[Health]

[magid]

Yesterday I got home tired from all the walking I'd done (it turned out to be 8.5 miles), took my sandals off, and soon after managed to stub my toe rather badly. It hurt, but was getting less (as I stayed up too late to monitor it). This morning, it was still a bit sore to the touch, but I walked a couple of miles without a problem. By lunchtime, it got to be lurid black and blue colors, so I called the doctor's office to see if I should come in. Nurse's verdict: no. I should tape it to the next toe and RICE it (minus the compression), minimizing time on my feet. Apparently it doesn't matter with the second-smallest toe whether it's sprained or broken, as long as there aren't bits poking through the skin or major misalignment. Hopefully it'll feel better in a couple of days; I want to be able to walk without worry.

Also yesterday, my eyelids felt gritty, almost as if I'd scratched one of them, which I didn't pay attention to until this morning when I realized that my eyelids were starting to go puffy. It's happened a couple of times before, freaking me out both times; it's really uncomfortable with very swollen eyelids, not to mention grotesque. So, antihistimines, which are holding things steady at slight discomfort (and much tiredness). It seems to be some kind of allergic reaction, but I don't know what to: the other incidents were in late April 2003 (with a rash) and mid November 2003 (just the eyes). It's been suggested something about rainy times does this; it's as plausible as anything else. Still, I wish I hadn't developed whatever-this-is. (And hope that it'll go away in four years, if the rumors about a 7-year allergy cycle is correct.)

Not surprisingly, I'm planning a stop at the apothecary on the way home.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better.

Not surprisingly, I'm planning a stop at the apothecary on the way home.

I had images of you walking into the 19th century first. Or possibly Elizabethan England.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

It would be nice if it were so easy to time travel. There's an apothecary down the street (yay for independent businesses!), and it felt fun to use the less-usual word.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Yikes all around!

Re toe: make certain to put a little tissue or guaze between the toes for sweatiness.

Re eyelids: I always get this when I am not sleeping enough and is often helped by sleeping.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Toe: one of the web sites I looked at mentioned this to avoid hurting the skin; I'll be sure to do it.

Eyelids: I'm not egregiously underslept, so I don't think it's that for me, but yowza! that sucks to have a sleep deficit show up so visibly.

[istemi.livejournal.com]

If you wrap all the way around the toe in a little gauze, the adhesive tape will only stick to your good toe and any bits of the foot it touches. This makes it SO much less painful to take off - no tape pulling on tender toes.

They recommend good stiff shoes, too. I think they act as a walking cast, and ensure you flex the toe as little as possible.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Well, I was more thinking about the grittiness.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the gauze recommendation; I hope it'll be easy to take the tape off without pain.

The nurse suggested open shoes like sandals, to avoid pressure on the toe. It was all done over the phone, though, so I don't know whether the recommendation would've been different had she (or the doctor) seen it.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

You might or might not remember Mom having eyelids swollen shut many years ago. In that case it had to do with a lot of blackfly bites. While I doubt you have that same allergy - at least, I never heard of you testing for that one - it sounds as if you do share that allergy symptom. You might want to talk with her.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Definitely not black flies in this case, but yeah. Luckily the antihistimines have kept it under control, and I think I'm most of the way through it.