Re: excruciating foot pain
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I can certainly sense both your concern and your frustration, and I am going to try my best to sift through the zig-zags which I see in your post to come up with some sort of reasonable thesis.
My best guess from what I infer you have said is that you have a pes cavus deformity (excessively high arched foot), probably a tight Achilles tendon, perhaps some equinus (plantar-flexed default ankle position) and likely some plantar fasciitis. If much of that is the case, there is little that I can offer in a forum venue to detail precisely what needs to be done and in what order. But if I am correct in my supposition, you need a doctor who can offer you comprehensive solutions and not simply symptomatic treatment with such as local corticosteroid injections. But addressing your concerns regarding those injections, every medication must be employed adequately, but judiciously. There are certainly down-sides to the use of corticosteroids, both locally and systemically. But there is no hard and fast rule as to how many injections over any specific time are too many. Your nurse friend certainly has a point, but she is likely not sufficiently well-founded in the use of corticosteroids to make the blanket statement which you attributed to her. If your doctor is experienced and competent, he/she should know when enough is enough. But doctor selection is always key.
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