Man Down Man Down

Man Down Man Down, Oh just another beautiful day in the neighborhood, thanks Mr. Rogers.  Back on 2/11 I wrote a post entitled, “STOP Not For The Faint Of Heart. STOP,” this post is a follow-up to that one.  In  that post I mentioned that around midnight I had went to the facilities and in the process of leaving I passed out for maybe two to three seconds, of course this allowed my body enough time to drop to the floor light a well chiseled 195 lbs bag of flour.  During which my feet were shoved into the base (or stand) of the toilet.  My left foot (LF) toes hut for about a day but nothing else of concern until Thursday about mid-day when my right foot (RF) on the outside started turning red and looking bruised.  Several hours later my LF was showing the same signs.  I raised them and stayed off the as much as possible.  Friday came and both feet hurt but nothing major (2 of 10) until work started picking up again and I was moving around taking calls and entering data.  By 4:30 pm both feet were really swollen the RF 100% more than the LF.  At 4:45 pm I called the appointment line for my health provider because I know they have Saturday appointment.  They said they would have the on-call doctor contact me today and if need he will set the appointment.  Out for Valentine Day Dinner with wife and brother in-law who lives with us due to epilepsy when the doctor called.  He stated that I would need an appointment and he was setting me up for X-Ray’s before hand.

The X-Ray’s go quick which was surprising and I head up for my  appointment which was also really quick getting in.  The doctor’s eye’s said it all when she came in and looked at my feet.  She proceeded to explain that the Lasix (edema medicine) takes water off but it also reduces the fluids going to the brain keeping it functioning and that is what happened.  Flow to the brain was compromised and that is what caused the black out.  The X-Ray’s show (to her) no breaks in either foot but they are both majorly sprained.  They are going to wrap them in ace bandages, I need to keep them raised as mush as possible and place ice on them for 3 days, then on Tuesday since their closed Monday for the holiday, I go into Orthopedics and pick up my boots.  Yes, I will be wearing a support boot as shown below on both feet for the next 2-4 weeks or until the swelling and redness goes away.     I have worn one of these before and they are not to bad except for when you need to remove it so you can drive, then put it back on, on arrival.  All this from a standing fall straight down.  This is going to be interesting to say the lease.