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Beth (Bethofvt) posted an update Saturday, Feb 19, 2022, 8:06pm EST, 2 years, 3 months ago
The pain in my toe had seemed to be getting slightly better, but I woke up about 12:30 last night with an almost unbearable pain. Since I had already taken my medication, I took 3 ibuprofen and it calmed things down a bit in about 20 minutes, but my toe throbbed all night. I did not get more than an hour of sleep. When I looked at my foot at 7 am it was so swollen and it was almost purple. Looked like if it swelled any more the skin would burst open. I had to try 6 pairs of shoes before I could find one I could get my foot in. Went back to Express Care. They have now prescribed prednisone. And I have followup with my regular doctor on Monday morning. Was also told now to ice it and I have been doing it 20 minutes of every hour all day. I can breathe without crying, but toe is still painful. I could not be prescribed Allopurinol as it interacts with another drug I take. I was prescribed colchicine which is often given before Allopurinol until blood test come back. I am hopeful the steroids will do the job.