Wow, sounds like it's been quite a week for all of us!!
I tried to make an appointment with my doctor to look at my heel, but he's on vacation this week, so it will have to wait until next week. I am on my feet constantly at work, and they started mandating work shoes in May. I chose the ones that look and feel most like sport shoes, but they still aren't comfortable, and the people I've talked to who have different ones all say theirs are terrible. I've had pain in my heel for a while, but since getting these shoes, it's worse. I put in gel insoles to make them a bit more bearable, but by the end of the night, my left heel is in a lot of pain, and then I get these shooting pains on the side, like someone is hammering a nail into the side of my heel. It's excruciating. I'm not sure what triggers it, but suddenly there's a sharp pain there. I'm thinking maybe Plantar Faciitis? But there are also 2 little bumps on the side of my heel right where I get those shooting pains. The main pain is on the bottom, but the shooting pains are on the side. If I have a doctor's note, maybe they can find me some work that doesn't involve as much walking until it's better.