Have I broken my toe?
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House alarm went off early this morning - ran downstairs whilst half asleep to turn it off and somehow caught left big toe on bottom step and I think folded it under my foot somehow.
Absolute agony, nearly threw up from the pain. Managed to pull myself together and get to work, but driving was an experience (doing as few gearchanges as possible as using the clutch bloody hurts!). Walking is tough too, serious limp.
It's basically pretty much dark purple/black, and hurting permanently. I can move it, but I'm not sure that proves anything.
I understand the treatment for a broken toe is pretty much the same as that for a badly bruised one - stay off it, keep it elevated, plenty of ice, arnica, etc.
No way can I stay off it - too much work on at the moment
Is it worth going to A&E tomorrow or will it be a waste of time?
Absolute agony, nearly threw up from the pain. Managed to pull myself together and get to work, but driving was an experience (doing as few gearchanges as possible as using the clutch bloody hurts!). Walking is tough too, serious limp.
It's basically pretty much dark purple/black, and hurting permanently. I can move it, but I'm not sure that proves anything.
I understand the treatment for a broken toe is pretty much the same as that for a badly bruised one - stay off it, keep it elevated, plenty of ice, arnica, etc.
No way can I stay off it - too much work on at the moment
Is it worth going to A&E tomorrow or will it be a waste of time?
Worth getting checked out, esp with that level of bruising, but there is little that they can do aside from strapping it to the adjacent toe.
I broke my little toe, was running to answer the phone and caught it on the coffee table full swing. Hurt like hell and I could feel the two halves of the bone grating against each other.
Didn't bruise up like yours but went to A&E, x-ray confirmed the break and they just strapped it to the adjacent toe.
I broke my little toe, was running to answer the phone and caught it on the coffee table full swing. Hurt like hell and I could feel the two halves of the bone grating against each other.
Didn't bruise up like yours but went to A&E, x-ray confirmed the break and they just strapped it to the adjacent toe.
NiceCupOfTea said:
House alarm went off early this morning - ran downstairs whilst half asleep to turn it off and somehow caught left big toe on bottom step and I think folded it under my foot somehow.
Absolute agony, nearly threw up from the pain. Managed to pull myself together and get to work, but driving was an experience (doing as few gearchanges as possible as using the clutch bloody hurts!). Walking is tough too, serious limp.
It's basically pretty much dark purple/black, and hurting permanently. I can move it, but I'm not sure that proves anything.
I understand the treatment for a broken toe is pretty much the same as that for a badly bruised one - stay off it, keep it elevated, plenty of ice, arnica, etc.
No way can I stay off it - too much work on at the moment
Is it worth going to A&E tomorrow or will it be a waste of time?
I've done the slip on a step, land on toe Absolute agony, nearly threw up from the pain. Managed to pull myself together and get to work, but driving was an experience (doing as few gearchanges as possible as using the clutch bloody hurts!). Walking is tough too, serious limp.
It's basically pretty much dark purple/black, and hurting permanently. I can move it, but I'm not sure that proves anything.
I understand the treatment for a broken toe is pretty much the same as that for a badly bruised one - stay off it, keep it elevated, plenty of ice, arnica, etc.
No way can I stay off it - too much work on at the moment
Is it worth going to A&E tomorrow or will it be a waste of time?
Not as badly as you describe.As for being able to move a broken digit, this means nowt, I could move my right pinky (very bruised) later found out it was broken.
Yes you should visit A&E.
To be honest I wouldn't
Hmmmm, I could strap it myself but would be good at least to be able to say "I broke my toe" rather than "I stubbed my toe" 
How long did it take to sort itself out? Driving is not pleasant at all (and probably not safe) - came right round the M25 and up the A20 rather than coming through town this evening as I knew it was going to hurt changing gear...
Have spent the last hour on the classifieds looking at cheap auto barges
How long did it take to sort itself out? Driving is not pleasant at all (and probably not safe) - came right round the M25 and up the A20 rather than coming through town this evening as I knew it was going to hurt changing gear...
