Oh you poor thing.

Alan is doing fine n the cymbalta HOWEVER, yesterday, he comes home from the gym and he says "I think I shouldn't go on the eliptical thing anymore" I said "how come", he said "I have a blister". So he relaxes the rest of the day and evening. He went to bed, he gets up and goes out to make a wash at our local laundry. He comes home at 1 p.m. and he is limping like crazy.

He has this look on his face as if to say "I should have not walked on this foot". Alan has had BIG problems with a recurring ulcer on the underside of his foot. His podiatrist and another foot guy agreed that surgery was not good for Alan. That they would further adjust his orthotics (which are at the orthotic place and will not be ready for two more weeks). So they took an old pair of his orthotics, made a temporary thing for him until his GOOD orthotics are back from the orthotic place.

Well, he is sitting at the kitchen table and I said "show me your foot". and he goes, "no, I don't want to". I said "oh brother, please show me your foot"
He takes off his sock and I have NEVER seen a thing like I saw on his foot.
It was beside the ulcer. It was like a big bubble right there (and I mean big) I said "oh my god, are you crazy, why didn't you tell me about this"? and he goes "well, it didn't look like this when I woke up this morning". I immediately called his podiatrist and he has an appointment at 2:30 on Sunday (never knew they opened on Sunday but thank goodness for that)

I looked up blisters on the internet and all it said is "It's best to prevent them". but if you have them, they just heal by themselves.

I don't care what it says on the internet, this guy has PN, recurring ulcers and needs to go to the podiatrist. I wonder if they will lance the blister. I think there is blood collecting in it because it's dark. He thinks so too. He always has trouble with blood collecting on things on the ulcer (that's why he has to go sometimes once a week and they debride it, wrap it and every morning he takes care of it like they tell him to do). He uses betadyne, an ointment, (whatever they tell him to do, he's been doing it). But he must have overdone it at the gym and did more friction on the ulcer because this is some big bubble on the foot.

So I'll go with him and I'll watch and learn and hopefully he'll listen and stay off the foot for awhile. NO MORE GYM until this thing clears up.

I do hope you feel better soon, you poor thing.

regards,
Meldy