I’ve been fighting the onset of peripheral neuropathy pain the entire day today. At breakfast, the bottom left of my left foot started hurting, and it continued when I got to dialysis. I popped two Tylenol pills and it seems to reduce the pain frequency somewhat. After dialysis, the pain has mostly subsided. Tonight, while I was sitting on my bed after dinner, the top of the middle toe on the left foot started hurting really badly. I took another two Tylenol pills but this time, they don’t seem to make any difference. Since it was about 9:00 pm and I haven’t walked outdoors in awhile, I decided to walk around the smallest block by my house. It was only 0.32 miles and I averaged a pace of 40’15”. I was doing pretty good for a bit, until I took a drink of water, choked, then had a coughing fit. That put additional pressure on my chest and I quickly became breathless. I had to sit on the curb for a few minutes which didn’t help the pace time. While I was walking, the pain stayed away, but as soon as I walked into my garage and sat down, the nerve pain came roaring back. I don’t know what to do other than wait it out and suffer.
It was also super hot outside. Even at 9:00 pm, if’s still 90 degrees outside. That probably didn’t help my low stamina. While walking, I noticed a lot of pressure on my chest, right above where the heart was located. I also noticed there was a lot more pain and pressures as well when I cough. Not as bad as November/December last year, but definitely noticeable. Hopefully the CT scan will reveal something that is easily fixed and doesn’t require more bone cutting surgery.
Life with chronic diseases 