You Don’t Look Sick – Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis: FOOT DOCTOR

I started my day with a taxi to the foot doctor. I know it’s a podiatrist, but doesn’t foot doctor sound better?

She is the doctor who performed my ligament surgery years ago. She couldn’t believe it hurt both feet. She sent me down for x-rays. Very specific x-rays.

I went back to her office and she looked at the x-rays. The x-ray showed that the diagnosis of my right foot fracture was correct. My left foot was not diagnosed correctly. I tore my ligament again and my ankle is clicking. That means the ligament is loose. She also suspects that my left foot might be broken, but the x-ray did not show this. My foot is swollen and could be masking the fracture. I’m going back in two weeks for more x-rays.

I’m in two boots now. A large one to my left and a small one to my right. 4-6 weeks!

I canceled my trip to Oregon. I went to my friend’s for the weekend. The foot doctor agreed that the journey would be too difficult. 😫

I already mentioned one of the co-captains. Tonight was the first meeting where the third co-captain was present. It was not a smooth meeting. The third co-captain (CC) didn’t read the information, so he tried to recreate everything without knowing what had been completed. He is also wordy and had a habit of taking long pauses. A long pause means to me that their thoughts were complete and I can talk. He didn’t like that and told me not to interrupt him anymore. I was a little shocked because I thought we were having a lively discussion. As we hung up, he made a snide comment about how he hoped I wouldn’t interrupt him at future meetings.

The CC2 then texted me and told me that he thought CC3 was inconsistent with his comment. I appreciated him saying that. I told him that sometimes it’s hard to be the only woman in the room and be heard. Plus, CC3 was super long-winded.

We both agreed that this will be a lesson in patience.

See you tomorrow…