Pain, what a pain
Well it is time for tales from toastmasters. We had a speech last night about pain. The speaker made a very interesting statement: pain is a symptom that something is wrong that should be examined and yet most people live with some level of pain everyday and never seek medical attention.
My knees and my feet. Those are my areas of pain. When I lost a lot of weight, all the pain in my knees went away (but then I had terrible stomack pains which turned out to be fibroids the size of footballs which I then decided not to treat and wait, wait--there goes that digression again).
Anyhoo, weights all back, so now I have pain in my knees again. Five years ago the pain was diagnosed as due to weak thigh muscles and I was assigned to a physical therapist to build up my thigh muscles. Why should I go to a doctor now, just to hear that I need to exercise. I know I need to exercise and I do a heck of a lot more exercise now, then I did five years ago. The pain in my knees is a little different than last time. Instead of only hurting when I get up or sit down or climb a big step or climb any steps some days, now my knee hurts at rest in bed. That's new. And now I can feel my thigh muscles (I thought I had cancer the first time I felt them), so I'm thinking that my thigh muscles are not the problem here. Sure 50 pounds is a *itch, so I'm sure that's the problem, but I have a nagging feeling that the 50 pounds are not impacting me while I'm laying in bed. Food for thought.
My feet hurt. Is that really a medical problem? The debate goes on. One insurance company refused to pay for any treatment for my feet claiming that "comfort" was not covered by insurance. I asked them about that anistetic for surgery--I mean really isn't that just for "comfort", but they didn't answer. So rude.
I heard a commercial on the radio that said "feet are not supposed to hurt" come to the foot doctor right away for relief. What a concept. Feet are not supposed to hurt. I went right into the foot doctor and they made me inserts for my shoes. Pain in the you know what to remember to ease myself into using them an hour a day and then two hours, etc. But they did make my feet hurt less in the area that I was complaining about. Now a different part of my feet hurt. I remember the doctor saying something about surgery for my big toe if it got worse. It is a lot worse, but the word surgery pretty much closes me down. I'm not going back to the foot doctor anytime soon.
Pain is just a symptom. Food for thought.
My knees and my feet. Those are my areas of pain. When I lost a lot of weight, all the pain in my knees went away (but then I had terrible stomack pains which turned out to be fibroids the size of footballs which I then decided not to treat and wait, wait--there goes that digression again).
Anyhoo, weights all back, so now I have pain in my knees again. Five years ago the pain was diagnosed as due to weak thigh muscles and I was assigned to a physical therapist to build up my thigh muscles. Why should I go to a doctor now, just to hear that I need to exercise. I know I need to exercise and I do a heck of a lot more exercise now, then I did five years ago. The pain in my knees is a little different than last time. Instead of only hurting when I get up or sit down or climb a big step or climb any steps some days, now my knee hurts at rest in bed. That's new. And now I can feel my thigh muscles (I thought I had cancer the first time I felt them), so I'm thinking that my thigh muscles are not the problem here. Sure 50 pounds is a *itch, so I'm sure that's the problem, but I have a nagging feeling that the 50 pounds are not impacting me while I'm laying in bed. Food for thought.
My feet hurt. Is that really a medical problem? The debate goes on. One insurance company refused to pay for any treatment for my feet claiming that "comfort" was not covered by insurance. I asked them about that anistetic for surgery--I mean really isn't that just for "comfort", but they didn't answer. So rude.
I heard a commercial on the radio that said "feet are not supposed to hurt" come to the foot doctor right away for relief. What a concept. Feet are not supposed to hurt. I went right into the foot doctor and they made me inserts for my shoes. Pain in the you know what to remember to ease myself into using them an hour a day and then two hours, etc. But they did make my feet hurt less in the area that I was complaining about. Now a different part of my feet hurt. I remember the doctor saying something about surgery for my big toe if it got worse. It is a lot worse, but the word surgery pretty much closes me down. I'm not going back to the foot doctor anytime soon.
Pain is just a symptom. Food for thought.
posted by KathrynVH @ 10:57 AM
3 Comments:
At October 1, 2009 at 6:20 AM,
EZ Travel said…
Comfort isn't covered? Amazing.
Viagra? Sure we'll cover that. But pain? Suck it up!
At October 1, 2009 at 2:31 PM,
John Beauregard said…
Don't give up on the inserts (arch supports). In my working years (mostly at a desk) I was unable to stand for more than 15 minutes without sever foot pain. I went to a few doctors (podiatrist, orthopedic surgeon) to no avail. After I retired in 2003 I just happened to go into a store called "Good Feet Store" in Las Vegas. They fitted me with a pair of inserts that hurt like hell at first. But after about 6 weeks I could leave them in all day. I now have essentially no foot pain even though I walk 18 holes of golf twice a week. With all that exercise (an some dietary changes) I lost 30 pounds. I never go anywhere without those inserts. I know it sounds trite but they literally changed my life.
At October 5, 2009 at 10:23 AM,
KathrynVH said…
The inserts are great, but now the arthritis in my big toe hurts more. The podiatrist actually said that my other foot pain was because I was walking in such a way as to offset the pain in my big toe. Inserts correct that but now I notice the big toe. Surgery was his solution to the big toe problem. I think I will live with a painful big toe for a bit longer.
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