Armed with these
and this
I set off for an appointment with the podiatrist. (Poor lady) She needs danger pay.
Recently I have been having trouble with my foot, which I have kept quiet about (unless you live with me) as it is a well known fact that if you talk about something it will get worse and not disappear. Encouraged by Annie’s positive experience I decided to by pass the Doctor and go straight to the podiatrist.
The young girl (0ld enough to be my daughter granddaughter) was very good, she agreed right away that the bunion can stay where it is if it is not causing any issues, hooray. After much prodding, poking and pulling she could not really work out what the issue is. She agreed I could keep running but maybe ease off a bit in the mileage, she thinks it might be arthritis. The plan we came up with is, ease off a bit see how it goes, if it flares up again go to the doctors and ask to have an x-ray. Become best friends with ibuprofen again. Take the results of their findings back to her before letting them do anything.
I was very worried about what she was going to say but came away reassured and with these positive thoughts
- I can still run
- I am not doing more damage by running
- The bunion can stay
- The bunion is not causing any of this
- There are worse feet out there than mine-she said so
- The bottom of my foot is quite fleshy (she did not say fat) so I have not worn my sole away-yet
- Possibly ultra marathons are not a good idea (phew)
- Podiatrists are lovely people, well this one was she did not charge me!
shazruns 
Oh that’s great news! And free,eh?Here a to fleshy feet!
Own up – you made up that bit about ultras just to stop me suggesting them to you 😉
Good for you Shaz. I had to giggle about the gloves and the peg. I know what you mean about not wanting to talk about it. No one has been allowed to call my sore foot an ‘injury’ – it’s just a sore foot, that’s been my way of coping with it. It’s good to know that you can’t do anymore damage when you run – mine is like that too and it’s a question of managing it. So glad you went to see the lovely Podiatrist. They really are on our side and want to keep us running.
Would not have thought about going had you not blogged about it so thank you
You’re lucky, Shaz! My podiatrist is hell of a guy. Always telling me to get my bunion operated but I am frightened of any surgery. Can you give me the name and address of your podiatrist?
Wow free! She’s so nice. I hope I could have mine free as well. Hahaha! So what’s the final diagnosis? Was it arthritis?
Have appointment with doctor late in May will go from there. Thanks for asking. Think she did not charge me as could not help, but I did find it helpful, reassuring and know I can go back when I have X-ray done.