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by Ann
(Kentucky)
About 4 weeks ago, I began experiencing pain when walking on my left foot. It was not bad so as a nurse, I just kept walking. Two weeks ago the pain suddenly escalated to where I was in tears after walking barefoot in my house. It continued about 15 minutes after I went to bed. The following day, I was in clinical with students when it did the same thing again. I had the foot X-rayed. No fracture was seen, but after seeing a podiatrist, he put me in a cast boot and ordered a bone scan. My foot is better after a week of little activity (walking) on it. I am still wearing the cast boot. The pain is sharp, and almost burning achy just behind the great toe joint. It will radiate to the left and cover my entire forefoot. It also may radiate backwards to the midfoot or there is a tender place there which aches. It swells by night. I can hardly stand for anything to touch the dorsal forefoot. Any thoughts?
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