Thank you for the replies. They are very much appreciated.
BOEINGBOY,my apologies I was going to include my national authority but completely forgot. It will be the UK CAA that I have to deal with so it doesn’t seem as bad at the moment. It doesn’t affect my work at all, walking after a TFS and back might be a bit painfull but no issues using the rudder. Thank you for the link to the CAA protocol. I will have a read of this. Hopefully your knee can be sorted out with a replacement, however that has its own challenges.
ABGD, it is just the front part (toes, excluding the big toe) which plays up. As far as I am aware no other joints are infected and no other joints are stiff or cause me grief. I don’t jog and never had any injuries on that foot. The problem started during the build of our garage. I did all the work myself and I wonder if carrying heavy weight concrete blocks over uneven ground might have put uneven strain on that particular foot. At the moment I am not taking any medication as the pain is bad for about 10 minutes when I wake up and after that it is more manageable.
You are right and I need to start putting some pressure on my Doctor to send me to a specialist.