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yorkieusa · 03-11-2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bellasmom30

Oh my goodness, ya'll have me laughing right now! He bought me a sonic burger and fries tonight with a raspberry sweet tea!

It was sooo yummy!

Actually, I went back to the dr yesterday. MY dr this time. It was just hurting so bad, and sooo swollen and gray and blue looking!

I started googling stuff about broken big toes and about fell out of my chair (no pun intended

) in horror! All these things about blood clots, and surgery! I thought well that figures, I will be the one in a million that this actually happens to. So I tried to gather and collect my thoughts as I was near a panic attack, so I could go back to the dr.

I get there, they do another xray and tell me it's JUST a sprain. lol NO broken bones. He kept looking at my toe, then the xray back and forth. He was amazed at the way it looked and expected it to be broke, but couldn't find it. I've got an ugly shoe though now. He said with torn ligaments and tendons it could take weeks to heal. Anywho, the moral of the story is to never let your mind runaway with you from stuff you read online.

I am usually good about this, but for some reason was NOT yesterday!

I'm MUCH better today, but still sore a little bit. My toe itself is still very sore! Thank ya'll so much for checking on me! Hugs to the both of you!

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!

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.

yorkietalkjilly · 03-12-2011, 08:45 AM

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!

Bellasmom30 · 03-12-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

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.

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.

yorkietalkjilly · 03-12-2011, 01:23 PM

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.

03-12-2011, 08:45 AM	#47
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	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!

03-12-2011, 01:23 PM	#49
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	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.