The doctors had no answers for why her husband was in agony. Piling up prescriptions for more pain medication, nothing worked. They were clueless, theorizing in vain, while Tim Kim’s pain only worsened.
It started with some “minor foot pain” in 2016 when doctors “diagnosed him with plantar fasciitis and then metatarsalgia,” Tim’s wife, Sierra Kim, told The Epoch Times. “In 2017, his health continued to get worse.” Plantar fasciitis is caused by inflammation in the fascia of the foot.
“They were saying, ‘Get some better shoes,’” Sierra, 29, said.
By 2018, the aching had morphed into extreme pain and intense swelling. Her engineer husband, now 31, lost mobility for weeks on end. It was actually a godsend when COVID lockdowns in 2020 saw Tim working remotely from home. The year 2020 also saw Tim have his worst flare-up yet when he wasn’t able to walk for six months….