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I have had pain in my right heel for over a year. Lately it has become excruciating. I do have a lesion where one of the outside ligaments attaches to the bone in my right ankle. Doctor says surgery would fix it, but I can't afford that. (It would require returning to the USA.) I was given a pain blocking shot for that Wednesday. X-rays show no evidence of bone spurs. I occassionally hear a snapping, not a popping, sound when I walk and it feels like something is snapping in the back of my heel. I've always had jobs that require me to be on my feet all day. I also use public tranportation so I walk a lot. In 2002 I severely sprained my ankle, but could not afford to be out of work and many times worked 12 hour shifts in my walking cast. I resprained it three more times within the following year. I go dancing and bowling a lot. After bowling yesterday I cannot walk on my heel. I have a high pain threshhold so I rarely rest even when it hurts badly, but now it is horrible.
I live in China so I cannot just pop into see a Western orthopedist/podiatrist. The ones who are in China are not in my city and cost Western prices. I do not live near those doctors and I don't have insurance (that's 2 months salary for a year's coverage) so I couldn't afford western prices anyway. I don't believe I have plantar fasciitis. The pain isn't in the front of my heel, but at the middle back and a bit on the right side. I'm just trying to figure out what my problem could be.
Marcia- It was an air cast. I don't know if I tore it back then. Couldn't afford the x-ray on top of the doctor's fee. My city didn't have a free clinic. I was uninsured then and made too much too qualify for any assistance, but lucky to have enough for the rent.
Stimpson- I take a Chinese friend with me. Her english is good, but medical English is another story. Something always seems to get lost in translation.

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