Metatarsal Stress Fracture
 

Has anyone had experience with a metatarsal stress fracture? I am self diagnosising -- I have all the symptoms and it makes sense with my poor battered foot. I have been walking more than usual and the top of my foot is hurting so badly that my strongest pain meds doesn't touch it! I guess I'm going to have to break down and go to the doctor!

Go to the orthopedic surgeon, lady! Likely he'll put you in a sturdy-soled(I mean won't bend at all hardly!) gym shoe that you have to wear until you go to bed to keep tiny microfractures from growing. And put you on the bone-strenghteners of the day that haven't been shot down by the latest "studies". I've never had one but seen many treated and healed with following doc's orders.

Hello........been there, done that.....more than several times......I never took the bone stregtheners meds...I am a nurse and we are horrible patients, and they have always scared me.........but yes, it hurts across the top of the foot.....limited activity on that foot....uh-huh, sure, of course, big picture of THAT happening around here.......follow the docs orders and it will heal in a timely manner......

I have no experience with that but I hope you are ok and I will keep you in my prayers.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the good thoughts, advice and prayers. I guess I'll have to break down and go to the doctor. Dad gum, I just don't have time for any more hurt foot/leg foolishness :(:mad::eek::thumbdown

Oh no... A friend of mine had that. She had to wear a special shoe for a while.

Not the same but I hurt my food ..I still think I broke something ..and it took a month enforce I could walk:eek: so I understand

Oh no! Sorry to hear you are still having problems... hope this is resolved quickly!

I'm really sorry to read this. You've certainly had more than your fair share of those sort of issues. Let us know what you find out if you go to the dr.

I broke down and had it xrayed. It's broken :( Pardon the pun, but my left leg really needs a break :lol tears

I guess it's off to my favorite ortho Dr. Terrell again!

So sorry Kathy, praying for quick and complete healing. I know the agony of foot fractures , my left once, right twice. Did they cast it? Please take care and do what is needed. You have been through so much, praying things to be all okay real soon.
Hugs, Patti and Jack

Oh, goodness! Sorry to hear this! All too common with women.

Patti, thank you for your prayers. I haven't been to the doctor yet - my Nurse Practioner ordered the xray and I just got the results this morning. I'm getting ready to call the doctor that took care of my tib/fib break and see if he will see me. Dr. T specializes in serious bone trauma, but since I am his patient and it's the same leg I'm hoping he will at least take a look see.

Checking to see what the doctor said but will check back later. Take it easy!

Thanks, I have an appointment at 10:30 in the am. Will post doctor results when I get home tomorrow.

Glad you are seeing a specialist.

Oh my Cindy....you really do deserve a break...and not of the bone..Hope it heals quickly.

what bone is broken, I broke the 5th metatarsal about 8 years ago, it is the very last bone on the outside of the foot, sort of on the side. It was clean break and I wore a cast that ended just below my knee for about 6-8 weeks but the bone never started to heal. After two months with no sign of healing the doctor wanted to put me in an EBS(electronic bone stimulator) but insurance made me wait another month. At three months with still no sign of healing I started wearing the EBS patch for 10 hours a day and a was in a walking cast until the bone finally healed, which took a total of 6 months. While it was a PITA walking around in cast and then a big lunky shoe boot it healed so well you would never know I broke it. I went to an ortho foot doctor and was glad he was honest and did not go the pin and screw route that a neighbor who was a podiatrist wanted to do. Eric the Podiatrist told me the day after my fall that I would need surgery and wanted to operate right away, I am glad I stuck to my gut feeling and saw an MD. I was in my late 40's when this happened and as you get older you don't have much blood flow in the foot so that's why healing can take longer, good luck and let us know what the doc says.

one more thing, my friend around 50 broke her foot this past summer playing tennis, the same thing no healing and insurance wanted to wait to pay for the bone stimulator.
She wound up finding one on EBAY that had several hundred hours left for not much money, she bought that and used it until her insurance kicked in, it probably saved her about 6 weeks of recovery time. LOL I would never have thought you could find something like this on Ebay but when you get them from the insurance company you can keep them and there is usually a fair amount of time left on them when you are finished using them, so that might be something to consider to help you heal faster.

Woopsie
 

I'm sorry, I forgot to post an update :( . Went to my favorite ortho, Dr. Terrell who confirmed that I have a closed fracture of the 3rd Metatarsal. It was barely visible on the xray, but there. Dr. Terrell specializes in extreme orthopeadics (Mission: POSSIBLE - William D. Terrell, M.D.) and took care of my leg reconstruction last year which included the Ilizarov technique for limb-lengthening, deformity correction. Part of my treatment was a bone stimulator. Thanks to your idea, I'll dust it off and use it on my poor aching foot.

sounds like you sure have a great doc, wow that must have been some ordeal with your leg, glad I could give you a suggestion, LOL, it's not often one takes my opinion:D