In May I was at the Mayo Clinic known in Rochester Minnesota to see a foot specialist about the re: nodule growing in the middle of the ball of my right foot. You can imagine my surprise when the surgeon looked at me and said that is not an RA nodule actually it is bone from the hammertoe. My first question was what can we do about this.
We discussed several options to alleviate the pain and he wanted to fall of the most conservative course of action because it is the foot and why preform surgery on the foot if orthotics will do the trick. We decided that I should have custom orthotics built and give them six weeks to see if they help the situation with a foot. While it’s been more than six weeks now and I still have pain associated with that hammer toe. In one week I see my rheumatologist and I’m going to discuss with him what he thinks the course of action at this point should be.
Should we choose to go around the surgical route it would mean for the six weeks after the surgery my foot and lower leg would be in a cast furthermore he I could not bear any weight on the foot during that time.
so while I really don’t looked forward to the prospect of having my leg in a cast for six weeks if it means having eliminated or at least alleviated the pain caused by the bone I can live for six weeks with my leg in a cast.
While let’s about it for this session on my soapbox.
I just want to wish those of you who read this a happy Fourth of July!
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