Have spent the last hour on the classifieds looking at cheap auto barges
I broke a toe a year or so ago, no exciting story, just another another coffee table kicker 
Symptoms sound just like yours. very bruised and extreme pain. I did hop off hospital, mainly just to confirm it was broken and to borrow a walking stick. It wasn't a break across the bone, it was almost the full length. All they did was tape it to it's neighbour. A few weeks later and it was fine, although it's not the same shape as it was and doesn't bend properly any more...
Worth a visit I would say, just to confirm. But if they're anything like mine they won't bother with anything exotic in the way of treatment. After all it's only a toe and we have 9 others
Symptoms sound just like yours. very bruised and extreme pain. I did hop off hospital, mainly just to confirm it was broken and to borrow a walking stick. It wasn't a break across the bone, it was almost the full length. All they did was tape it to it's neighbour. A few weeks later and it was fine, although it's not the same shape as it was and doesn't bend properly any more...
Worth a visit I would say, just to confirm. But if they're anything like mine they won't bother with anything exotic in the way of treatment. After all it's only a toe and we have 9 others
zax said:
I broke a toe a year or so ago, no exciting story, just another another coffee table kicker
Symptoms sound just like yours. very bruised and extreme pain. I did hop off hospital, mainly just to confirm it was broken and to borrow a walking stick. It wasn't a break across the bone, it was almost the full length. All they did was tape it to it's neighbour. A few weeks later and it was fine, although it's not the same shape as it was and doesn't bend properly any more...
Worth a visit I would say, just to confirm. But if they're anything like mine they won't bother with anything exotic in the way of treatment. After all it's only a toe and we have 9 others
I did the very same and likewise can`t bend it properly and its a different shape. This was about 8 years ago and even now if I stub my toe gently on something I have to be peeled from the ceiling, it is seriously painful!Symptoms sound just like yours. very bruised and extreme pain. I did hop off hospital, mainly just to confirm it was broken and to borrow a walking stick. It wasn't a break across the bone, it was almost the full length. All they did was tape it to it's neighbour. A few weeks later and it was fine, although it's not the same shape as it was and doesn't bend properly any more...
Worth a visit I would say, just to confirm. But if they're anything like mine they won't bother with anything exotic in the way of treatment. After all it's only a toe and we have 9 others
Just back from an exciting morning at the local Minor Injuries Unit.
X-ray confirms it's broken, not supposed to drive or work, have a consultation at a fractures clinic in a week or so.
b
kS.
Of course it's a lovely day, I want to go for a drive with the hood down, do some car cleaning and potter in the garage. Instead I am stuck on the fking sofa with the telly on and will probably spend the afternoon rebuilding my wife's laptop.
X-ray confirms it's broken, not supposed to drive or work, have a consultation at a fractures clinic in a week or so.
b
kS.Of course it's a lovely day, I want to go for a drive with the hood down, do some car cleaning and potter in the garage. Instead I am stuck on the f
king sofa with the telly on and will probably spend the afternoon rebuilding my wife's laptop.I once saw a bloke break most of his toes in a pub fight.
The moral is never kick someone in the side of the head when wearing slip on shoes that fall off before the foot makes impact.
Twenty of us watching were rolling on the floor laughing at the kicker hopping round in agony. That included the two cops who'd just turned up.
The moral is never kick someone in the side of the head when wearing slip on shoes that fall off before the foot makes impact.
Twenty of us watching were rolling on the floor laughing at the kicker hopping round in agony. That included the two cops who'd just turned up.
NiceCupOfTea said:
Just back from an exciting morning at the local Minor Injuries Unit.
X-ray confirms it's broken, not supposed to drive or work, have a consultation at a fractures clinic in a week or so.
bkS.
Of course it's a lovely day, I want to go for a drive with the hood down, do some car cleaning and potter in the garage. Instead I am stuck on the fking sofa with the telly on and will probably spend the afternoon rebuilding my wife's laptop.
X-ray confirms it's broken, not supposed to drive or work, have a consultation at a fractures clinic in a week or so.
b
kS.Of course it's a lovely day, I want to go for a drive with the hood down, do some car cleaning and potter in the garage. Instead I am stuck on the f
king sofa with the telly on and will probably spend the afternoon rebuilding my wife's laptop. heal fast 
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