The agony and, well, the agony.

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I'm in a bit of a situation here. The injury to my foot, if anything, has gotten worse in the 12 days since it initially happened (Wow. It's been that long? Fuck.) Today is no exception- the swelling has increased to the point where I've had to loosen my shoe up. Again. If that continues, I'll be running out of laces soon. The pain has also been staying on about the same level, if not increasing. And due to either my system getting used to the Vicodin, or other factors, the drugs are not helping much with the pain any longer.

We all know what the advice here should be. Same advice I'd give to anyone else in this kind of situation: "Go see your doctor."

Problem is, I'm not sure I can. Thanks to work's wonderful policy, I can't call in right now without losing my job. And between getting an appointment set up, and probably having to go do X-rays at another location the same day, I'd probably need to take the entire day away from work. Fuck. Fucking Fucking Fuck.

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[traceylee.livejournal.com]

If the pain and swelling has been getting worse, it's not something to screw around with. If you can't get out of work today, try getting an appointment for after work.
The reason I would be so concerned is the possibility of a staph infection. When Craig had pain in his knee after he hurt it that didn't go away and kept increasing, coupled with swelling; it turned out to be a staph infection. He put off going to the doctor and was within hours of becoming septic.

So I hate to say it, but...go see your doctor.