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perception is key
May. 12th, 2010 12:46 pmWent to the doctor this morning to get my foot looked at, since after a month of trying to stay off it and applying NSAIDs it's really not any better than the morning after I jammed it. (Okay, I was not always good at staying off it, I admit. Still, a broken toe heals faster and more easily than this.) I got X-rays and will hear tomorrow whether it's a fracture. The treatment is basically the same either way, it just takes longer if there's broken bone in there, and at this point the doctor and I are both curious what is up with that metatarsal.
The interesting thing that's happening is this: After the X-rays, I got a stiff-soled velcro thing to wear, which works about ten times better than the hiking shoes I was trying to immobilize my foot with before. I am limping less and feeling about the same level of pain. But now, several people, including one in my lab whom I see every day, have expressed concern. Does it hurt much? Yeah, about the same as yesterday, and the month before that. I know I can't really expect people to perceive what's up with me if there's nothing visible, but I'm pretty sure the limp was visible, though it didn't make the audible velcro-crunching noises that now accompany my every step. Does it have to be a medical appliance to elicit this effect? What if I just taped a sign to my foot reading "busted foot" instead?
The interesting thing that's happening is this: After the X-rays, I got a stiff-soled velcro thing to wear, which works about ten times better than the hiking shoes I was trying to immobilize my foot with before. I am limping less and feeling about the same level of pain. But now, several people, including one in my lab whom I see every day, have expressed concern. Does it hurt much? Yeah, about the same as yesterday, and the month before that. I know I can't really expect people to perceive what's up with me if there's nothing visible, but I'm pretty sure the limp was visible, though it didn't make the audible velcro-crunching noises that now accompany my every step. Does it have to be a medical appliance to elicit this effect? What if I just taped a sign to my foot reading "busted foot" instead?
