Health-related question, etc.
Dec. 16th, 2008 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This feels a bit too ridiculous to go see a doctor about it, but at the same time, it's been lasting a bit too long now for me *not* to worry about it a little bit, so I'm asking you guys about it:
About, hm, maybe two months ago or so I experienced a sudden, piercing pain in one of the toes of my left foot, occurring at certain motions. For a day or two the pain, when it occurred, was really quite intense - so intense I almost went to see a doctor because I figured I might have broken a toe without noticing (I can't remember anything that could have caused that, though) - but then it died down quite a lot. It didn't quite go away, though, and ever since then I've had a milder version of that pain shooting through my toe at seemingly random occasions (mostly in connection with certain types of movement, but not always.) Recently (for the past week or so) it's turned from a pain that occurred occasionally to a more or less permanent one. It's dull now, though, not piercing anymore. I haven't worn shoes a lot in the past few weeks, btw, and when I did, it's been shoes that I've been wearing for more than a year, so it's unlikely to be a footwear-related problem.
Now, I'm not asking you what it could be - I've done a bit of research and it can be anything from basically nothing at all to a variety of forms of cancer. What I'm asking is, do you think I should go to a doctor about it? Because I feel a bit silly for even worrying about it, and I do have a tendency to go to the doctor unnecessarily, and I have some hypochondriac tendencies. I don't really want to make a fool of myself (again.) On the other hand, even if it's most likely nothing, it *could* be something serious.
Help me to make a reasonable, non-silly decision, please.
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In other news: I've spent the weekend at my parents and have written on average three pages per day there, so I'm going to go back there today, and stay there, probably, for the rest of my thesis writing period. This means I'll be mostly offline, but I will be online occasionally to check my mail.
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I have loads of - mostly Simm-related - squee, and some meta, but no time to post it today. Maybe I can manage it tomorrow at work. Some of it, anyway.
About, hm, maybe two months ago or so I experienced a sudden, piercing pain in one of the toes of my left foot, occurring at certain motions. For a day or two the pain, when it occurred, was really quite intense - so intense I almost went to see a doctor because I figured I might have broken a toe without noticing (I can't remember anything that could have caused that, though) - but then it died down quite a lot. It didn't quite go away, though, and ever since then I've had a milder version of that pain shooting through my toe at seemingly random occasions (mostly in connection with certain types of movement, but not always.) Recently (for the past week or so) it's turned from a pain that occurred occasionally to a more or less permanent one. It's dull now, though, not piercing anymore. I haven't worn shoes a lot in the past few weeks, btw, and when I did, it's been shoes that I've been wearing for more than a year, so it's unlikely to be a footwear-related problem.
Now, I'm not asking you what it could be - I've done a bit of research and it can be anything from basically nothing at all to a variety of forms of cancer. What I'm asking is, do you think I should go to a doctor about it? Because I feel a bit silly for even worrying about it, and I do have a tendency to go to the doctor unnecessarily, and I have some hypochondriac tendencies. I don't really want to make a fool of myself (again.) On the other hand, even if it's most likely nothing, it *could* be something serious.
Help me to make a reasonable, non-silly decision, please.
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In other news: I've spent the weekend at my parents and have written on average three pages per day there, so I'm going to go back there today, and stay there, probably, for the rest of my thesis writing period. This means I'll be mostly offline, but I will be online occasionally to check my mail.
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I have loads of - mostly Simm-related - squee, and some meta, but no time to post it today. Maybe I can manage it tomorrow at work. Some of it, anyway.
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Date: 2008-12-16 07:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-16 07:52 pm (UTC)Yes, please, go to the doctor!!! You might have a hairwidth break in the toe that could turn into gangreen or a bad infection that affects the bone. Or you could have developped arthritis or rheumatism. It could be any of these or worse or perhaps nothing at all ... but I would check it if I were you. Just to be sure.
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Date: 2008-12-16 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-16 08:43 pm (UTC)The thing is, if it was an 'average' problem that would get better on its own, two months is plenty of time. Since it hasn't, it's time for a doctor's diagnosis.
So I agree with the others; see the doctor. Much better to find out you 'over-reacted' a bit, rather than let something minor become much worse through non-treatment.
Good luck.
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Date: 2008-12-16 09:08 pm (UTC)Also erstmal, so ein gebrochener bzw. leicht angeknackster Zeh ist oft nicht so schlimm, das wird dann noch nicht mal geschient oder so (natürlich nur, wenn er nicht verbogen ist oder ähnliches) und kann praktisch von alleine heilen - mußt natürlich ein bißchen vorsichtig sein und ruhigstellen/schonen. Hab ich zumnindest so gelesen, als ich mich da auch mal wieder informieren mußte. Und als Beruhigung, das kann ich auch aus eigener Erfahrung bestätigen. Vor langer, langer Zeit (als ich noch jung war *hust*), hab ich mir mal beim Leichtathelik den linken Da-wo-bei-der-Hand-der-Zeigefinger-wäre-Zeh angeknackst. Das hat sich dann auch in leichter Schwellung und Schmerzen bei bestimmten Bewegungen (über die Zehen abrollen, Zehen anziehen, etc.) bemerkbar gemacht. Unser Hausarzt hat gleich gemeint, das wär ne Marschfraktur und hat uns dann extra weiter zum Kinderkrankenhaus geschickt. Die haben den Fuß dann geröntgt, aber nix gesehen (und mir dann erzählt, mich hätte ne Spinne gebissen ¬¬). Es wurde also nix gemacht, ich sollte dann bloß kühlen und zwei Tage möglichst nicht rumlaufen, was auch geholfen hatte, ich glaub nach ein oder zwei Wochen war die Sache praktisch auch erledigt. So, ein Jahr später wurde der Fuß wg. was anderem beim Orthopäden wieder geröntgt und der meinte sofort von wg. der Zeh war ja mal gebrochen (aber eben völlig problemlos und sauber wieder verheilt).
Von so einem gebrochenen Zeh kann man schon ein bißchen länger was haben, aber zwei Monate und es wird eher schlimmer... Wo am Zeh ist es denn? Kannst Du Dich auf die Zehenspitzen stellen? Hast Du schon mal versucht, (vorsichtig) den Zeh mit den Fingern nach vorne zu biegen (einzurollen) bzw. nach oben zu ziehen, so daß er belastet wird, Zug draufkommt etc? Wenn es dann weh tut, könnte das schon auf einen Bruch hinweisen.
Aber ich würd schon mal zum Arzt gehen und es untersuchen/röntgen lassen. Ich weiß zwar nicht, wie man von Schmerzen am Zeh auf Krebs schließen kann, aber genausowenig wüßt ich, warum Du Dir komisch vorkommen solltest, mit nem schmerzenden Zeh zum Arzt zu gehen.
Wie auch immer, gute Besserung :)
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Date: 2008-12-16 09:23 pm (UTC)You are not making a fool of yourself, you are taking care of yourself, and there is a big difference.
Maybe is nothing, but better safe than sorry.
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Date: 2008-12-16 11:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-17 04:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-17 08:55 am (UTC)What does your toe look like? Color changes - like blue, red, pale, is it swollen, crooked, overheated?
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Date: 2008-12-17 11:36 am (UTC)Ja, geh' zum Doc. Dinge, die sich so lange hinziehen sind nicht gut.
Ansonsten finde ich es gut, dass Du den Rest Deienr Arbeit bei Deinen Eltern schreiben willst. Ist irgendwie geschützer Raum und manchmal braucht man auch jemanden, der einem zwisachendurch betüddelt (also meine Ma machte das jedenfalls, wenn ich bei ihr säße und arbeitete)