It sounds terribly painful, but it's a good thing that you are milking it, too. You never know when you'll have another chance!:D

On a serious note, I've seen regular doctors miss breaks that an orthapedist can see. I hope it gets better soon. It's awful when it hurts so much and you have to walk on it to get around.

So glad you are doing better. Didn't want to mention it B4, but the torn tendons/ligaments and even a serious sprain are usually just as painful as a fracture unless you fracture into the joint, especially the large MT joint where the big toe attaches to the foot, and have to have surgical fixation. Toe injuries are just so painful, fracture or not. Hope the knees and other body parts less sore, too. The sonic burger, fries and raspberry tart sounds good right now. Reminds me it is nearly time for lunch. Be well!

Hey, that is EXACTLY where the discoloration and soreness was day before last. Where the toe meets the foot! I thought it was the middle joint, but it's not. He didn't say anything about possible surgery or even referring me to a surgeon about this. :cool: Just that it would take nearly as much time to heal as if I had broken it. Do you think I should be worried at all? It actually feels a smidge better today...kinda.

Oh, when you said "middle" before, I assumed you meant the middle or interphalangeal joint of the toe where its two bones meet. Sorry I misunderstood. You meant where the great toe joins the foot? That's a bigger joint and an injury to that area, even if not a fracture into the joint, is a bit more painful because it is moved more in walking. I'm pretty sure when he saw the x-ray he could see whether a fracture extended into the joint and failing to see that, he is just treating you conservatively, not allowing you to bend the joint when you walk due to the hard shoe. That should allow whatever was contused, torn or sprained in the joint area to heal just fine. As much as you can, keep it elevated to keep swelling out of your foot and toe. It will help the pain and help you heal faster. It will be a nuisance to walk around in that surgical shoe for a while but stick with it and you'll be zipping around in no time. A lot of times the orthopedist I used to work for would ask a patient to use a hard-soled athletic shoe for a while after they were taken out of the surgical shoe just to give the joint better support and less movement for the next few weeks. It is amazing how those MTP injuries can hurt so acutely for a while and how after 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 weeks, they can be so much better with only the occasional twinge. Any time you injure a joint area it is a little more troublesome. Hope all is well soon.