the physical therapists are stumped. they can't figure out what exactly is wrong. Don today said it's possible nerve related. he said my symptoms aren't consistant w. plantar faciitis, and even tendonitis wouldn't cause the severe cramping in my feet that i have.
i told him they've been feeling better- still cramping but not as intense- but that it's difficult to tell if it's because of the PT or because I've cut back on the exercise and stopped doing things that aggrivated it in the past (or if it's related to the orthotics im trying). So before my next appt on Tuesday, I have permission to try doing things again to see if it's any better! Yay! bring on the treadmill w. an incline! bring on more time w. things! woo!!
hopefully i do okay with it. i want to improve... i feel like i'm a bad patient if i don't.
he thought about having a stress test and then getting blood taken immediately after to test my levels of stuff then. i guess that's a possibility but aren't stress tests done by running on a treadmill?
I'll run if they want me to.... but i think that would be frowned upon.
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there are different ways to do a stress test--not all cardiac patients can run, so they can also have you ride a bike. and for patients who can't walk, they do the legless bike thingy instead.
i have plantar fasciitis right now, and they told me that it's a bitch and a half to work with--that it can develop in a matter of days but take months to heal and that it hurts like a, well, like a mother f*cker. that's why i thought i had a bone spur before i went to the doc. i didn't think muscles/tendons could cause this much pain.
we started iontoferisis (sp?) which is a medication that gets into the heel/arch through a patch, like the stims thing, just with medication involved.
(not saying your PTs are wrong, btw, just saying that mine told me not to expect this to be easy or quick as far as healing is concerned.)
ok, that's good to know.
i'm not expecting quick recovery- this has been going on for quite awhile. They just have no idea what's causing it and what exactly it is. it isn't plantar faciitis and Don doesn't think it's tendonitis.
it's not electrolytes because i always had cramping even when i had them checked, but that got him wondering what my body does w. the electrolytes right after exercise since it tends to be at its worse when im active. even though ive increased electrolytes to just humor my dr. no change.
so he's thinking it might be nerve related. i'm supposed to do auto traction for my back this weekend to see if that helps, but if im also supposed to "try" to aggrivated it w. the old things i used to do then we're back at the 'too many variables' situation all over again.
oy.
it's annoying... why is my body always so hard to figure out?
i'm tired of stumping people.
have they tried meds with it yet?
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