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by Lindy
(Mi, USA)
The past four months has quickly came and gone with surprise that my foot drop has not completely healed. I'm a 24 year old female, 5"4 with a petite frame, 110 pounds. Before foot drop I was heavier due to running everyday sometimes twice daily, every summer, spring, and fall since I had my son. Due to gestational diabetes, I rapidly gained 50 pounds when I was 17. I'm from Michigan and due to inability to go to a hot sweaty gym my winters are filled with anything but outside activity. Although I can do that because my job as a bartender at a local dive bar consists of busy nights running drinks and dancing around with my customers. I'm a working single young mother of a 6 year old boy. So I'm pretty active and never skip a beat, although I do skip breakfast! February 15th I woke up to my version of foot drop. It starts just below the ankle, and goes all the way to my toes. I have completely lost any mobility that my whole foot has. The hours before 5am the morning of I was getting off work and on my way home. My friend had given me a ride home that night, we took an alley and had gotten stuck in snow and ice. In our desprate need to get out of it. I spent about an hour with him kicking and pushing his car. Finally, a tow truck had pull his car out of the snow. With that being said, it was harshly cold -15 to be exact. I wasn't wearing the proper snow boots and my feet were freezing and numb. I had woken after getting home and walking up three flights of stairs just fine, to my right foot completely numb. Due to the fact that I have no insurance I visited the emergency room twice in 5 days the second time explaining my condition more clearly. The doctor preformed a test with simply 4 needles, a downward stabbing motion and my foot. He determined a solid diagnoses. So I have foot drop to my right foot. I have read about different kinds and due to the morning of me waking with absolutely no feeling in my foot. It starts just below my right ankle and it ends at the tips of my toes. I have no history at all of any injuries. No broken or fractured bones. I haven't even sprained a muscle or had a dislocation. So it's obviously trauma related. Every doctor I have went to has no idea and passes me along with another appointment. Since the incident my mobility has gotten a lot better. I can wiggle all of my toes and move my foot up and down. Although I still can't walk in heels I'm taking what I can get! Now that the dull numb feeling is gone I'm left with a tingling feeling. Kind of like walking on marbles. Before and into the first month I was taking my ADHD medication 30 mg adderal tablets. 3 times a day. With Vicodin probably 30 to 50 a
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