Today's update

I spent the weekend in a wheelchair, at the Weekend to Remember marriage retreat in Indianapolis.  My feet & toes were blue/cold AND my calves were.  My feet hurt quite a bit too, both from cold-pain, and the other-pain I've been having.  The hot tub was awesome to warm me up, Saturday eve.

Anyway, back to reality & home.

My podiatrist was uncomfortable scheduling an MRI, and asked what the neurologist thought.  So I have a call in to the neurologist to find out his opinion.  When I was in there, he suggested the next step was to have exploratory tarsal-tunnel release surgery.  THAT is scary, to just have them dig around.

I still haven't heard back from my family doctor either, and he's "contemplating" letting me have an MRI.  I don't hold out much hope there either, as he's had the note since late last Wednesday and it is now mid-afternoon on Tuesday.

Today I saw the chiropractor again.  Last week, he said 50/50 on whether he could help me or not.  My xrays (the new one from today) still show my hips being unlevel, even moreso today than last Tuesday, and I was standing flat-footed today for sure.  After doing his own research on me, he is 60/40 convinced now that I have tarsal tunnel (what he's doing wouldn't help in that case).  One good thing though - he said if after 2 weeks of conservative care, if I'm not starting to see some relief, HE will order an MRI.

So the lineup is:

Continued chiropractic for another 1-2 weeks
Rheumatologist to check for neuropathy and Raynaud's June 18
Cardiologist to check for peripheral vascular disease July 5

Tarsal tunnel is still up in the air - hopefully I can get an MRI before I would have surgery.  It is hard for me to justify surgery yet.

Last ditch will be Mayo Clinic.

Please continue to keep me in your prayers.