Thanks Dozer, there’s always hope.
About 2 hours after yesterday’s post the pain subsided, miraculously.
It didn’t go away altogether but dissipated enough that I could build up the courage to stand on my left foot, gingerly.
Got out of bed, pain shooting left and right, legs buckling, but managed to carefully place weight on my left ankle such that within a couple of minutes I was away like a herd of turtles.
A couple more lay downs and tries to get up and I felt ok enough to go grocery shopping.
Upon arrival at the supermarket I alighted from the car drenched in sweat but it’s a weird kind of pain, one that if approached at the right time, can be overcome if care is taken and footsteps are placed with care.
The sensation is pretty bad, like a third degree burn, with flames...
After walking on it a while you can get past the worst of it and if it stays away you can almost forget that it’s there, until it stabs you again and brings you back to reality.
Took it fairly easy yesterday afternoon and started on the Man Shake weight reduction regime.
So far so good.
Slept ok last night and awake at 6 am, in mild pain but the flare up is thankfully staying outside the zone and is making for a reasonably pleasant day today.
The shame is that as usual I lose the whole weekend and have to soldier off to work again tomorrow and hope the week goes reasonably well.
Anyone who’s suffering Ross River Fever might appreciate the pain level because it does remind me of that, or gout.
Very similar pain but it stops and starts.
They’re giving me medication for nerve pain and I think they’re on the right track.
Managed to flop down and suss out the rattle noise coming from beneath my car and it appears to be fractured exhaust pipes.
Hard to get undrr there to inspect it more carefully as there’s no ground clearance, unlike that of the 109, which allows even a fat monkey like me to roll under there without even bumping my head.
Sick of having blood tests. Asked the last nurse to make sure she left enough blood to get me home on.
Been sitting and staying awake today which is a change, because normally I flake out and sleep all day every day.
Apparently these Man Shake drinks cause weight loss, so here’s hoping I can lose a bit/a lot of weight and get mobile again.
Have threatened to sack the missus for dishing me up too much food but it’s not all her fault, she cooks, I eat.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the medication or diet switches off the trigger and lets me get back to playing with the 109?
Too right, I’d be wrapped just to be free of pain again.
I have to shake my head at the doctors though, they automatically declare it to be gout and won’t listen when I report the symptoms coming on fast and leaving just as fast. Gout doesn’t do that, it hangs on tenaciously for days at a time.
Fingers crossed I’m on yhe right path now.
