I found a new pain. Just when I thought I’d logged virtually every muscle, tendon, ligament, ganglion and bone in my body as ‘sometimes painful’, I found a new one. My ‘Achilles’. That horrible little tendon which attaches your calf muscle to the heel of your foot. Possibly both feet. Never bothered me in my entire life, and then, ooohhh, that’s sore, upon certain movements. Ok, fairly extreme type movements but they’re the ones worth doing.

So I had a ‘consultation’ with a doctor first of all. Because we currently have one living in our house, so I got a discount. And she said ‘take Neurofen’. Always good advice, didn’t do a bloody thing for the problem, but never hurts to take an extra pill or two. Unless they get stuck in your throat.

Then I ‘consulted’ a physio. A really big one, one of my tai chi mates. And the 6 foot 3 Lithuanian recommended I find someone who does electro-shock something or other. That should cure it. And he gave me a few stretches to do. But 3 days later, its STILL giving me bother. Nothing debilitating, nor really very limiting. But that situation is only a matter of time, generally.

So I had my third ‘consultation’, with a true master of ‘anything below the ankle’. He used to be called a ‘chiropodist’ but one day morphed into a ‘podiatrist’. Anyone can ‘transition’. The appointment was unusual in that it involved dinner, and whiskey, but afterwards I was cured! Well, as good as. He gave me some shoe inserts because something’s happening down there (calves) which is putting strain on something else and so right HERE, where I’m just pressing my thumb with all my might, is painful; which is why you are screaming silently with tears rolling down your face and biting the back of your hand so hard its bleeding. Yeah, that’ll be the spot then.

And its feeling better already, just knowing that a drunk podiatrist cured me. Ok, early days, but I’m never going to see any other ‘quacks’ again. If I get a toothache, broken wrist, swollen testicles, its a podiatrist for me.

Happy cured (bit premature, but we’re working on it) Sunday

A xxxx