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Old Aug 02, 2022, 11:24 PM
*Beth* *Beth* is offline
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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow View Post
I have plantar fascitis in my foot. Unfortunately it's a fairly bad case of it. I'm doing PT rather than a steroid shot because steroids make my mood fluctuate. One podiatrist had a med compounded for me that included cortisone and just the little bit in that made me hypo. So no shots. If PT doesn't help I'm going to ask about serial casting. I had a tight achilles with a nodule on it before I had surgery on my other ankle. After surgery I had serial casting and then nodule disappeared and the achilles isn't as tight.

I actually did well at the fair footwise (the taping helped a lot) but it was way too hot for my meds and it wasn't much fun and we had to leave early. No more August activities outside for me.

A free fair! That's neat. I don't remember if our county charges admission or just parking. I'm going to have to drag my mom there. She wanted an apple dumpling and left before she got it because she was worried about me. So we need to go get one to make up for this. The county fair is in late September so I should be able to be outside by then.

A late September fair sounds so much nicer than a fair in the very heat of summer. Late September is a real harvest festival atmosphere. Even when I was a kid and a teen going to the big state fair felt mercilessly hot. The older I got, the more I tended to go at night, when it was pleasantly cool. The lights were so pretty at night, anyway. But once the kids grew up, the big (state) fair was kinda meh. The little county fair here is plenty enough now.

I'm so sorry you ended up not having such a good time, though. Meds really, really cause overheating problems. I don't think people who have not had the experience really "get" how severe the heat can be for those of us on medication.

Ack, plantar facitis sounds absolutely miserable. I'm so sorry you have to suffer with such a painful condition. The serial casting may just be the way to go.
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