Achilles Tendonitis

[grandma3]

MY PAIN STARTED THIS YEAR FIRST IT WAS SORE FEET THEN WENT TO DR.HE THOUGHT IT WAS PLANTAR FASCITIS...TOLD ME TO GET BETTER WORK SHOES IM IN RETAIL,AND GET INSERTS...SO I DID..HELPED FOR AWHILE THEN IT GOT MUCH WORSE.....SO I WENT BK DR GAVE ME 3 DAYS OFF.SO I FIGURED THE REST WOULD DO MY FEET SOME GOOD....I RETURNED TO WORK AND LASTED THAT MONDAY 1 1/2 HOURS...I FOUND MY MGR AND SAID I NEED A MEDICAL LEAVE PACKET. I KNEW I HAD TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS I WAS ALMOST IN TEARS.....SO I WENT TO A FOOT DR MY MOM RECOMMENED..AND HAD MY FIRST EMGNCV STUDY TEST DONE AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL...IT WAS ALITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE....BUT MY RESULTS CAME BK OK..SO I WAS PUZZLED...STILL HAD THE PROBLEM BUT NOW IT WAS TINGLING,BURNING,HURT ALL OVER MY 2 FEET....MY SISTER WORKS FOR AN ORTHO SURGEON IN ANOTHER TOWN SO I BEGAN TO WRITE HER...SHE WAS NICE ENOUGH TO SET ME UP AND APPT...IM FINALLY GETTING SOMEWHERE CAUSE LST DR SAID RESULTS WERE FINE AND THAT WAS IT..JUST SOME FREE DRUGS TO TAKE... SO FINALLY I WENT TO DR AND HE DID A MORE THROUGH TEST LIFTED MY LEFT LEG UP VERY HIGH AND ASKED ME HOW MY FOOT FELT...IT WAS GETTING NUMER(SP) SO HE KNEW I DIDNT HAVE INSURANCE BUT SET UP AN APPT FOR ME WITH A TERIFFIC DR...SO NOW ITS SEPT AND I FINALLY GET MY DIAGNOSIS...TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME..SO AMID THE PAPER WORK TO READ, I SEE THE DR AGAIN THIS MONTH WANTS TO START ME ON SHOTS STEROID I SUSPOSE---ID RATHER HAVE THE SURGERY ITS A 3 MONTH HEALING PROCESS.IM OFF WORK THROUGH DECEMBER ANYWAY....ANY ONE HAVE THE SHOTS B4 AND DOES IT HELP...SARAH