Needles and pinz...ahh!

Well I saw the surgeon about my foot. There was a lot of talking done in that session. He offered a new solution to me which might have negated the need for surgery. Given the cost and ramifications of the operation, any alternative is worth discussing.

The alternative treatment was a cortisone injection into the affected nerve. He said it might give me as much as 6 months relief or only as long as the local anasthetic wore off. I have found it to be the latter. To add insult to injury, my pain now is more constant, more widespread and more severe.

Where to now? I just don't know. I just want this to be over.