Sitting At The VA With My Father

[mp31guitar]

The last four days my dads left foot has been swollen. He says he didn't break it. About month ago he was bitten by a tick on that foot. He says it throbs and he can't put pressure on it to walk so I drove him on down to Columbia SC to the VA and where waiting to see the Doc. Pipe related, I did enjoy some Best Brown Flake in my Falcon on the way down here.

 

[dochudson]

I hate ticks.. almost as much as my dog does. did he have a red circle around where the tick was?

 

[mp31guitar]

Doc, I don't think he did. He just got it x-rayed. We're waiting to here something now.

 

[dochudson]

f you don't find something broken be sure the Doc knows about the tick.. Lyme's left untreated get's nasty.

 

[mso489]

Hope your dad gets (got) an accurate diagnosis. The tick may or may not be associated. Feet are a sensitive

area, especially as we age. Hope he found a good doc to run this down and keep track of it. Good luck to

both of you. A good pipe eases many a bad situation. I came back to pipe smoking when my wife was in

rehab for revision of a hip replacement (replacing the replacement) with infection complications. A blast of

Nightcap was better than bourbon, to allow me to get up and get back to her the next day.

 

[igloo]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery .

 

[zonomo]

Best to you and your father.

 

[mp31guitar]

Well, we were down there for seven hours last night. They did some test and said it wasn't gout. Waiting on another test for bacteria to come back. I still don't understand why it took as long as it did. Well, I'm off to take my daughter shopping for clothes and back to school supplies. She'll be a senior in high school this year. Gonna be a Long day, only had 4 hours sleep. I'll get to sleep tonight though. Thanks everybody.

 

[yohanan]

Wishing your Father a full recovery.

 

[bullbriar]

Good luck with your father. If they may suspect Lyme, don't even bother with the standard Lyme test, it is about 30% effective. Make sure you ask for the Western Blot, which is 90% effective. You might ask "why not give the Western Blot" first?...I have the same question! Best answer I received is that the WB is 300.00. Lyme disease, which I have, was named after Lyme, CT, which is the next town over from me.

 

[john218]

MP31guitar, if they haven't already done it, insist on a test for Lyme Disease.
One of my daughters had a similar incident. I told her it could possibly be Lyme Disease.

She went back to the doctor and when he finally tested for it, that's what it was.
Bullbriar, when I ran a business in Hamden, CT, one of my customers was head of Rheumotology at Yale, who discovered the disease.

What town are you in? I spent many summers at Black Point in Niantic years ago at my inlaw's place.

 

[trailspike48]

Best wishes for your father, and I hope it isn't anything serious.

 

[cigrmaster]

MP, I hope your dad gets diagnosed properly so he can begin the recovery process. Hang in there.

 

[bullbriar]

John,

I live in Oakdale, just down the road from Black Point. I keep my boat in Niantic as well.