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Ross Petrone
ParticipantThe only relief that seems to take the pressure off and make the pain more bearable is walking with a cane. The medical bills are eating me alive and I want to get back to work full-time, but it’s hard to find a job when your limping or walking in with a cane for a job interview, so I just grin and bear it. My husband still expects me to be able to physically accomplish all of the household tasks I did before and work. That will never change, and I can no longer afford to pay people to help me with what I cannot physically accomplish around the house. Please don’t advise me to ask my husband for help as it takes an act of Congress to get him to change a light bulb. I’m 52, but my body has betrayed me and I feel like I’m 102. There’s no real quality of life left, especially since I was so active before the surgery I wish I’d never had. I’m in 10X more pain after the surgery which was 2 years ago and have had more problems post-op than pre-op. Reading, art, and studying are my outlets. Trigger point helps, but if I can’t work, I can’t afford that luxury . Yes, we have insurance and the total spent after insurance has been over $15K. I just want to be able to do housework and work 40-60 hours again.
Ross Petrone
ParticipantThanks for the newsfeed on this topic. I’m experiencing the same stabbing pain as described, only after foot and ankle reconstruction with a tendon transfer from my left calf to the inside of my left ankle. I ruptured a tendon 6 cm into the calf muscle, so another tendon is now attached in tandem. I am in so much excruciating pain all of the time and refuse to take narcotic pain medication or muscle relaxers, because I don’t want to become a prescription drug addict. I’ve tried four rounds of P/T, OTC topicals and RX topicals, Epsom Salts, ice, heat, stretching, the exercise ball, swimming, ballet exercises in the pool, hydrotherapy , trigger point, and of course Advil and Tylenol P.M.
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