This is a picture of me with my foot up a the hospital (when Autumn was having Tav) hanging out with my Dad because keeping my foot up helps stop the pain.
Before anyone looks at the pictures, I have to warn you that my feet aren't the prettiest things but these pictures aren't pretty!! I have had a plantar wart on my foot since I was on the swim team back in high school. It came and went on its own and after I had picked at and dug into them over the years. They weren't a big deal back then.(I am warning everyone to always wear sandals if ever walking in a locker room/shower area, or pool area where they spread like flies!) Then just when I thought I had gotten rid of them for good...one popped up on my heel and I have had it for about 7 years now! For those who don't know what a planters wart is: it is a virus that grows in the foot. Instead of growing outward like a regular wart, it grows inward. Sometimes they go away on their own and sometimes they have to be removed, but are known to be the most stubborn and difficult foot problem to get rid of! Usually if they don't hurt you can leave them alone. But the one on my heel started hurting when I would walk on my heel certain ways so I thought it was time to start freezing it. 3 years later here I am still trying to get rid of it!
Over the past few years many people have seen me with duct tape on my heel and then recently over the past month people have seen me on crutches...well and then there are a choice few who have seen me on Vicodin recently. This has been slowly getting worse over the past 3 years of on and off treatment and finally I've decided to face it head on! After trying everything under the sun I have recently been trying the "Beetle Juice" treatment again. They put some liquid on my heel and over the next few days it swells and blisters and scabs. Over those few days I am usually on Vicodin for the pain and it makes my whole body shake and feel pretty crazy. Then, it's an additional week or so before I can walk on my heel again. In the mean time I have borrowed some crutches and use them off and on so that I don't end up with foot deformities or future problems on that foot since i usually end up compensating and walking on my toes to avoid heel contact with the floor!! I have started to go back every 3 weeks for this same treatment. Some people would say I am crazy but really my only other option would be let it grow out of control or have it cut out and then wait a few weeks, at least, for it to heal (I won't be able to walk without crutches still)and then see if it grows back which I have been warned that there is a good chance with a wart of my size can do...
So for now it's Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice! Try and say it three times in a row!
P.S. for those of you who think driving while on Vicodin is easy...not so good! I only went down the street and very slowly but yeah...not going to do that again!
Over the past few years many people have seen me with duct tape on my heel and then recently over the past month people have seen me on crutches...well and then there are a choice few who have seen me on Vicodin recently. This has been slowly getting worse over the past 3 years of on and off treatment and finally I've decided to face it head on! After trying everything under the sun I have recently been trying the "Beetle Juice" treatment again. They put some liquid on my heel and over the next few days it swells and blisters and scabs. Over those few days I am usually on Vicodin for the pain and it makes my whole body shake and feel pretty crazy. Then, it's an additional week or so before I can walk on my heel again. In the mean time I have borrowed some crutches and use them off and on so that I don't end up with foot deformities or future problems on that foot since i usually end up compensating and walking on my toes to avoid heel contact with the floor!! I have started to go back every 3 weeks for this same treatment. Some people would say I am crazy but really my only other option would be let it grow out of control or have it cut out and then wait a few weeks, at least, for it to heal (I won't be able to walk without crutches still)and then see if it grows back which I have been warned that there is a good chance with a wart of my size can do...
So for now it's Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice! Try and say it three times in a row!
P.S. for those of you who think driving while on Vicodin is easy...not so good! I only went down the street and very slowly but yeah...not going to do that again!
This is right before the scab fell off.
a few days before scab fell off
Day after "Beetle Juice" was applied to heel
(the yellowish coloring is the Beetle Juice)
