I think I did too much walking yesterday. I’ve been so tired of being in the house and yesterday I really wanted pancakes. So Steve and I took two buses and went for breakfast, and the place we went was right across from the mall. After breakfast we went to the mall because I just wanted to look at a couple of things, but that ended up turning into me wanting to look at everything. The entire breakfast/mall journey was only about 3 hours in total, which may seem like a lot for the condition my foot is in; however, it is my good foot that is sore and not the one I had surgery on!
Because it has been really hot this summer, I have mostly been wearing a sandal on my right foot, and my surgical shoe on my left foot, when I go out. Lately the more I’ve been going out, the more my right bunion has been hurting. So, anticipating a lot of walking, yesterday I decided to wear an actual shoe on my right foot, with my orthotic in it. I haven’t worn my orthotics since my surgery, but they have been adjusted about six times to try to help my bunions. I figured that walking around the mall would be easier with my orthotics. I also wore a toe spacer on my right foot to try to further prevent bunion pain.
Today my right foot is so sore… not the bunion, but the heel. Before I went for my bunion surgery on July 6th, when I was working a lot, every day I would come home and couldn’t walk. Part of it was from the bunions, but a huge part of it was also form my heels. My posterior heels hurt so badly, and I don’t know what it’s from. Before my bunion surgery I mentioned my heels to Dr. L. He didn’t say much except that it was probably plantar fasciitis, but having researched that, and judging where the pain is, I really don’t think it is that. It feels more like a heel spur, but I am not 100% sure. I was sitting there last night trying to compare my side view x-rays to those I could find on the internet of heel spurs, but still I am not sure. I will have to talk to Dr. L about it on Friday and beg him to help me, because I can not go back to nursing school or to work like this.
I also seem to have developed a blister on the bottom of my right foot from my orthotics. I’m not sure if it’s because they were altered badly or because I haven’t worn them for so long.
Oddly enough, my left foot is not doing too badly, apart from being very swollen today. It doesn’t hurt much. The incision is looking good and I get my pin out in TWO days! I am very excited about that. And of course I will take pictures! My friends all want me to keep the pin, but I think Dr. L might think I’m completely insane. Dr. M wouldn’t think that because he has a great sense of humour. Oh how I wish I were in Vancouver.
It is so frustrating being in pain all the time on the part of your body you need in order to function. Especially because I’m in nursing… how am I supposed to be a nurse when my feet hurt all the time? Please, feet, don’t prevent me from what I want to do with my life…
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Aww…you poor thing! I want you to know about something that has worked well for our family. We love natural products without harmful chemicals and have found a cream called Topricin for adults and the Topricinkids for our little ones. It works so great and makes it way better than relying on oral pain meds! They have a foot cream that I use and love so much for my achy and sore feet…it is very soothing. Maybe this would be helpful to you? You could just carry it with you and rub it on when needed without any worries of harmful side effects. I hope this works and that your feet get feeling better!