Well, mystery solved. Yes, this is a thorn coming out of my foot. How we got to this is quite the adventure. It all started back in August as I was training for the Ragnar Relay. I never noticed any sharp pain or bleeding, but I started to notice a small inflammed bump on the side of my foot. I didn't pay much attention to it since it didn't hurt, just a small bump. So after running the race winter hit as did my inactivity. The bump went away and I forgot all about it until about 4 weeks ago. I played basketball 4 weeks ago and noticed that the bump returned. Again, not a huge deal and I didn't pay much attention to it. Then I played the next week and the bump became twice as large and twice as red. It then started to hurt when I walked. I tried different shoes and walked on my toes, but when the pain increase I decided I'd finally bite the bullet and get it checked out. So I made an appointment with the podiatrist and went in last week (even though it actually started to feel better). She was stumped. Xrays were clear, nothing related to muscle or tendon. She suspected a foreign body and wanted to cut into it to see if there'd be any drainage. Well she cut a nice size slit, no drainage and somehow she missed this giant thorn in there. She then wanted an MRI to see what was going on. As you all know I'm not one to fork out $900 for anything, especially since it was feeling better. I agreed that I'd get the MRI if it got worse. As luck would have it I was playing with Paxton yesterday and as I rolled over the top of my foot I felt this intense stinging pain. I looked down at my sock and saw something sticking out. I thought it was just super inflammed but when I pulled my sock back, this is what I saw.
I called Connie over and she started freaking out / laughing all at once. We took a ton of pictures and then I pulled it the rest of the way out. My foot has never felt better, and what a blessing it is to not have to get an MRI. I just can't believe that has been in my foot for that long. Yowzers!!!!
2 comments:
Yikes!!! Someone really tolerates pain well. I would have been yelping a lot sooner. But what a blessing to have it appear miraculously n its own. Glad the mystery is solved.
How do you have a thorn stuck in your foot for 7 months? HOw is that possible? You're blowing my mind right now!!! I have nothing else to say.
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