My last few weeks bounce rate on my blog web site has been 100%. That means that 100% of the people that looked at my blog stayed on it for less than 5 seconds. Either fast readers, or computer bots.
This past week has been a medical week.
On the 19th I did a Parkrun. Lots of stump pain. I walked a very slow 1:26:14. My stump swelled up afterwards, and I couldn't get the socket on for 2 days. The week before, I had done 5 km walks, 3 times. I think my stump needs more than a day or two to heal, and recover.
Wednesday I went to see the Prosthestist. We chatted lots, and decided not to cast a new socket. Because my stump swells so easy, a new socket should be bigger, yet I want one tighter for walking. My current socket is too big, but I can easily shove foam into it to make it smaller. A loose socket is a pain in the ass, but a very tight socket is unusable. I'll keep my "too big" socket.
He gave me some new putty like stuff. It feels like play-dough. I am supposed to put it in the bottom of my socket, and walk. It should squish and flow around the end of the stump, and form a perfect fitting pad between the end of the stump, and the bottom of the socket. It takes about 24 hours to set, and then it should feel like a soft silicone sealer, like you use to seal around your bathtub.
Thursday I went to a Podiatrist. My good foot is having typical problems due to my increased distances I walk each week. When I used to run I had the same problems. Toenails and nerve pains. The second toe on my good foot, has a nail I thought was going to come off. It now grows almost 90 degrees to the left. The nail grows mostly up and gets thicker. I have been using a Dremmel tool to grind it down.
He said that the nail had become detached on the side, so only half is growing, which makes it bend as it grows. He said the solution is to use the Dremmel tool weekly.
I also get a pain in my middle toes that feels like they are broken, but I can twist and massage the toes with out pain. There is a nerve that is in the pad of the foot that causes the pain. He touched it and my toes really hurt. It is fairly common, and called Morton's Neuroma.
He added a pad under my shoe innersole to keep pressure off the nerve, and that helped.
The receptionist came in with a handwritten file, and said that I was an old patient. I had seen this doctor in 2008 for the same problem. Increased running distance, and Morton's Neuroma. They had been in Pretoria then.
If my brain remembered things better, I could have saved the trip.
Friday was an Oncologist day. First was blood tests. Then I had to drink a liter of liquid. Then lay in a metal tube, while they injected radioactive Iodine into me. It made me feel hot, and like I had peed my pants. After they were done they asked me to lay still. Then they re-did some of the photos in my pelvic region.
Last CT scan in February 2018 showed swollen lymph nodes in my right groin. They said they must be from an infection. Well, the lymph glands in my right groin are still swollen. The Doctors agreed that this is not a cancer related event, but also agreed that it isn't good. So I am supposed to go see a Lymph Doctor.
On Saturday I did another Parkrun. I had not done any real walking since the previous park run, so I figured I would be out of shape. It turned out to be my fastest ever, 1:10:44, and I finished with no pain or discomfort in the stump. So now I think that if I don't walk during the week, and let the stump rest well, then I can do a faster Parkrun. Maybe some time on my Exercycle to get a cardio workout, and rest the stump.
I was feeling better than after any other Parkrun, so went over to a friends house. On arrival there she pointed out that I had damaged my good leg in two places, and it was bleeding from both wounds. I had not felt a thing. She also pointed out that my calf was very hard and swollen. I fear there is something wrong with my good leg. It is red and hot, numb, swollen, and the lymph glands are swollen.
Sigh :-(
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