cart-stroller thing for adults. He came up from Urgent Care, and he had one bare foot. The woman found a chair to sit in while the man called someone and told them, “It’s broken.” The woman and the man never talked. My mind was going in circles trying to figure them out. Was she his mom? Girlfriend? (I didn’t want to stare, so I couldn’t really tell how old they were.) Obviously, he got called before I did. I sat a while longer with my Target shopping bag full of shoes.
I brought the Sauconys and my old New Balances with me in case The Pod wanted to see them. Turns out, he did, so Yay me!
Not so “Yay!” though, was the cortisone shot I got in my foot. Ouch!
After explaining my symptoms and letting The Pod prod my feet a little, he told me I had Morton’s Neuroma, a build up of nerve tissue typically under the third and fourth toe (which is exactly where I had the pain before it spread). You can read more about this here.
Running brings it on, of course, but “Since you aren’t going to stop running,” said The Pod, “Then, we can try a cortisone shot and see if that helps.” I went with that option and I also left with a pair of Super Feet.
So…it’s good news! I mean, it’s not great, but it could be worse. He could’ve said: “NO RUNNING.” I’m going to have to deal with this. At least it’s only in one foot. My left, I learned, is pronated. It’s flatter than my right, which explains why I always thought that my left foot was bigger than my right! And, why one shoe fits better than the other. I guess in Pod-land, feet like mine are called “wind-swept.” Nice. I do like the beach.
What this all means is that I’m going to keep running and I am probably going to have to deal with some pain in that foot. Hopefully, the Super Feet will help. I know of at least one other person in bloggy land who has this. Anyone else? What do you do about it?
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Hi Kerrie! I don't have your foot issue, but I have many others that deal with my ankle and achilles! I love my super feet and do feel like they support my bad foot. I also get massage on my foot to help relieve the pain…love it!!! Good luck!Jamie
Yay for cortisone! You know that Mr. Cortisone and I are very close. Love him! Hope it works as well for you as it did for me. And your foot is windswept? kind of sounds romantic, doesn't it?
I am sorry to hear about your foot. Hope it gets better. I have super feet and love them, but I didn't have a hurt foot when I got them. Hope they help you.You totally made me laugh about your cleaning. I am not one of those OCD cleaners, but I am trying to get better so I laughed when I read that…”Don't Touch….it's got to stay clean until Sunday” I think that all the time. Have fun at your party.
Hmmm windswept sounds nice.Morton's neuroma? I don't know any runners who've dealt with this. Although I do know an avid aerobicizer who has. Glad the cortizone is working and I hope this all works itself out in a favorable way!
I hope the cortisone helps! Yay for superfeet!
That's cool, though, that you have a pod who didn't start pushing you to stop running!
I'm sure the cortisone will help…happy running 🙂
SO GLAD you have a diagnosis! That's the worst part…not knowing why you are in pain. The cortisone shot should help. My feet felt a little weird at first and I took a day or two off running to let the shot work its magic. I'm sending you healing vibes, Kerrie!
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Well I guess that's good news. I hope the shot works. I've never had that but I do have green Superfeet and I like them (I have them for arch support).Glad you are able to continue running.
So glad you have an answer! I will have to check out Super Feet!
I had foot issues last year while training for 21mi power walk (no issues when I run though). I got cortisone shot and therapy it kind of helped, or so I wanted to believe because I wanted to do the event. Then I was visiting my family in Poland. The foot flamed up again. The Dr there was said that cortisone is a very aggressive approach and without a good ultrasound it is close to impossible to know where to administer it. I had x-rays but those don't show what pod needs to see. Anyway, he gave me a topical gel and it worked. I was without pain in two days. So here is my story. Oh, he suggested that really fast walking was not the most natural things humans do. Running though is. Liked that guy.
Thanks everyone!@Ewa – I was wondering about that — how he knew exactly where to inject the cortisone, especially since I had a cortisone injection in my back that required an X-ray, etc. It'll be interesting to see if it helps. Thanks for stopping by and the follow!
i hope his diagnosis is right and the super feet help! love the pic of the little one diving into the hamper 🙂