My Left Foot
My GP diagnosed the pain in my left heel as Plantar Fasciitis. Gave me a script for naproxen, 500mg. Also said a good treatment is to submerge your foot in a bucket of ice! Holy schnikies! I think that would be only slightly less pleasant than pounding my testicles flat with a mallet. Standing on it for hours on end really doesn't feel good. I need to look into the exercises that are supposed to help.
As I am typing this, I have the World Series on the tube, and I have now heard and seen Chevy's "This is our country" ad for the 9 millionth time. I am so sick of it I could puke. Come to think of it, their previous campaign featured the song, "Like A Rock", which ran for fucking years. Yes, I was sick of that one too.
My dog Brandy is doing better. She has hip dysplasia, and is quite old. She is on Prednisone now, and doesn't seem to be in any pain, although she stumbles around a bit.
As I am typing this, I have the World Series on the tube, and I have now heard and seen Chevy's "This is our country" ad for the 9 millionth time. I am so sick of it I could puke. Come to think of it, their previous campaign featured the song, "Like A Rock", which ran for fucking years. Yes, I was sick of that one too.
My dog Brandy is doing better. She has hip dysplasia, and is quite old. She is on Prednisone now, and doesn't seem to be in any pain, although she stumbles around a bit.
posted by The Pained Pundit at 7:02 PM
3 Comments:
what is your life about?
i hope your life is about more than just pain- because life is beautiful. i just thought you should know.
Do you recommend a "Life is Beautiful" poster be placed in the cells of Guantanamo Bay?
But there is some truth in what you write - a chronic pain in the body could be fixed or made better by getting something seemingly unrelated in one's life plan going stronger.
Any chance of that being helpful, Left-Footer?
The misplaced 'patriotism' of the car commercials has given at least half the country a feeling that 'everything hurts', largely because America's 'volunteer' army is killing and maiming itself in the Middle East largely because that part of the world is so important to us largely because it has oil.
And oil is so vital somewhat because Americans suck up more per capita than anyone else, in part because they love big stupid 4-wheel drive off-road trucks even when they are used to ferry Tiffany to ballet while Mommy balances a latte and a cell phone on her lap. She doesn;t need the extra safety of having both hands on the wheel, because she has carefully picked a vehicle lethal to most ordinary auto drivers....
NOW ABOUT YOUR LEFT FOOT -
An ice bucket sounds Neanderthal - but coolness shrinks inflammation without the steroids Brandy is taking. What about a towel with water as cool as you can comfortably take it for as long as you can painlessly take it??
I can't quite put my finger on it (!), but you sound familiar. Like someone-I've-known-my-whole-life familiar. Is that true, Anonymous?
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