Swollen foot...what should I do?
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The only way to know for sure what is wrong is to get another MRI scan but the docs never seem too keen to offer it. Must be expensive but then so is paying sick benefit and a lifetime of pain relief drugs.
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The burning sensation is weird, for me it's like having sunburn...but if I try and wear anything (like shoes!) that touches the upper side of my foot it feels as though I've been stung by a jellyfish! I think I have some numbness too...I can still feel stuff, but it feels as though it's a bit further away(?) but I'm not sure if it's the swelling that's causing that.
You're exactly right about the cost of long term sickness and drugs in comparison to sorting problems out. I suppose in part they weigh up the risks of surgery. Also, from the statistics I've found online, it seems as though some long term outcomes are not that different whether you have surgery or not? This makes me suspect that the holders of the purse strings may feel that spending on treatments is not a worthwhile investment, seen as a paper exercise...of course for the folk suffering from the symptoms it is a more pressing matter!
And long term use of painkillers brings its own health risks...I try and have periods off of the drugs to give my liver and kidneys a break...but you can only put up with so much...I birthed 3 children many years ago and I can safely say that this pain, when it gets hold of you, is as fierce as the most intense labour contraction but ultimately worse because of its unrelenting nature.
Well I wish you luck Lennie...I have had temporary relief from sessions with an Osteopath, and you can get an NHS referral for that (if you're in the UK)...but after 10 years I dare say you have tried a few things already!
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After my experiences over the last couple of days I have decided to arrange healthcare in a neighbouring country, and see how that differs. This will take a while to arrange (and entail communication problems), but it doesn't seem as though the problem is going to go away any time soon so is probably worth doing.
I turned down the injections after looking at the evidence base and speaking to a couple of doctors. While research shows that they can help with pain more than half of the time, they can also cause iatrogenic problems such as decreasing bone density in menopausal women (me!), and as an invasive procedure obviously carry risk of infection etc. Personally I don't want to undergo any such invasive procedures unless they are going to at least try to fix the problem...and both my parents had osteoporosis in their later years, so I am already likely to have issues with bone density.
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