!!?? Foot Pain!!!

November 6, 2002

Hi ,

I hope you read this post...I just about dropped dead when I read

all your posts about your foot pain!!! It was like reading MY

STORY!!! I got explanted in September. My first 'symptom' 17

months ago started in my feet and ankles!!! Immediately after

explant the pain was gone. Now just two days ago...it started up

again! I had a month and a half of no pain..and then bam..here it

is again. I called Dr. Kolb and she wasn't at all surprised. She

said when you are so full of infection it could take a long time for

that to go away. I was off my antibiotics for only a week when the

pain came back. So now I am back on Cipro and antifungal drug as

well..and they are already better! Dr. Blais out of Canada also

told me that this could hang on for up to 36 months, but he was

certain that with antibiotics it would eventually be cleared out of

my system and I would be rid of it. Believe me...I KNOW HOW BAD

YOUR FEET HURT!!! I thought I was going to be in a wheel chair.

I'm serious...it got that bad! Write and tell me where your pain

is...I'd love to hear from you!!! Thanks!!

November 6, 2002

I have talked to Dr Blias too but he never mentioned that this foot thing

was implant related. I know that it could be, my feeling though is that I

have taken too many rounds of antibiotics and they never helped, so I just

dont want to go there again, it was not worth it to me. I was too sick from

the meds, that was awful, and I don't have anyo ther things wrong with me

other than the stupid feet thing. Ok, my pain is right on the heel and the

underneathe of the arch. It can range in severity from being almost

disabling to being almost non existent. It can really be hard to get around

or to work out or anything, it sucks!

WHat kind of foot pain did you have? Are you active? what kind of meds are

you on?

Thanks for writting

hugs

C

----- Original Message -----

From: " jean_puppe " <jpuppe@...>

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Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:02 PM

Subject: !!?? Foot Pain!!!

> Hi ,

> I hope you read this post...I just about dropped dead when I read

> all your posts about your foot pain!!! It was like reading MY

> STORY!!! I got explanted in September. My first 'symptom' 17

> months ago started in my feet and ankles!!! Immediately after

> explant the pain was gone. Now just two days ago...it started up

> again! I had a month and a half of no pain..and then bam..here it

> is again. I called Dr. Kolb and she wasn't at all surprised. She

> said when you are so full of infection it could take a long time for

> that to go away. I was off my antibiotics for only a week when the

> pain came back. So now I am back on Cipro and antifungal drug as

> well..and they are already better! Dr. Blais out of Canada also

> told me that this could hang on for up to 36 months, but he was

> certain that with antibiotics it would eventually be cleared out of

> my system and I would be rid of it. Believe me...I KNOW HOW BAD

> YOUR FEET HURT!!! I thought I was going to be in a wheel chair.

> I'm serious...it got that bad! Write and tell me where your pain

> is...I'd love to hear from you!!! Thanks!!

>

November 6, 2002

PS

yes the wheelchair thing, it can be that bad, I totally know what you mean.

Mine is not that bad right now, it is mostly fear of it getting back to

that, that is how it was about 2 months ago when I was so desperate I got

the steroid shot, man that was desperate, I could not have gone anywhere the

way I was. We tried to go to the fair and I had to sit down every ten

minutes. When we went on a trip to Reno I got so bad, I didn't know that I

could make it through the airport, and that was on pain meds it was so bad.

IT SUCKED. Anyhow I am trying to stretch, ice, rest it as much as possible,

those are the things that work the best for me now.