Ouch!

[kerravonsen]

Status report: hopping around with a case of "policeman's foot". Don't know how it happened, but woke up on Tuesday with pain in heel whenever I tried to stand on it. Went to doctor's today; after prodding and poking (and causing a few yelps on my part) he diagnosed "plantar fasciitis" which is an inflamation of the ligament attached to the heel bone.

Treatment: Stay Off Foot. Preferably keep foot elevated. And anti-inflamatories. We'll see how foot is on Friday.

Weather report: hot hot hot! And destined for more of the same tomorrow, apparently. We're getting February weather in November - ugh.

So basically I ought to be staying away from computer, as foot not elevated. Though can work on laptop; now I wish I had a wireless network or a longer ethernet cable.
Entertainment therefore consists of music, books, and videos. Yesterday I read the entirity of "The Eyre Affair" which Johnathan had given me for my birthday. It was fun. One of the review snippets on the back described it as "a silly book for smart people" and that probably sums it up.
Today I started reading "Devlin's Luck" by (i forget and the book is at the other end of house, not going to get it) and I'm about half-way through, but I feel like a break from it.
Oh it's so hot.
I listened to the "Idea of North" album on my new setup in my room, while lying on my bed, and I almost fell asleep. Lovely music though.

Comments

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Never heard it called policeman's foot before. The doctor always tells me to do stretches on the rear tendon. It does seem to help, maybe you could ask your doctor about that? Anyway, feel better.

I'm waiting eagerly for my copy of The Eyre Affair and its sequel, Lost in a Good Book. Not that I'll have time to read them or anything. But it's reassuring to hear that you enjoyed it, since I ordered it based on a bookclub blurb, and that's been a mistake a few times.

[kerravonsen]

Actually, I mistake made: it's "policeman's heel" not "policeman's foot".
I'm seeing the doctor again tomorrow; we'll see what he says. The info blurb he gave me about plantar fasciitis didn't say anything about stretches -- just rest, avoid long walks and maybe get an insert into shoe to take weight off heel.

As for The Eyre Affair I think one can only enjoy it if one is (a) in the mood for it and (b) familiar with Jane Eyre, and hopefully a few other English Lit things to at least recognise names like John Milton, Alfred Tennyson, and be aware of all the different arguments about the origins of Shakespeare's plays.
It's a very Litty universe, that. Very strange.