I broke my ankle...anyone experience a broken bone in the foot?

[sparky]

if we were horses...... we'd all be working for the post office.......on the back of a stamp!......~S~

 

[Manonthestreet]

I was laying down and decided to unplug the tree before going to sleep. I got up quickly and started towards the tree. Big mistake. I fainted hitting the wooden floor. I have a condition that causes my blood pressure to drop and I pass out (hypo-something) mostly related to dialysis which drops my pressure into the 80's (faint zone) . I need to look up the report to see what its called.

Ambulance was called and off I went. I have a large boot on, that goes to almost the knee. In a lot of pain, taking Tylenol. (don't want to take anything strong or heavy)

I wondered if anyone here had broken a bone in the foot, how did you find a good way to walk in the boot? What tips do you have how to make this a speedy recovery?

Thanks

Its called crutches

 

[1srelluc]

I read you have to wear it (boot) up to 9 weeks (yikes!) How long did you wear one? How long does it take for this pain to ease up.

Back then (40-odd years ago) I don't remember having a boot, just some sort of soft cast I strapped on. I just wore a tennis shoe with it. The pain lasted a few days but I was in my 20s then.

Hell, I never even missed work because it happened on my seven day break. They just stuck me in the control center where I did not have to walk around much.

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

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Thank you! I was able to finally get the name of what that was thanks to you. My dermatologist doc once came in my room riding on one of those. I had never seen one before.

 

[Yarddog]

I was laying down and decided to unplug the tree before going to sleep. I got up quickly and started towards the tree. Big mistake. I fainted hitting the wooden floor. I have a condition that causes my blood pressure to drop and I pass out (hypo-something) mostly related to dialysis which drops my pressure into the 80's (faint zone) . I need to look up the report to see what its called.

Ambulance was called and off I went. I have a large boot on, that goes to almost the knee. In a lot of pain, taking Tylenol. (don't want to take anything strong or heavy)

I wondered if anyone here had broken a bone in the foot, how did you find a good way to walk in the boot? What tips do you have how to make this a speedy recovery?

Thanks

been there, done that. It's the best bone in the body to break!

 

[Yarddog]

Broke a bone at different times in both my feet and end of december 2020 I fractured my ankle. I had covid so they did not operate to put in pins I spent 8 months in a Nursing home with orders not to put any weight on it. Now I barely walk cause I got weak from all that. I can take about 5 steps to get in my wheelchair

Oh no man, can you go in a pool?

 

[Dante]

I was laying down and decided to unplug the tree before going to sleep. I got up quickly and started towards the tree. Big mistake. I fainted hitting the wooden floor. I have a condition that causes my blood pressure to drop and I pass out (hypo-something) mostly related to dialysis which drops my pressure into the 80's (faint zone) . I need to look up the report to see what its called.

Ambulance was called and off I went. I have a large boot on, that goes to almost the knee. In a lot of pain, taking Tylenol. (don't want to take anything strong or heavy)

I wondered if anyone here had broken a bone in the foot, how did you find a good way to walk in the boot? What tips do you have how to make this a speedy recovery?

Thanks

Don't push it.

I've broken the same small outside bone in my foot (Metatarsal) -- three different times.

good luck to you

I've broken other foot bones too nasty

 

[Stryder50]

Oh yeah ...
.... about 46-47 years ago.
Playing on the employer's basketball team against another company's team in the city intra-murals, one of their guy's and I collided going after a loose ball and my right ankle/foot took a good whack. I limped off the court and managed to drive the hour home alright, sort of .

After a couple hours the pain had grown increasingly worse and I asked my (eventually ex-) 'future' wife to drive me to emergency. This about 1-2 AM and she bitched mighty about the inconvenience (should have been a warning seen of the future to come.).

They put this cast on that was open toes almost up to my knee, said I had a bone fracture in the ankle. Told me no baths and put a plastic bag over it when showering to keep it from dissolving. It had this rubber plug on the bottom heel to help me walk~hobble around. So I was able to do most of the usual at work.

IIRC it came off about 6-8 weeks later when the fracture had healed. Not much pain, but a real annoyance during the time.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

I was laying down and decided to unplug the tree before going to sleep. I got up quickly and started towards the tree. Big mistake. I fainted hitting the wooden floor. I have a condition that causes my blood pressure to drop and I pass out (hypo-something) mostly related to dialysis which drops my pressure into the 80's (faint zone) . I need to look up the report to see what its called.

Ambulance was called and off I went. I have a large boot on, that goes to almost the knee. In a lot of pain, taking Tylenol. (don't want to take anything strong or heavy)

I wondered if anyone here had broken a bone in the foot, how did you find a good way to walk in the boot? What tips do you have how to make this a speedy recovery?

Thanks

Oh man, I just had a bad ankle Not too long ago.....
and got a spiral fracture which was painful

 

[DennisPTate]

I was laying down and decided to unplug the tree before going to sleep. I got up quickly and started towards the tree. Big mistake. I fainted hitting the wooden floor. I have a condition that causes my blood pressure to drop and I pass out (hypo-something) mostly related to dialysis which drops my pressure into the 80's (faint zone) . I need to look up the report to see what its called.

Ambulance was called and off I went. I have a large boot on, that goes to almost the knee. In a lot of pain, taking Tylenol. (don't want to take anything strong or heavy)

I wondered if anyone here had broken a bone in the foot, how did you find a good way to walk in the boot? What tips do you have how to make this a speedy recovery?

Thanks

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Here is a summary of that book:
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[braalian]

Only bone I’ve broken is my arm

It was bad enough but foot seems like it’d be much worse, much more limiting

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Thank you! I was able to finally get the name of what that was thanks to you. My dermatologist doc once came in my room riding on one of those. I had never seen one before.

My daughter had surgery on her foot and went back to her work in a factory using one of those knee scooters. It is still in the garage in case she needs it again.