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🥰 today's words of wisdom...

"I couldn't heal
because I kept pretending I wasn't hurt."
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Pam - glad to see you back!!! I know about the rural problems. When R is out at his friend's farm we can barely communicate.

Way - wait till you buy your last car!!!! I swore the one I have now would be my last, unless I get really crazy and get that marigold yellow Jaguar convertible I've wanted for years. 😁

Ana- I have a few implants and one came out - chronic sinus infection which obviously affected the bone. I hated throwing that $$$$ sucker in the garbage

gershun - you and your foot and your appointment have been on my mind too. Update us when you can. (((((hugs)))))
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Gershun, any update on your foot issues?
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🥰 today's words of wisdom...

"I didn't realize who I was
until I stopped being who I wasn't."
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❤️

"Believe in yourself,
even if no one else does."
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Cwillie, I feel for you. I really do. My patch is holding so far... but I’m cautious about what I eat. So far chocolate hasn’t hurt it at all. 2 more weeks then prep for the crown. At least I don’t need another $$$$ implant. Good luck with yours.
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I know I’m getting old when I buy things ( like a new set of pots and pans ) and think to myself , I’ll never have to buy those again. 😄
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Well after a week without internet I am back on line! We are in a very rural area and our hughesnet went out, took a week to get it fixed. And our phones were wonkey too!
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Thank you Barb, about the traveling pain.
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Thanks Barb. I've been checking on line and some of the OTC dental fillings are basically beeswax, which I happen to have a lot of.
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My husband always has OTC dental glue thingies with him. His caps and fillings fall out frequently.
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gershun, hope your appointment goes well

barb -I had a couple of "boulders" in one eye after evac (from ash falling). They were excruciating! I went to an optometrist who took them out and gave me drops

cw - I had a temp fake tooth in front while waiting for another procedure. It became loose and fell out regularly, I used Poligrip ro keep it in. Wasn't great but good enough for the duration.
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Aaaand - the filling is gone. I called the dental office to see if it was OK to leave it until my appointment but got one of those maybe answers. I already paid for the temporary and then for another appointment to strategize my next steps, and since I'm going to be spending a fortune on the crown I'm really reluctant to spend any more on this tooth. Part of me wants to do like people on line and take the broken filling and reattach it with crazy glue (don't worry I won't).
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I think as I get older, I get better at advocating for better care for me. Woke up in the middle the night; I've been on antibiotic drops for conjunctivitis since Tuesday and I felt like a had a boulder in one of my eyes.

I called my eye doctor's service; I saw him early this am and now have steroid drops which are helping mightily.

I'm done with thinking the first thing is the cure. If it still hurts, speak up.
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Gershun, good luck and Godspeed today!

Send, nerve pain travels. I had terrible pain in my metatarsal, various toes had intermittent pain and occasional pain on the top of my foot.

The culprit seems to have been a neuroma (inflamed nerve endings) between my third and fourth toes. It showed up on an ultrasound of my foot, but not without some poking by the radiologist. A steroid injection has given me great relief.

It's NOT in your head. I think that we, as women, have been conned into thinking that if something isn't immediately obvious to the PCP, it's not "real".
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I think my temporary filling is failing, and my next dental appointment isn't until the end of June (my fault, I wanted to wait until after family wedding on the 11th).
Maybe I'm borrowing trouble and it won't fall out?
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Thank you for that, Cwillie.

I just read this:
"But medical and legal experts caution that oversimplified media coverage of the cases fail to capture the realities of the system – and warn that sensationalist coverage of a handful of “extreme” cases ignores a larger crisis in the country’s healthcare systems."
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Since you asked, here are the current guidelines for Medical Assistance in Dying eligibility

https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/maid/#eligibility

Federal legislation creates a framework for medical assistance in dying across Canada, including establishing eligibility criteria. The eligibility requirements are that the patient must:

