summertime blues

Categories: ouch

Date: 19 February 2012 12:26:55

Summertime Blues

Diary of an accident victim Part 52

22nd August 2010

Eddie Cochran was right, there ain't no cure. This last week I've been to the hospital twice, both about the bad foot. Routine visits on both occasions. The first, on Tuesday, was an appointment with the consultant, who twisted the foot around saying things like, "does this hurt?" I was tempted to say, "No I just like visiting hospitals," but didn't. I said "Ow" instead. Then the X-ray. Basically that involves the radiographer twisting the painful joint into the most uncomfortable position they can find, then asking you to hold it still. Three times. When you visit a clinic with foot pain expect it to hurt more when you leave than when you arrived. The second visit, two days later, was to get some insoles for my shoes. I now walk with feet contorted into strange positions. Whilst I was there I picked up a leaflet about arthritis, the condition I have, and read the following... The first page contains he phrase, "While the is no cure..." The second page says it again, "Although there is, as yet, no known cure for most types of arthritis..." Looks like I'm stuck with it. The rest of the advice ties in with my experience, The pain can be different on different days, you have good days and bad days, and people will see you on a good day and think you're better. That has happened. The problem is with the description of osteoarthritis, which I have. It "does appear in more females than males and often starts after the menopause." Great, so it's an old woman's disease. It's only two pages later, at the end of the section, that it says, "Arthritis sometimes develops after an injury that damages a joint." Anyway, there's an injection guided by X-ray into the joint to look forward to next month, followed by the excruciating pain for two days afterwards. Lucky me. But for people who saw the title of the blog, and expected something other than me moaning about my aches and pains, here's Eddie. Summertime Blues

...to be continued.

This was first posted on St Pixels blog on 19 April ’09 To see the blogs about the accident and recovery together please use the “ouch” link under Categories