Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
'2 fractured metatarsals here. Next!'
But toes are attached to a living PERSON & breaking bones (even if smaller ones) is a big deal in a person's world.
Gershun, well tea & sympathy HERE 🤗
Once your swelling reduces, hopefully the boot will mean getting around is easier. Take care with the crutches! Dangeling from crutches (if armpit type) can damage armpit nerves - avoid. Mind how your use your shoulders (forearm type). Not up at your ears? Also, take care when placing the crutches down. Met a lady that tripped on her fallen crutches (used for ankle sprain) & broke her elbow!! Don't do that.
Today, the orthopedic dr. Same thing. Didn't look at my foot or touch it. It's a nice shade of purple and green now and still slightly swollen but it's not contaminated. Yeah, I know. There's nothing to do with broken metatarsals but really?
Anyway, no matter how it happened it sucks!
So I've broken the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones on my left foot. No surgery required! Thank you God! I need to get a fracture boot. I could have got one from them but they only have the ones that come up to your knee and they want $150.00 for them. So we are going to pick one up from a Shopper's Home & Health store or somewhere like that.
She said it should take 4 to 6 week to recover fully. Meanwhile I'm hobbling around on my crutches. CWillie, I hear ya about hating the crutches. I hate them. I do better just limping around without them. Although today I needed them when we went out. In the pouring rain with my summer thong sandals on cause they are the only shoe I can get my foot in comfortably right now. It's slow going on them that's for sure. Only a few days of it and DH or in this case GH (grumpy hubs) is getting impatient.
"Don’t believe everything you think."
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“Give yourself the gift of good health.”
(mental health…)
(physical health…)
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“Walk away from people who put you down. Walk away from fights that will never be resolved. Walk away from trying to please people who will never see your worth.”
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“Be a good person but don’t waste time to prove it.”
“Remind yourself that you don’t have to be doing what everyone else is doing.”
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wishing you all a great thanksgiving!! :)
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We were struggling with our marriage before this all happened so I imagine that doesn't help matters. I will never leave him and he can count on me to be there but sometimes I just have to wonder when are my feelings going to matter, when can I have someone say something nice to me.
Guess I am done with my feeling sorry for myself for now. Thank you for hearing me. I just needed someone to listen to me today,
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCwl5jn2aPlZvNyKmYPrPiHQ/videos
I got there at 9pm. and was home by 11:30. A record for me for emergency room visits. The only other times apart from visits for my mom which were numerous and too many to keep track of were when I used to have panic attacks and the wait time then was sometimes six to seven hours.
Only day two and I'm already having broken toes fatigue.
Parades? Never saw the appeal. Even daytime ones.
Glad, you were right. I am very sore today. Not just my foot, but everywhere. I'm not very good with the crutches either. I've never had to use crutches before.
I've got an appt. with an orthopedic doc for the 22nd. I'm surprised they didn't wrap my toes or anything like that in the E R. Ah well..........
Meanwhile, I'll hydrate like you said Send. And read a lot I suppose. It's a beautiful day here today. I wish I could go for a walk cause this time of year these days are few and far between.
Hydrate!
So glad you went to E.R., because you are going to need the crutches.
Put a large water bottle by your bed.
And a small trash can in case you won't make it in time, even with the crutches.
Take your phone with you to the kitchen and bathroom, even so, do not have anything in your hands when using the crutches.
You will get through this.
To make a long story short. I broke two toes. My baby toe and the one beside it. I've got crutches and need to see an orthopedic surgeon. Oh joy, oh bliss.
Here I thought the doc was going to come around the corner with a you've wasted our time look on his face. Instead he said "What'd you do?" He was really nice. Asked me if I'd had dinner yet. Said he could bring me a sandwich. I felt old though. You know how old people get treated. That's how I felt. Sigh.....
Anyway, it wasn't that busy there, all things considered. I was masked. Hopefully I didn't catch anything that's going around.