got it :-) Lucy

Hi Everyone- 3 months ago I hurt my foot and I believe it is a Jones fracture of the 5th metatarcil.The Dr. I saw dismissed it as tendonitis, and gave me no info or help because the fracture didn't show up on the X-ray. He was supposed to get me an MRI and that was 2 months ago. AS it got much worse from walking on it I went a bought a boot. Make a long story short, the Dr office has been dreadfully unhelpful,(different people call back, lose orders, etc) and I am in severe pain and back in the boot when I thought it was getting much better a few weeks ago,. But I was packing and moving and bending over to carry heavy boxes and twisted my foot and now the bone is painful, red and swollen again. It hurts all night when I try to sleep. I have a hard time finding a new doctor. Should I go to an Urgent care. It has been over 3 months I have been incapacitated. I am a single Mom and have no one to help me or drive me. Driving every day hurts but I have to. I cannot get motivated to go in to Urgent care but think I must. Any advice? (I had also herniated a disc in my back last fall and it took 6 months to heal) I am 49 yr old female. Some of the other Dr office I called said they aren't taking new patients...What to do? I had done this to my foot by taking a leap up into the air and landing on it (the one foot) wrong (was trying to demonstrate a dance move to my kids)It hurt for a few days before I realized something was wrong.

My husband goes through phases, when he needs/wants new gadgets. So, a few years ago it was the ball. Then, after we moved here, it wasn't used by him at all anymore. I use it instead of a chair. The chair wouldn't roll worth a darn on the carpet, and a chair pad never lasts long before it cracks and breaks. I love the ball. It's comfortable. I did learn, you can slouch on it too. LOL Of course, by the time I got to use it, it didn't smell. Have you tried washing it off? Maybe in some baking soda water in the bathtub? Moni

This happened again yesterday and I was about to start another thread when I remembered that I had already started a thread. I haven't used this exercise ball in a while and I didn't realize my cleaning lady pressed it up against the wall. I went to move the ball yesterday and a giant chunk of paint came off with the ball. Much worse than the first time. I attached photos. Seems like this is going to be a constant battle as long as I have this ball in my gym. FML I assume that getting the wall re-painted will not change things, as long as I have this type of ball and this paint in the room, it can happen again. Is there anything I can do to prevent this? Perhaps a different primer?