I am drunken foot master!

[giza]

I went to see Dr. S again the other day. He looked at my MRIs and noted that there is no sign of inflammation of the nerve, which was very strange. Since there is no visible inflammation, that means that he really didn't want to remove the nerve. What he suggested instead was something called sclerosing, which involves injecting alcohol in the area where the nerve is multiple times over a period of 8 weeks.

I'm going to another pawdiatrist on Thursday for a second opinion, but I think I'm going to go with this method. The neat thing about alochol is that the ONLY tissues it affects are nerve tissues. Plus, it doesn't kill the nerve, it just renders it unable to carry signals. That's better than surgery, which removes the nerve, pisses off the surrounding tissues, and leaves a "void" where the nerve used to be.

Sclerosing has an 89% success rate of eliminating symptoms of neuromas.

In other news, searching on Google for "Dance With Intensity" brings up dwi.claws-and-paws.com as the #1 match. Sweet!

Comments

[queenofstripes.livejournal.com]

You're at least going to have him spring for something nuanced and sophisticated, like a nice Chablis, or maybe a nice caipirinha infused with passion fruit? It would be a shame to have your foot wake up in some back alley behind some biker bar in Gary, Indiana, just because he was using that surgical-grade Zima. :)

[giza.livejournal.com]

I prefer Japanese sake. I don't need my foot all hung over when I'm trying to work the clutch in my car.

[randomzen.livejournal.com]

I brought a pamphlet into work for you to go over before you make your final decision:

“10 Things you Should Know Before you Give your Foot an Abortion”
- Part of the Dr. Seuss guide to Everyone Laughs at Cripples.