Mabey even 2 toes. I was groggy and just woke up and mashed them on a door. The pain is eye popping.
I am a Physical Therapist and normally walk between 5 and 15 miles every day at work. Which starts in 20 min. I have iced and and painkillered. OW OW M----------r! Glargh! mabey they will send me home. I can barely hobble. Thank you, I just had to share.
Owowow! You say maybe they will send you home. Do you not have the option of telling them you’re going home, and not giving them a choice in the matter?
I broke my toe going into a gas station that had a 1" step up to enter. I think the pain may be worse than childbirth. Sucks to be you. Go to the doctor and get some “real” pain killers. You really, really do need them.
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As a Physical Therapist, you should know that Glargh! is a universal cry of genuine distress. The patient should be made as comfortable as possible and the area causing Glargh should be elevated. I have no medical background what-so-ever, but I do know going to work makes it darn hard to be as comfortable as possible.
My mom once broke her toe kicking me in the ass.
Gotta admit that the karma on that was absolutely ironic and immediate. I still tease her about it.
*No, I didn’t have abusive parents. I’m sure that the kick was in response to some smart-ass comment, which I conveniently cannot recall.
I hope you called an emergency vehicle.
Oooh, do I ever feel your pain. I broke my little toe on my left foot tripping over a stacked pile of something in my room, and the pain was excruciating. I actually had to stifle a scream, something I haven’t done in years.
There was nothing to do for it afterwards but apply ice and hop-hobble around for a few days 
Never broke a toe but I saw my brother break his.
He was attempting a ‘Happy Gilmore’ golf swing and his swing came right across his planted left foot.
Took the shoe off and pulled off the sock and his second toe in was sticking straight up in the air. :eek: My Dad pulled it straight (not without much resistance and wiggling) and taped it to his third toe and he finished the round. :dubious:
Ouch. I’ve crunched my little toe a few times so hard I was reduced to rocking in a fetal position on the floor. My condolences go out to your 'lil piggies! 
I broke my baby toe once too, running into a table leg. I felt pain, then numbness. I took my sock off and my two was facing backward :eek:
It was dislocated too, so I had to go to the ER to get it turned around. They numbed it, but nothing like listening to your own bone-ends grind together to make you feel a little sicky
Ohhh, ouch.
I currently have just one toe broken and this is my fifth one. Though I rebroke two so I don’t know if that counts… But yeah, it sucks ass and you don’t realize how much you need the toe till it hurts with each step. Just tape it to a neighboring toe and be sure not to restub it. Also, be sure to tape it straight or else it’ll heal wonky and the knuckles will be off center*.
*I have learned this from experience
Yep, I have transversely fractured and laterally displaced it. I got through the day using walkers, crutches, and wheeled stools. I have learned 3 things: 1. My pain threshold is higher then I thought. I’m not a wimp, I am whiney tough cookie. 2. Anyone who is dumb enough to work eight hours on a broken bone is too dumb to be allowed to decide whether they should go home. I will consult with a life form with a more highly developed sense of self-preservation next time. 3. If you start sweating every time you flex your toe, you did more then “stub” it.
I broke my second-smallest toe on my left foot twice. My whole foot turned black. Gross. It does hurt a lot but there’s not a lot to do for it, except taping it to the toe next to it, I guess. IIRC, it was the swelling that was the worst because I couldn’t wear real shoes for weeks. It was summer both times, though, which made it easier. How the hell are you going to stand and walk on it all day long? I can’t imagine having to do that.
I seem to have a previously untapped talent. I never really stood on it all day. I spent some time on one leg, lots of time on various supports, and elevated my foot on every available surface. It turns out you can get a lot done sitting on the floor gently waving one leg over your head to keep people from bumping you. I developed high level skills at scooting around on office furniture. Also, you can poke things with crutches.
Know what sucks? Going en pointe with two broken toes.
That hurts.
That WOULD suck!
Dancers are tough!
ouch ouch and ouch.
been there, done that.
btw, which toe did you break?
i double spiral-fractured my right big toe about five years ago by falling down the damn stairs – breaking THE cardinal rule for those who live alone.
DO NOT, *NOT EVER * leave things on the stairs (guess what made me fall…)!!!
:smack:
knew the minute i landed that it was broken. stuffed foot into sneaker and drove immediately to nearest doc in the box. the conversation went something like this:
‘yeppers,’ said the doc in the box, peering at the xray of my misshapen appendage, ‘you did a number on that toe, alright.’
‘yeah,’ i said grouchily, seeing for myself the displacement on the film, ‘got that part already… make it stop hurting. gimme drugs. gimme grugs NOW.’
happiness is a 10.5 mg tab of vicodan. several of them at once and several times a day (toe? what toe?). that, and a lovely dark-blue surgical boot. went so well with my outfits…
one surgery, two stainless steel pins and three weeks later, i developed cellulitus. end of pins in toe unless i wanted a bone infection. despite all that,
however, everything turned out fine. hope you’re on the mend now yourself.
I broke my “pinky” toe, right foot. I snapped it clean across, right at the base, and scooted the the bone sideways. Oddly, this has resulted in a nearly perfectly straight toe. I did not get a big boot. I have been doing ice, elevate, and compression like crazy, but not much resting. This has resulted in minimizing the swelling, but I am getting some lovely purple bruises. I have abandoned my crutches, they make my hands hurt and simply upgrade me from “navigational hazard” to “loose cannon”.
conurepete, that sounds awful. OTOH, have your birds picked up any new swear words as a result of your mishap?