Just got back from the Docs where I had treatment for my feet. Or just the right foot as it turns out.
Now when I made this appointment he told me it wouldn't hurt as much as I had been lead to believe.
He lied!
I started to have by doubts when he said only one will be done today. Why not both?
Then I saw the size of the needle, not only the length but it's width!
Two vials were used. One was the steroid, the other a local. If I was getting a local then that would infer that there will be pain. That being the case, why didn't he inject me with that first?
That needle was pushed into the most painful area of my heel until it was imbedded in the tendon that runs under the foot. I was expecting one smooth movement, not some jiggery pockery to get it located correctly.
I'm used to needles. I get blood tests at least 4 times a year & some treatments are administered via injections.
Not once in my life have I ever wanted to scream out because of an injection...let alone want to vomit. Even now I can't find the words to describe how painful that was.
But it gets worse. The local isn't there to stop the injection from hurting, no, no. It's there because of the amount of bruising the injection causes in & around the treatment site. I now can't put my foot on the floor without wanting to scream.
This would also answer the question as to why both feet don't get treated at the same time.
But the best is to come... Next week I go back to have the other foot done... Unless I chicken out.
So if you ever have to go for steroid injections to treat a tendon issue in your feet/foot. Heed my words......
It ~~~~ing hurts & they lie to you!
Now when I made this appointment he told me it wouldn't hurt as much as I had been lead to believe.
He lied!
I started to have by doubts when he said only one will be done today. Why not both?
Then I saw the size of the needle, not only the length but it's width!
Two vials were used. One was the steroid, the other a local. If I was getting a local then that would infer that there will be pain. That being the case, why didn't he inject me with that first?
That needle was pushed into the most painful area of my heel until it was imbedded in the tendon that runs under the foot. I was expecting one smooth movement, not some jiggery pockery to get it located correctly.
I'm used to needles. I get blood tests at least 4 times a year & some treatments are administered via injections.
Not once in my life have I ever wanted to scream out because of an injection...let alone want to vomit. Even now I can't find the words to describe how painful that was.
But it gets worse. The local isn't there to stop the injection from hurting, no, no. It's there because of the amount of bruising the injection causes in & around the treatment site. I now can't put my foot on the floor without wanting to scream.
This would also answer the question as to why both feet don't get treated at the same time.
But the best is to come... Next week I go back to have the other foot done... Unless I chicken out.
So if you ever have to go for steroid injections to treat a tendon issue in your feet/foot. Heed my words......
It ~~~~ing hurts & they lie to you!
Ive had 2 injection so far, 1 in my left ankle, they done mine in theater and you can watch the needle go into your ankle and see where they inject the steroid into the joint, now that hurts! while he was doing it and I was in pain he was shouting to me to tell him how the pain felt, all I could describe it as my ankle bone getting crushed and breaking and he said good and then stopped the injection. My second injection (not done at the same time as first ankle) was to my right subtalar joint which is above my heel but not the ankle joint, because I had the first one done I was laying there in theatre expecting the same pain, there was no pain what so ever, I was shocked and asked the surgeon why I didn't feel any pain and he told me he used less injection fluid which does the same job without the pain to my ankle.
Sir Alex Ferguson. 
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