Day 54: Continued Suckage
So, I weighed in on Day 50 (Week 7). Back to 298lbs. Clearly, the Week 6 Weight loss was due to dehydration and food poisoning.
As I said I would in my last post, I switched back over to the Dr. Scholl's inserts from the New Balance inserts. Previously, the Dr School's insets had helped a lot with the plantar fasciitis, but the ball-of-foot pain got much worse while wearing them. Switching to the New Balance inserts caused the ball-of-foot pain to go away quickly, but the plantar fasciitis got worse. I decided to wear the New Balance inserts until the ball-of-foot pain had been completely gone for more than a week, then switch to the Dr. Scholl's inserts in the hope that the plantar fasciitis would then heal, and the ball-of-foot pain wouldn't come back. I made that switch last week.
So far, so good. There has been no return of the ball-of-foot pain, and the plantar fasciitis is completely gone in my left heel. I'm still experiencing plantar fasciitis pain in my right heel. It is less than what it was before switching back to the Dr. Scholl's inserts, but it's been pretty steady for the past several days. I'm just going to stick with it, and hope for the best.
The knee pain continues to be a big concern. I've been wearing my McDavid Level III knee braces as much as possible. I'd only felt a few twinges in my right knee, and have been wearing the brace on that knee pretty much as a preventative measure, and have had no more problems with it. The left knee has been strange. Some days, I feel nothing. Some days, it hurts, and some days, I just feel a twinge that sort of warns me to take it easy on the knee.
Look down at your left knee. Put your finger on the kneecap. Go up to the top of the kneecap, then over to the right side (the inside). Now go down about 1 inch. Just to the right of that (the inside) is where I feel the pain, weirdness. It doesn't swell, but sometimes, when I press there, it hurts. Other times, it doesn't. For the past 4 days, the twinge I feel there has been constant.
It's strange, It doesn't hurt when I bend down to get something, or climb stairs, or twist the knee. The only time I feel it is when I'm walking. When I walk, I bend the knee as little as possible, and get the weight off of that leg as quickly as possible. I've just realized that causes me to put more weight on my right leg. Maybe that is what is causing the continued plantar fasciitis pain in my right heel. We'll just have to see.
My knee braces are good, and my knees feel much more stable when I wear them, but they don't do anything directly for the spot to the inside of my knee where I actually feel the twinges/pain. I've ordered the next level up brace, which has cross straps to support the area of the knee where my twinges/pain are.
http://www.mcdavidusa.com/Product/429RX/MCDAVID_Level_3_Knee_Brace_w_PSII_hinges_cross_straps.aspx
As I said I would in my last post, I switched back over to the Dr. Scholl's inserts from the New Balance inserts. Previously, the Dr School's insets had helped a lot with the plantar fasciitis, but the ball-of-foot pain got much worse while wearing them. Switching to the New Balance inserts caused the ball-of-foot pain to go away quickly, but the plantar fasciitis got worse. I decided to wear the New Balance inserts until the ball-of-foot pain had been completely gone for more than a week, then switch to the Dr. Scholl's inserts in the hope that the plantar fasciitis would then heal, and the ball-of-foot pain wouldn't come back. I made that switch last week.
So far, so good. There has been no return of the ball-of-foot pain, and the plantar fasciitis is completely gone in my left heel. I'm still experiencing plantar fasciitis pain in my right heel. It is less than what it was before switching back to the Dr. Scholl's inserts, but it's been pretty steady for the past several days. I'm just going to stick with it, and hope for the best.
The knee pain continues to be a big concern. I've been wearing my McDavid Level III knee braces as much as possible. I'd only felt a few twinges in my right knee, and have been wearing the brace on that knee pretty much as a preventative measure, and have had no more problems with it. The left knee has been strange. Some days, I feel nothing. Some days, it hurts, and some days, I just feel a twinge that sort of warns me to take it easy on the knee.
Look down at your left knee. Put your finger on the kneecap. Go up to the top of the kneecap, then over to the right side (the inside). Now go down about 1 inch. Just to the right of that (the inside) is where I feel the pain, weirdness. It doesn't swell, but sometimes, when I press there, it hurts. Other times, it doesn't. For the past 4 days, the twinge I feel there has been constant.
It's strange, It doesn't hurt when I bend down to get something, or climb stairs, or twist the knee. The only time I feel it is when I'm walking. When I walk, I bend the knee as little as possible, and get the weight off of that leg as quickly as possible. I've just realized that causes me to put more weight on my right leg. Maybe that is what is causing the continued plantar fasciitis pain in my right heel. We'll just have to see.
My knee braces are good, and my knees feel much more stable when I wear them, but they don't do anything directly for the spot to the inside of my knee where I actually feel the twinges/pain. I've ordered the next level up brace, which has cross straps to support the area of the knee where my twinges/pain are.
http://www.mcdavidusa.com/Product/429RX/MCDAVID_Level_3_Knee_Brace_w_PSII_hinges_cross_straps.aspx
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