swollen foot

[silverdaler]

my poor old mom has turned up for work (yes she works for me at the age of 79 !) with her right foot swollen. she hasnt had an insect bite, she says, and it doesnt hurt. the other foot is perfectly ok . any ideas ??

[crete]

take the poor lady home elevate the foot and make her some lunch , if no better see g p she needs pampering at her age not working

[booboopoo]

The best thing for it would be a bigger shoe! Shame it isn't the left foot cos then you could nick one from a shoe shop! Hope that this helps.

[jiggy-gb]

Get your mum to put her foot in a bowl of cold water, see if that takes the swelling down a bit. As has been mentioned, it could just be the heat? Also people tend to be a bit more sedentary in this weather so it could just be that your mum needs to move the joint a little more. I hope it goes down soon.

[silverdaler]

she WONT go home - she loves coming to work just once a week to make the tea etc,
anyway - thanks for the advice guys and girls

[crete]

she sounds lovely,i misunderstood had visions of her working a 40 hour for you !!!

[silverdaler]

thats ok crete, it does sound strange, i know, but its more of a social interraction for her, and a bit of help for me ! she once told her gp (very seriously) that she could not go for a blood test on a tuesday because she goes to work that day ! !
she catches 2 buses to get to us and i take her back.
she wasnt very well one week so she rang in sick !
perhaps we should start a trend - take a parent to work day,
what do you think ?????
mind you, we have just taken on 2 new employees
(engineers) - one is 66, the other is 67 - they are brilliant ! no ageism in this place !!!!!!!!
p.s i took mom to gp and he has put her on diuretics
cheers everyone