be eligible for publicly funded health care services in Canada (or in the applicable waiting period),
be 18 years of age or older,
be capable of making health care decisions,
have a grievous and irremediable medical condition, which means:
the patient has a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability, and
the patient is in an advanced state of irreversible decline in capabilities, and
the patient is enduring physical or psychological suffering, caused by the medical condition or the state of decline, that is intolerable to the person and cannot be relieved under conditions that they consider acceptable;
be making a voluntary request;
provide informed consent to medical assistance in dying, which means:
for a patient whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable, the patient provides consent after having been informed of the means that are available to relieve their suffering, including palliative care.
for a patient whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, the patient provides consent:
after having been informed of other means available to them, including counselling, mental health supports, disability supports, community services and palliative care; and
after having been offered consultation with relevant professionals, as available and applicable; and
after having discussed these means with the medical or nurse practitioner and given serious consideration to these means.
If you are suffering solely from a mental illness (not in combination with another condition) you are not currently eligible for medical assistance in dying.
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Gershun,
Having doubts about the healthcare system in many countries lately.
Canada was on the news related to offering the homeless a suicide contract, but not for an illness. Just for being homeless. I hope this is just another lie from the news media.

So many people have researched their own particular condition and travelled to far away specialists, many with amazing results, imo.

You will find the right specialist soon, just keep trying. Have you tried sports tape? A PT can show you how to wrap it to support the instability while you heal.

@Barb
I have a similar pain and might ask my PCP for a referral to a podiatrist, or even an orthopedist. (pain since 2013, broken ankle). I am embarrassed because the pain travels, it flares up swollen and bright red, starts at the metatarsals, very painful to the touch, and cannot walk on it for several days to a week. It acts a bit like gout, and has settled this time in my middle toe, a bit red, and sometimes blue. It must be all in my head.
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🥰 today's words of wisdom...

"Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it."
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i hope you get well soon gershun!! :)
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Barb, I do have pain but mostly I just feel like there is some kind of dysfunction in my foot/ankle. My foot where I broke the metatarsals feels really stiff sometimes like I can't move it freely. When I walk it just doesn't feel steady. I wish I could describe it better than that but I can't.

I have a podiatrist appt. also in addition to my follow up with the ortho doc on Friday. I am going to ask about injections and custom orthotics. Hell, I'll fly to Germany if I have to. I hear they have a good health care system there. The health care system here in Vancouver has really gone downhill. They are starting to send people across the border to Washington to get cancer treatment now. Sad.
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Barb,

My husband did the same. The steroid shot was the only thing that alleviated his foot pain.
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Gershun, are you in pain?

I just got a steroid injection into an inflamed nerve in my foot: what a relief!

I swear by podiatrist and custom orthotics; mine changed my life.

Good luck on Friday with the orthopod. Please ask her if a gentler physio might be the answer.
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Gershun: Hope that you feel better soon.
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gershun -prayers for a solution and healing for your foot. How life can change so easily. Glad Hendrick is hanging in there.
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Gershun,

I always think about your kitty when I see your posts. You and your kitty are a package deal!

I identify with your love for Hendrick. I loved my cats the same way.

It’s amazing how deeply we love our pets. It’s very hard to lose them when their time comes.
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Thank you It's Me. I know I should let go and let God.
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Lol @ Beatty. Well, I'm certainly no Gazelle. I wasn't before my injury. Certainly not now. But I know what you mean. It's go, go, go all the time for physio people.

Need, kitty is hanging in there. Not getting any worse for now. I'm hoping he'll stay this way for a little while longer. But I'm prepared for whatever comes. Thank you for asking.
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I love Physios. So motivated. Move it move move it GO! Can spring around like nimble giselles with the strength of a puma well past their 70s.

I however, am part cat, part lizzard. I need my sleep. I like to lay in the sun.

I finished 3 weeks of my intense physio exercise plan - forced.myself.teeth.gritted.
I saw results.
Thank you Physio.

Then motivation ebb...
From the surge to the slip..

Now after 3 weeks of rest my injury is doing even better than it was.
Thank you Me 😉

Gershun, best wishes to find your balance too (sorry, bad pun!)

PS. What about a compromise? Gentle exercises in a warm pool (or bath)?
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