Three Friends

I always dry the bottom of my feet, always have done, but I take special care since I had that terrible ulcer on my toe. I don't use talc, nor body lotion even though I have plenty of lotion. The hip feels much better and I slept right through last night, I don't think I even moved! It is still sore though, but nowhere near as bad as it was when it first happened.

I too am so pleased to hear that you slept well last night  ((((((((((((((((Darien)))))))))))))) Maybe you were Over tired  with your hip pain ?     Every so often I sleep well ALL night .... it is like a catch up sleep !!!!!

IN summer .. in the heat of Perth anyway ...... I always used to massage my feet with lotion after my shower and it did help keep them moist !    IT is not so HOT here .... so nowadays I do not bother !!!!!!!!  Too much hard work to bend down  !!!!!!!  Maybe I should as my feet are a bit dry !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT I do only wear flip flops .... for months on end !!!!!!!!!!

The results of my CTScan were in and I had broken a bone in my hip!!!!! It's not a weight bearing bone, so no need to have anything done, just time and physiotherapy will mend it. No wonder I have been in so much pain. It's hard to explain, but because my bones are so weak, due to prednisone use, when I have moved a certain way the main muscle in my buttocks has tightened and not given way and sheared off part of a bone. My Dr said it will take a long time to heal, if at all and advised me to do physio and offered me more pain meds. He wrote me a referral to a Physiotherapist and I declined the pain meds as I have some and I don't want anything stronger. It is now even more important that I lose weight to help my poor old body!!!

I used to use the nail places to have a pedicure and they would get rid of the dead skin and put cream on, but I don't use them anymore, so my feet have been neglected of late!!

((((((((((((((((((((Darien)))))))))))))))))))))) This sounds awful and painful even if it is not a weight bearing bone and in your hip too .... your hip moves every time you walk or even move !!!  I too would not be happy taking strong pain meds and I have refused them when I might have needed them !  Go to the physio and do what they tell you and eat less..... there is not that much physical exercise you will be able to do ..... ! I hope it will all feel better by the time you go on holiday !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think positive
 
I too used to massage my feet with cream and I did put my foot up onto the toilet lid to do it after my shower every night !!!!!!! What is the bathroom Counter ??   
But I will blame Darien for me not doing it nowadays because SHE told me to go use the Pedicure people in the shopping centres ......... and I started doing that in Perth then I did it here ... until covid !!!!!!!! BUT because we do not need covid passes as from this week ..... I CAN go and get my toe nails cut and my poor feet massaged and creamed AGAIN    Phew Maybe tomorrow

That's all very well for tall people, no way could I reach my vanity unit with my foot!!!!! If I have to, I use the toilet like Moira does.

I have an appointment with the Physiotherapist next Wednesday afternoon, hopefully he will help me. The pain is a constant dull ache and sometimes it is a sharp pain, depending what I do. I worked it out yesterday that this is the 7th broken bone I have had in the past 12 years!!! I am not surprised I had broken a bone in my hip as I kept telling Robert that's what it felt like. The X-ray done at Canberra didn't show it, but that doesn't surprise me either as there were lots of calcification and 'gaps' from the osteoarthritis. No wonder I was in so much pain, nice to know I am not a drama queen!

Bugger Linda, you must be a bit of an athlete to be able to hold your foot up in the air AND cream the bottom !!!!!! Even IF you are leaning on the sink / vanity !!!!!!!!!! What about in between your toes 

Goodness Darien ... 7 broken bones over 12 years ?  I broke my toe once !!!!!!!!!!!!!! End of story !

(((((((((((((((((((((Darien)))))))))))))) I hope you can get some sort of pain relief and some sleep knowing you are NOT a Drama Queen  Who even suggested you might be a drama queen ? Not Kylie I Hope !

Ah that makes better sense, that you lean on your bathroom vanity unit!!! I can do that too, but I much prefer to be sitting down whilst I cream my feet, not that I have done so for a while!!!

No, no-one called me a drama queen, but sometimes that's just how I feel. The break I have is called an Avulsion fracture, never heard of that one before.

An avulsion fracture occurs when a small chunk of bone attached to a tendon or ligament gets pulled away from the main part of the bone. The hip, elbow and ankle are the most common locations for avulsion fractures in the young athlete.