Dr. C, I love you "TOE" much!!

A Toe Update.

After continuing to suffer with this oozing, red, swollen toe for several months, I decided it was finally time to seek some professional help. After all, its not sandal season anymore and boots are a real bitch to wear when are having foot issues. I began this quest with my family doctor who decided, upon viewing it, that I needed to move on to a podiatrist. And, luckily my friend, M, happened to have needed the services of a podiatrist in the past. She recommended that I see Dr C. "He is not just a good podiatrist, but HOT podiatrist. He can hold my foot any day” said M. So when my family doc asked me if I had any preferences, I immediately said that I would like to see Dr C , not "old Dr C" but young C because, of course, this guy is a third generation foot doctor. How does being a foot doctor become a family business?? Anyway, they got me in pretty quick—about a week later, which is amazing in the specialist world.

Last Wed. morning was my appointment and Dr. C was not only physically attractive but he had a calm, humble persona. He immediately looked at my toe and I could tell he was excited about what he was seeing. He began squeezing it and asking me if any stuff had come out of it, etc. Of course, on my way to this appointment, I wondered if it was going to be completely apparent that I had performed bathroom surgery on this thing numerous times and made at least one attempt to squeeze it every day—so when he squeezed it, I felt a little less crazy.
He knew what it was right away. He said it was a mucoid cyst. Apparently, I had, somehow along the way, injured or hyper extended the first joint of my middle toe, causing there to be a rupture in the sack around the joint. and it began leaking joint fluid. Your body reacts to joint fluid where it is not suppose to be by wanting to expel it at the closest place which, unfortunately was on the top of that toe. So the weird, ky jelly-like stuff that was coming out of my toe was actually joint lubrication…how fucked up is that. He drew my a nice picture and everything to help explain it all. He said that there were two options of treating it—either shooting it up Cortizone or opening the toe up and cauterizing it. I have to say that I am not a fan of having to “cauterize” anything—it sounds awful in and of itself. We went with the Cortizone shot which was going to help reduce inflamation and hopefully, help the joint sack repair itself…sounds yummy.

I like to consider myself a fairly tough woman. I’ve had a Cesarean section, had numerous teeth pulled and had five or more root canals. But for some reason, having a needle inserted into my foot several times was just a bit too much. Of course, they have to numb you up first. And they have to do it “slowly” which means sitting there for several minutes with a nurse holding the needle in place. Thank the gods, I was already sitting down because I became sweaty and cold and thought for sure I was going to pass out. Actually, I think the numbing shots were the worst part. The shot of Cortizone itself was not bad at all. Maybe that's because Dr. C was down there ever so gently poking my cyst—in all of his glory.

I have to say that my toe feels better now than it has for several months. No more oozing or screaming whenever it is bumped. And, in three weeks, it has to be rechecked by Dr. C—my newest heroe!! I’ll be looking forward to that visit.

Luckily, this has been my most urgent health issue lately. I recovered nicely from the gall bladder removal in September which along with my plain old laziness, has kept me away from "Blog World". And, lately, I have wanted to work on improving my health, since that is probably the only way I will ever get rid of the acid reflux and the high blood pressure--yet again physical manfestations of the stress of our society. I continue to be plugging away at improving my psyche through therapy. Someday I will be fully enlightened...right after, I have a smoke and some more junk food.