Have had a bad achilles tendon in my right leg for a few years, apparently brought on by a -floxacin scrip. Swollen up just above the heel. Not horribly bothersome, but sometimes sore enough to cause limping. Hasn't gotten worse, and was helped quite a bit by massaging "the sore place" on the calf. A few weeks ago, I suddenly developed "drop foot", which has dramatically altered my stride. I have to pick up the foot with a knee bend. The foot doesn't flop all the way down, but it also doesn't lift. Sitting flat-footed, and trying to flex upward, the big toe has almost no movement, although the other toes have about the same motion as the other foot. There is also a lot of numbness on the top of the foot. Now I'm seeing obvious swelling, mostly in the foot but a little up the ankle, too.
At 81, I'm not sure whether to chalk it up as just regular "falling apart" or what. I reckon I ought to let a specialist go over this. GP doesn't seem concerned by it, but I'm pissed off about not being able to walk more than a few dozen strides at a time, and pretty damned slowly, at that. What kind of Doc should I see?