I may have broken my foot update...I can walk again!

[Daisy and Delilah]

OUCH!!! I hope it's not broken. I've had three foot breaks and a couple of sprains. Two of the breaks were stress fractures. The sprains were alot more painful than the breaks but they usually healed quicker. With the fractures, I was able to work and walk with a walking boot. With the sprains, I had to take off work for a week or so. I always imagined that a break would hurt worse. It all sounds backwards. Best of luck. The x-ray should show something but sometimes stress fractures are really hard to spot right away. My thoughts and prayers are going out to you.

Other people may have had opposite reactions. I'm always the weirdest person with medical situations. I am the poster child for Murphy's Law.

[K9karen]

Yikes! I just recovered from a broken left foot. By the next morning, it turned black and I couldn't even put it down. I had a cast almost to my knee, then a walking boot. I shattered my 5th metatarsal. It was a major inconvenience, but luckily it wasn't my driving foot. Actually, strangers treated me so nicely and I got to use those electric carts at stores. Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I hope your foot isn't broken. That would suck.

[Medusa]

Oh goodness, how painful that must be! I've never broken a bone and it's the one thing I truly dread as I get older. I hope that it isn't broken and that you'll heal quickly and easily.

[pomtzu]

Other people may have had opposite reactions. I'm always the weirdest person with medical situations. I am the poster child for Murphy's Law.

I'm right there with you Terry - a sprain hurts worse than a break. I had a stress fracture in my left foot which took a while to be seen on x-ray, so after walking on it all that time, it developed into a full blown fracture. I was in a walking boot, but since I drive a stick shift car, needed both feet to drive. I had to take the boot off when I got in to drive, and I used the middle part of my foot rather than the toe area to use the clutch, and then had to put the boot back on before I got out and walked on it. It probably slowed the healing process some, but I didn't have much choice.


Hope it's not broken CM, but it really is more of an inconvenience than anything else.

[caseysmom]

The doctor at the clinic couldn't tell for sure if it was broke or not, there was a spot on the bone he wasn't sure about.

They gave me crutches and a post op shoe to help me walk. It was worse this morning and getting to the bathroom was a major chore. It swollen real bad and a bit discolored. Either way I can't walk on it which stinks.

I will find out tomorrow if I need a cast, I sure hope not. Luckily hubby is retired and he may have to chaufeer me to work if it gets casted I don't know if I am coordinated enough to drive with my left foot

[pomtzu]

When I broke my wrist and was in a cast, I found that plastic bags taped over it so I could shower were such a pain and a hassle, that I went to a medical supply store to see what they had that could make my life easier.

I got a water tight sleeve that just slipped on and off, and it was a godsend. Just Google Seal-Tight Cast Protector and you'll find lots of places where you can purchase them. They have them for arms and legs, and in different lengths.

[caseysmom]

When I broke my wrist and was in a cast, I found that plastic bags taped over it so I could shower were such a pain and a hassle, that I went to a medical supply store to see what they had that could make my life easier.

I got a water tight sleeve that just slipped on and off, and it was a godsend. Just Google Seal-Tight Cast Protector and you'll find lots of places where you can purchase them. They have them for arms and legs, and in different lengths.

My husband looked all around for those, he went to a medical supply store and got one but its not very good. Walmart.com has a good one but I didn't want to wait for it.

Before the surgery we had a double trash bag, rubber band and duct tape method that worked well, its just now not being able to put any weight at all on the leg is what worries me but I got the lawn chair so I will give it a try today.

Thanks for the help.

[Edwina's Secretary]

When my husband had rotator cup surgery I showered with him every morning (at 4:30 am - trust me- it wasn't romantic! ).

I have also done the "bath with one leg hanging out." Just make sure your husband helps you into and out of the tub!

[caseysmom]

We tried the bath thing once it was pretty miserable because to hang my leg over my back had to be up against the spout. Getting of a tub with one leg hanging out is easier said than done too.