Broken foot... - Page 2

semi-pro waster · 08-09-2008, 11:42

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Originally Posted by Will

To this day my feek ache pretty much all the time, but to do something about it would be too complicated and disruptive to my life.

Maybe if you move a bit closer to him you'll find that your aching for him isn't so bad.

That's a fair point about the ligaments, I hadn't really thought about it although you can do quite a lot in terms of just using the upper body for swimming (front crawl/breaststroke which are both ok).

Will · 08-09-2008, 11:43

LOL! oops!

cleanbluesky · 08-09-2008, 12:40

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Originally Posted by Will

Nope, I've never drunk that much (I don't drink at all at the moment, work and gym take up too much of my time, and I prefer driving). I fell down a 25ft trench/ravine whilst hiking in the Alps.

That must have been fun - where were you and what happened?

Will · 08-09-2008, 13:03

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Originally Posted by cleanbluesky

That must have been fun - where were you and what happened?

Hiking/camping with some friends and family (who don't live far from the Alps) one summer in Oisans valley, my foot hold slipped as I tried to traverse a slightly steep incline, and slid down and fell down the trench. I wasn't in a huge amount of pain as I though I had just sprained myself, my friends helped me hobble to the rescue truck - we weren't that high yet, it was frustrating though.

cleanbluesky · 08-09-2008, 13:08

Sounds like you were lucky - I was quite lucky when I fell. Strangely, my ass and leg took all the impact whereas I didn't feel my foot hit anything. I wonder if a muscle or ligament was whipped so quickly that it just snapped the bone. I'd never broken anything before so I didn't think it was broken, it was only after going for an x-ray that I saw the problem. Now I know what a broken bone feels like though.

Will · 08-09-2008, 13:10

I had only ever broken my nose and fingers before... the metatarsals healed very qucikly (they were just hairline fractures) it's the ligaments I'm still having problems with and why I get sore or painful feet - I get a lot of cramps now

phykell · 08-09-2008, 13:16

Hi CBS, good to see you over here

If it's any consolation, the area where my tooth was extracted last week is causing me relentless pain. I'm on staggered painkillers, ibuprofen, paracetamol and codeine plue anti-biotics and I'm due back at the dentists this afternoon to have an exploratory done - probably means washing the hole out. The hole is full of yellow ooze and there appears to be some blackened tissue. It's painful as I've said but it's also *very* uncomfortable - there's a real difference but it's difficult to explain

vix · 08-09-2008, 13:25

You have my sympathies!!!

cleanbluesky · 08-09-2008, 13:29

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Originally Posted by phykell

The hole is full of yellow ooze and there appears to be some blackened tissue.

-J- · 08-09-2008, 21:18

I can fully sympathize

I badly hurt my left foot when i was 17

being big and clever I rode a motorbike round a tight corner too fast and I got too close to a fence made up of steel poles , my foot hit them and bounced off about 20 or so at about 40 mph, it all happened so fast

the next thing I knew I was lying on the ground , I looked at my foot and at first I thought it was hanging off, luckily though I was just in shock and it was actually my trainer that had come loose

Went to hospital as my foot swelled up literally twice the normal size, they found I had smashed a lot of the bones at the top of my foot, I was on crutches and off work for 4 weeks

I still got twinges of pain for about a year afterwards, the foot is also slightly misshaped, but only a trained eye can tell

08-09-2008, 11:43	#12
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	LOL! oops! __________________ *No No!*

08-09-2008, 13:10	#16
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	I had only ever broken my nose and fingers before... the metatarsals healed very qucikly (they were just hairline fractures) it's the ligaments I'm still having problems with and why I get sore or painful feet - I get a lot of cramps now __________________ *No No!*

08-09-2008, 13:16	#17
phykell Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 833	Hi CBS, good to see you over here If it's any consolation, the area where my tooth was extracted last week is causing me relentless pain. I'm on staggered painkillers, ibuprofen, paracetamol and codeine plue anti-biotics and I'm due back at the dentists this afternoon to have an exploratory done - probably means washing the hole out. The hole is full of yellow ooze and there appears to be some blackened tissue. It's painful as I've said but it's also very uncomfortable - there's a real difference but it's difficult to explain __________________

08-09-2008, 13:25	#18
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	You have my sympathies!!! __________________

08-09-2008, 13:08	#15
cleanbluesky Abandoned Ship Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 492	Sounds like you were lucky - I was quite lucky when I fell. Strangely, my ass and leg took all the impact whereas I didn't feel my foot hit anything. I wonder if a muscle or ligament was whipped so quickly that it just snapped the bone. I'd never broken anything before so I didn't think it was broken, it was only after going for an x-ray that I saw the problem. Now I know what a broken bone feels like though.

08-09-2008, 21:18	#20
-J- Columbian Coffee Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: opposite yours, spying on you Posts: 62	I can fully sympathize I badly hurt my left foot when i was 17 being big and clever I rode a motorbike round a tight corner too fast and I got too close to a fence made up of steel poles , my foot hit them and bounced off about 20 or so at about 40 mph, it all happened so fast the next thing I knew I was lying on the ground , I looked at my foot and at first I thought it was hanging off, luckily though I was just in shock and it was actually my trainer that had come loose Went to hospital as my foot swelled up literally twice the normal size, they found I had smashed a lot of the bones at the top of my foot, I was on crutches and off work for 4 weeks I still got twinges of pain for about a year afterwards, the foot is also slightly misshaped, but only a trained eye can tell