Heel Spur - will it ever go away?

I have a heel spur. The above is not my actual x-ray, but that is what a heel spur looks like on x-ray. It is also known as Plantar Fasciitis which is the long tendon running the length of your foot. Don't really know how I got it, but I suspect it was coming and going for a few months and then, in March of this year, I stood for 4 1/2 hours in very high heeled shoes and it came back with a vengeance. The pain, as described by a fellow sufferer, is like an ice pick tearing thru your heel and the pain shoots right up your entire leg. Very descriptive and completely accurate.

There were some mornings that I could not walk when I got out of bed until the tendon was stretched and supple. Most days I walk with a limp, which throws off my gait and causes pain to the knee and hip. Wonderful.

Finally, I went to a doctor. He confirmed the above, advised me to wear shoes the moment I got out of bed - tennis shoes! and to stretch, take his prescribed anti-inflammatory and get some orthotics for my shoes.

Orthotics?? Now I feel OLD!!! I bought the new pair of tennis shoes - the ones with the support and cushioning. They don't really seem to help. The orthotics I have yet to get. When you work the same hours that the stores are open, you have a tendency not to want to take off work for this sort of thing.

I have 17 days to make this pain get better otherwise the good doctor wants to shoot my heel up with some cortisone. I think no matter what, the heel is going t o feel better come appointment time.