The walking boot…just in time for summer!
So ever since THE marathon, I’ve been kinda low key about the pain that I’ve been having. I called out of work the day after the marathon due to lots of pain in my left foot…as in hobbling to the bathroom was troublesome. I’ve been working ever since, and about halfway through the shift I have pain in my left foot, as well as pain whenever I’m walking around without a running shoe on. I’ve tried wearing my more “fashionable” type sporty shoe and even those hurt. My appointment with a sports medicine doctor was this morning, so I got up bright and early (that’s like 8:15 for me…) to go see him. They took x-rays of my left foot and right knee (since I’m still having IT band problems, although it’s pretty classic ITBS), neither one really showed anything…definitely no fractures or anything. I’ve read that stress fractures don’t necessarily show up on x-rays until they’re healing, so if it is a stress fracture, then we might not even see it…especially if it’s deeper in the foot. (Don’t take anything I say as medical advice!!)
Anyway, the doctor doesn’t know if it’s a stress fracture, stress reaction (strain on the bone, but NOT a fracture), or something else. I’m going to have an MRI on Monday and then a follow-up about that on Thursday, so I guess we’ll know more then. In the meantime, he recommended that I wear a very stylish “low profile walking boot” to provide support to my foot. It’s very fashionable, as you can see:
This is going to look awesome with flip flops…
Annnnd from the side.
Awesome. He asked if it was possible to be put on “light duty” at the hospital since I told him I’m a nurse and while I haven’t been running, I haven’t exactly been sitting with my feet up all day. I kinda laughed at the light duty comment…I don’t even know if that exists, but I’ll see what happens next week, I guess. In the meantime, I’ll be sporting the boot. Wooooo.
Can we discuss for a little what a pain it was to get that boot? At the doctor’s office, they told me to go to any pharmacy, so I hit up a CVS by my house. They told me, no, you have to go to a medical supply place and told me to go to the pharmacy/supply place ACROSS THE STREET from my hospital. I get there and they tell me that they don’t accept my insurance…really? How do they not accept the insurance of the employees who work across the street?? I’m so confused. So whatever…I call my insurance and get the names of places that do accept my insurance…out of the five that I called, only one even had the boot. My insurance doesn’t pay for it at all (goooo deductibles), so that was fun. This whole running thing suddenly got really expensive since the boot cost about the same as a pair of running shoes, and I only got one! (Not that I want one for my other foot…)
So basically, I have no idea yet what is going on with my foot, although the doctor said that if it was just delayed soreness from the marathon, then it probably would have gone away by now. Awesome. So we’ll see…keep your fingers crossed for me!
Also, I’m an idiot and forgot to ask what kind of exercise I can do…obviously not running, which I haven’t been doing anyway. Swimming? Biking? I’m assuming those are okay since they’re no impact? I need to lay off the M&M’s for a while, I suppose…
Oh wow that sucks! I really hope it isn’t a sfx…
what an ordeal! I really hope you dont have a stress fracture. I had one in my 2nd metatarsal and the only thing i could do was swim. But your Dr might have different advice depending on the severity…
uggg poor thing… well hopefully its NOT a stress fracture!!!
Ughh hope it’s nothing serious!! My dad’s an orthopedic surgeon and always recommends swimming to patients, so maybe that’s a good bet?
Hope you feel better soon girl!
My boss is wearing one of those becuase she has a stress fracture in her foot! I think the only thing you can do is swim
Feel better soon!
AW! Boots SUCK. I was in one for 5 mos last year with a sesamoid stress fracture that wouldn’t heal. I even had to rock the boot at a black tie wedding. It was mad classy.
Anyway, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you that it isn’t a stress fracture and that you are out of the boot soon!
Aw, man! The BF has been in a boot since January
I feel your pain!! I hope it’s nothing too bad and you’re outta that thing in time for the summer! Fingers crossed for ya 
No no no!! No me gusta para NADA la bota de muerte.
I’m just sayin, I have had some bad experiences with that lil guy. I know that it’s INTENDED to help you out, but man did I feel like I got screwed over! Maybe mine was to big? But that deathtrap caused me to change my gait so much that I ended up injuring the other side, and ahhhh. Frustrating.
But that WONT happen to you, because you’re gonna swim and cycle (maybe?) and be back in action in no time! My biggest *tip* with the boot is to make sure you use either vaseline or body glide or sommmething on the top of your ankle. I have been given the boot sentence twice (both legs, separate times), and was left with a SCAR on each foot from the boot rubbing my skin off. Yeah, super attractive.
Big pimpin’ yo!
Man! I hope you start healing quickly, and that it isn’t something too serious.
where is the pain located on your foot?? I experienced really bad foot pain towards the end of last summer/beginning of fall. I could hardly walk on it! It took a few weeks to heal completely. It turned out to be really bad inflammation. I wonder if you are experiencing something similar?
Well last week at school……I kicked the seat on the bus and injured my toes and part of my foot. Well i cant even get my shoe on hit hurts so bad and its pretty swollen…. went to dr yesterday and they bc im in highskool to wear a walking boot, well insurance wont cover it at Laceys and idk if i can get and ortho appt on monday before my endocrinology appt…. they said walking boots are 100 dollars…..know any other places near acworth GA that sell walking boots?