Newbie greetings from the Cape of Good Hope

[shanejvv]

Hallo everyone,

I look forward to being a part of this community.

The last 5 months have been fun with my monofin, which is a Finis Trainer fin, I do suspect that I am needing something else a little wider though.

Regards,
Shane

 

[shanejvv]

Site says that there are about 15 of you guys out there watching this, somebody point me in the right direction, please.

For the last month I have developed a painful (very uncomfortable) lump on top of my left foot. It appears to be on the Cuneiform Bone. I swim about 1km or more every weekday and cannot abode the idea of stopping swimming.

Any ideas, I thought of cutting a hole where the pressure is?

 

[island_sands]

Site says that there are about 15 of you guys out there watching this, somebody point me in the right direction, please.

For the last month I have developed a painful (very uncomfortable) lump on top of my left foot. It appears to be on the Cuneiform Bone. I swim about 1km or more every weekday and cannot abode the idea of stopping swimming.

Any ideas, I thought of cutting a hole where the pressure is?

welcome to the forum!

i wondered if a doctor might give you better advice than us divers. Whereabouts in the Cape of Good Hope?

i used to own a place in L'Agulhas. I love that area.

 

[shanejvv]

I live in Cape Town itself. I was suspecting that the Doctor would be mentioned but still hoping that someone has experienced this as well. Thanks for the reply.

 

[shanejvv]

Ok, so here's the problem.

It turns out that the lump is a ganglion protruding from the joint between my cuneiform bone and the first meta tarsal.

Having it removed surgically in a week's time. Too bad, means two weeks out of the water.

 

[island_sands]

yeouch! well good luck with that!

 

[shanejvv]

Thanks for the wishes.. Can't wait to get back in the water after the op.