Would you believe...
Some time in early August, I stepped on tiny sliver of something near the ball of my foot. I attempted to remove it and it actually seemed to disappear. Then last week, nearly six weeks later, the entire sole of my foot swelled. The sudden swelling caused me to call my foot doctor about an hour into work. My doctor said quite simply "Either get your ass in my office right now (he had a cancellation), or go to an Emergency Room." I left work and ran to his office.
One X-ray and 5 minutes later, he removed the object that was in my foot. It was a tiny piece of metal no bigger than the tip of the tip of a ball point pen. It wasn't in very deep, but my body had finally rejected it and it was causing...an infection. An infection? Yep. An infection so bad that I've been on antibiotics for over a week.
It's amazing that something that small and so completely unnoticeable was on course to send me to the hospital with an infection that was spreading up my foot and into my leg?
I can't think of how many times I've had a splinter in my hand or foot in my life, or suffered cuts or scrapes from something metallic during a home repair. I guess this is why we get tetanus shots, use antibiotic creams, alcohol and peroxide?
Either way...it's good to be back on track. I feel like I have a leg up on everyone else now...
Some time in early August, I stepped on tiny sliver of something near the ball of my foot. I attempted to remove it and it actually seemed to disappear. Then last week, nearly six weeks later, the entire sole of my foot swelled. The sudden swelling caused me to call my foot doctor about an hour into work. My doctor said quite simply "Either get your ass in my office right now (he had a cancellation), or go to an Emergency Room." I left work and ran to his office.
One X-ray and 5 minutes later, he removed the object that was in my foot. It was a tiny piece of metal no bigger than the tip of the tip of a ball point pen. It wasn't in very deep, but my body had finally rejected it and it was causing...an infection. An infection? Yep. An infection so bad that I've been on antibiotics for over a week.
It's amazing that something that small and so completely unnoticeable was on course to send me to the hospital with an infection that was spreading up my foot and into my leg?
I can't think of how many times I've had a splinter in my hand or foot in my life, or suffered cuts or scrapes from something metallic during a home repair. I guess this is why we get tetanus shots, use antibiotic creams, alcohol and peroxide?
Either way...it's good to be back on track. I feel like I have a leg up on everyone else now...
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