Today is a GREAT day for my foot!

I have to report good things!  It is a good day.

I got the alcohol injection on Tuesday, it is now Thursday.  I am feeling things. But one of the things I am NOT feeling is pain.  I am not in pain.  This is remarkable.  I am grateful to this relatively new procedure.  I am grateful to my body for accepting it.  Like I said, I do feel the nerve weirdness at moments.  Mostly when I have been off my foot for awhile and then get back on it.  But I will take that any day over the other kind of feelings.  This means I am playa bound.  My campmates are happy as am I.

The other weirdness, the all over skin irritation /  Allergic reaction to something, well that is healing up with a quick and hefty dose of steroids.  I hate doing this to myself, but feel like it is necessary at this point.  I could not handle two kinds of extreme pain and discomfort.  Now I am down to none.  I got acupuncture the day after the alcohol injection and the start of the steroid campaign.  Mostly to nourish my body.  It was a good treatment!  My attitude has improved a million fold.

I am going to carry on taking this serrapeptase for pain.  I am going to continue taking more Vitamin B complex.  I am going to use the homeopathic topical cream for the toe.  I am OFF St. John’s Wort and am still not unconvinced that that wasn’t the cause of the skin reaction.  And especially since i am going to the hot hot desert, don’t want any St. John’s Wort in my system at all.

These steroids though, boy-oh-boy!  i can feel how they make me agitated.  And hungry.  but anything over excessive itching and weird body rash that hurts and oozes (sorry for the graphics).

And I hula hooped yesterday for 1/2 hour!  that is a step in the absolute right direction.

Big fucking YAY!

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One Response to “Today is a GREAT day for my foot!”

  1. Dawn says:

    Hi, I have not been following your blog…just noticed it on fb…have you tried Chinese medicine and reflexology…must be lots of access to it where you live…

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