So around June of 2014 my feet started acting up. My ankles are constantly swelling, so that part was nothing new. But my feet, the pain in my heels and up the back of my heel was so excruciatingly painful, I was finding it difficult to even walk.
Months passed, and next thing I know, I am unable to get out of bed, literally. I'm stumbling around trying to get up even out of a chair. Going shopping, yeah right. Over the Holiday, I had to drive to each store, even those in the mall, and hobble into the store, sitting just to get to the department I needed to get to. More than one store required at least a 20 minute break in my car.
So I dug out my walker, which helps me get out of bed, sometimes. If it so bad, I cannot use my feet at all. I've had to drop to my knees and crawl to the bathroom, which is the only place I really need to go when I'm home alone. After I get up, I usually get warmed up a little bit, and I'm not falling down.
So to my old rheumatologist I went, I have been without one for months. Tests, blood work, and finally a decision to go back on methotrexate again. This time I'm trying the self injectable shots, 15mg per week of the nasty stuff. I'm trying to have a good attitude about it, but Im really struggling.
Does anyone else have giant ankles, tops of the feet swelling, such severe pain on the bottoms of my heels and up my achilles tendon that I'd like to vomit.
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