My left foot and hip were aching last night. My horse stepped on that foot almost six weeks ago and it has not healed properly. It was almost good but now for a week or so it's been worse again. Not sure if it's just an aftermath of the hoof - suspecting it's also SjS related...
In the dream the foot was so bad I wasn't able to walk. I went to a hospital where a busy, self-important lady rheumy didn't really even bother looking at it. It wasn't Sjögren's so she wasn't interested in it.
I went away but the pain was so bad and my moving got even worse so I went back. Laying there, on the table, the rheumy still didn't want anything to do with me. Then another lady doctor came into the room, looked at my foot and immediately said it needs surgery at once. When she said that the rheumy got interested, too, and said that she could join the surgery and fix the SjS issues in the same operation.
There I was, on the table, couldn't walk, desperately had to pee and wondered if I should let my folks know I was going into surgery - and how would I manage to inform them. ???
All this because I was aching! The rheumy in the dream resembled my own rheumy...
Are you sure it was a dream? It sounds like a regular doctor appointment to me.
Joe, sadly you're totally right. And not just in US but in Finland, too :(
I have been reading of a change in modern medicine. They are calling it Restorative Medicine. It is doing very well against the diseases associated with aging. Lots of blood work to monitor progress. Nutracuticals Bio-identical hormone replacement. Life Extension suggests the addition of probiotics and the elimination of parasites.
The doctors that practice Restorative Medicine are experiencing a broad range of success in the past 15 years. I Think that some of us are working on the same lines. Ghee, and probiotics, that help the gut are among them.
I had to read again to see if what was mentioned was a dream. lol... I thought it was real too.
susanep :)
You might find some help from a podiatrist. I found out that I can break bones in my foot and not know it. It has taken a few years, but I can now walk what I call "thoughtlessly," meaning that I don't have pain to bring my attention to every step.
Sharon
When I worked with horse/childrens programs I had one of the Haflinger's step on my foot..fortunately it was even pressure and I pushed him off. And told him he was a "Klutz"
It was when I went to jump down from getting a bale of hay..that I learned something was definitely wrong with my shins. That was the summer I was almost tripping over my feet as I jogged along side the horses.
Seems mending takes a long time now. Visit to the Dr. for you? Prescription Lidocaine 5% helps me.
Hahaha - what about the part where you tell the doctors that the injury was horse-related and they "tsk"ed and shook their heads - to which you replied "It wasn't the horse's fault!!!" (It's NEVER the horses fault....) ::) :P
(I've been a rider/trainer for 35 years and definitely feel your pain, LOL....)
Funny how our dreams want to resolve everything, even if it's in a really weird way....
Today is two months since the pony stepped on my foot. Wow how time flies! Anyway, it still feels swollen and some days I can see a bruise on it. Yep, I have to talk to my doctor about it tomorrow. One more thing to add to the list!
Sharon - a friend of mine had a broken hand for two weeks before she found out about it!
Quietdynamics - "klutz" is a good name for my horsie, too :D I was lucky to have a soft layer of sawdust under my foot so the impact wasn't that bad. I think without that I would've lost a couple of toes :o And yes, mending really seems to be taking a long time. I bruise easily and they stay for ever!
Sleepy In Seattle - Of course it's not the horse's fault! :D My gp doesn't "tsk" me, just laughs. She knows that the horsie is my life line and my therapist :) 35 years? Wow... I've only ridden for 4,5 years and a lot of it very intermittently. The horsie has been mine only 10 months now.
As for weird dreams - I'm famous for them. My friends/relatives keep telling me to write a book of my wild and weird dreams :D
My dream life is as real and vivid as my waking life. I have a series of dream "sets" that I return to, evolve in and eventually leave. I get great ideas, solve problems, and enjoy being able to hear without effort, have energy, move smoothly, and otherwise be "normal."
You know, this triggered a thought about something. An elderly musician friend had normal pressure hydrocephalus, and no pain. He got a shunt in, and discovered that he had some serious arthritis and needed pain meds after that. I am confident that he would be long dead without that shunt, though.
I wonder if breaking bones without pain can be a reflection of CNS involvement?
Sharon