Mobic, aka Meloxicam

This past Thursday the pain in my left foot lead me to Dr. Fridman’s office on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The gloomy day almost matched my running deprived sentiments.  Dr. Fridman wasted no time in poking the most pain inducing parts of my second and third metatarsals (small bones near the front of my left foot).  Xrays were administered and upon examining the film, Dr. Fridman summarized the tortured past of my left foot and ankle – arthritis here, an old stress fracture there , scar tissue from a fractured heel and finally, swelling in the aforementioned metatarsal region.

He prescribed an anti-inflammatory called Mobic.  I normally shy away from drugs, but in this case I made a fast hobble to the nearest pharmacy.   After three days of taking the NSAID, my foot feels much better.  Not healed by any means, but relieved.

Mobic. Photo by Zandy Mangold

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