Marriage Saved.

I am going to address some comments here or at the very least hopefully, answer them.

Rick saw the podiatrist late yesterday afternoon.
The doctor was puzzled.

Rick has tophi gout. When he has a flare up it is always in his big toe.
It is the only place he has ever had it.
The pain he says is a very sharp pain. Needle sharp.

Rick's heel location of pain is in the back of his heel, not the bottom where an orthotic can help him or plantar fasciitis would occur. 
The pain on the back of his heel he says is a burning searing pain.
Very different from his gout pain.

Yesterday the doctor said there was no rupture in his Achilles.
Burning usually means a tendon so that was looked into quite deeply to Rick's surprise and appreciation. I mean after that urgent care this was very thorough and thoughtful.

Rick had a great amount of inflammation in the Achilles and the doctor said it was pissed off.
The doctor also thought gout since he has had it. 
However, it presents itself as a different form of gout. 
So maybe that is why the difference in pain.
But the doctor is not 100% sure that gout is what this is either.
He was befuddled. But we are going with the treatment for gout and if it works then we know this is a 2nd type that he can get. Lucky boy!

But the good news was that tests were done. 
They went over his history.
They talked and shared ideas.
At one point the doctor put his hands behind his head and was just thinking.
Rick said, "What is your thought process doc?"
The doctor laughed and said no one has ever asked me this, they usually just asked what I am thinking it is.
So he began to explain how he was ruling out things and why each was ruled out.  Then together they went through each of them.

It was decided to put him on a very heavy dose of anti-inflammatories to combat his inflamed Achilles.
As well as beginning his gout medication in case this could be just a different form of gout. Who knew there were more than 2 types of gout?  
I mean if you google it, it shows only two and neither are what he has, tophi gout.
So maybe this is just gout.

He did have shellfish but it was Saturday, March 2nd. It normally hits him sooner than that. But again, no one knows. So we are running on the idea that it is a different form of gout for him. Lucky Rick.

If this medication does not do the trick, he goes back in 2 weeks.
Last night his medication knocked him out. He slept like a log.
A log that snores like and makes noises like a mac truck.
I did not stay in the room with him, I needed sleep.
I walked upstairs and rolled into one of the guest bedrooms. 
I didn't even walk to the one with the queen bed, nope the first room was the twin beds. I didn't care, it was quiet.  I did not miss my king size bed. I fell right to sleep until Izzy came upstairs and found me at 5:15am. And I must say these mattresses are damn nice up there as are the sheets. No wonder our company never wants to leave. 

He is still hobbling but the pain he said went from a 10 to an 8.
That is progress already within less than 24 hrs.
Either way, he is less grumpy and has less pain. So all of that is positive.

Last night I hit his leg two times. I never bump into his legs or feet.
Honestly, the poor guy was abused by me and Izzy last night.
I walked by him while his long legs were out in front of his chair.
I was walking around Izzy and lost my balance and kicked his leg.
Oooh, that wasn't good. 
Then later in the evening as I walked by him on the sofa I hit him again.
He said, "Are you trying to hurt me on purpose woman?"
Yep, paybacks are a bitch Rick. 
Thank God for life through modern chemistry because he was in a great mood or I should say just back to his old self last night. 
This is when drugs are good people.
It saves a marriage.😉