I wanted to keep blogging every time I went to therapy, but I have not done that.
But here I am ready to talk about my follow up appointment with Dr. Puri.
He asked me how my overall pain is improving, and he was like, "Does it feel 50% better?" and I said, "......no, maybe 30%," and he didn't like that and said he could get me a custom brace but it would be really uncomfortable, so he decided to get me fitted with custom orthodics to put in my shoes. So I'm going tomorrow at 1:45 to see a Dr. Friedrick to get fitted and hopefully be even closer to getting my feet fixed.
I have a follow up appointment in a month with Dr. Puri again, and I have 2 more weeks of physical therapy. I'm hoping to get to the 50% improvement mark by the end of my therapy, and maybe even further with the help of my insoles.
I have a lot of hope of getting my feet fixed. Now that I think about it though, I feel like overall, my feet have improved a great deal, just because I am learning how to walk correctly so that my arches and the insides of my feet are not under stress, but the 30% improvement has to do with my left foot (with the fluid in it). That part of my foot is the one that is not getting better very much. It seems to be hurting less often, but when it does, it is the same intensity as before.
So I guess there are two different things that I am trying to fix. One is getting fixed, and the other is going to take a lot longer.
I just have to stay patient.
