# Did I break a bone?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 25, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-a-bone/635836 "2012-09-25T23:44:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-a-bone/635836/14 "2012-09-27T11:50:12Z")

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> [@The Cubs' magic number is 69](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cubs-magic-number-is-69/72847/99):
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> They looked at it, they saw a metatarsal was broken, they put me in an orthopedic boot and gave me a pair of crutches and a very stern KEEP YOUR WEIGHT OFF IT lecture, and after six weeks and two routine orthopedic checkups I was walking just fine and starting to work back up to my regular exercise schedule.
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> No surgery, no cast, no bed rest, and now, three or four years later (huh, I see in my previous post I said “a couple” but I’m sure it was more than two years but less than five, how time flies, eh?), I’m not even 100% certain which foot it was.

You were incredibly lucky 🙂 Two winters ago I fell off our back stairs taking the big dog out to potty and I not only sprained my ankle, but also broke two metatarsals. I had the exact same treatment as you; however; there was no way I could stay off it for six weeks because of work, so I had to buy a special ortho boot. I hobbled around for a good three months and came home, refusing to move from the couch.

Everything eventually healted, The affected toes, though – now they overlap and they don’t sit straight in line with my others. They have affected my gait. I also have trouble wearing certain shoe/sneaker styles because of them.

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