and this little piggie went ouch ouch ouch ouch all the way home
damn damn DAMN have broken my baby toe, how can something so small and utterly useless be so crippling?I've straightened it **EINA** and tried taping it to the next toe but that was worse than leaving it to heal on its own but if anyone has any brilliant cures or comfort suggestions please fire away.
Oh and if you could pop round so I can languish on the sofa while you supply me with coffee that would also be very cool. Ta.
I feel very sorry for myself. Just sayin'.
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The pain is pretty awful, the little toe must be very painful. Be careful Biff and slow down a bit, be kind to yourself and rest that foot !!!
Middle toe, ouch, I certainly would be taking any toe but the baby one to a doctor as fast as I could hobble but I know there's very little they can do unless it is bad enough to need surgery, and this doesn't. It will come right, I know that, I just want it to come right yesterday. Or not have happened at all yesterday!
Meanwhile just 'Toe the line' sorry
Get better soon. VitC will help with healing. Witch Hazel rubbed on to toe for swelling [ Imps recommendation for swelling] and it helps.
While your toe is healing you can do all sorts of things and avoid hundreds of obstacles.
But be warned, the only body part that you will bump is said toe.
just saying
There's not a lot that can be done for broken toes, which you haven't done already, in straightening it.
As GG suggested, regular doses of Ibrufen, keep foot elevated and try not to walk on it.....an ice pack will help....a pkt of frozen peas ideal for this.
If there is bruising underneath the nail, you may need to relieve the pressure with a sterilized needle.
I broke my big toe years ago, so can empathize with you.....
If your toe is crooked after the injury, the bone may be out of place and need to be straightened in order to heal properly. ... Most broken toes will heal on their own with proper care at home. It can take 4 to 6 weeks for complete healing. Pain and swelling will go away within a few days to a week
For the little toe (pinky toe) is injured you usually will still be able to walk. ... The fractured bone may not heal completely (nonunion), or heals improperly (malunion), requiring surgery to fix the toe. Treatment for a broken toe depends on the location and severity of the toe fracture.
You DID read the last part of that post, right?
The part about the price, I mean.
I hope you heal very soon.
But Ginger loyalty don't pay the bills
If you can find some Traumeel, that would be the next best thing as it has similar ingredients to mine.
Can't take a rest, no time, the green ceiling is now a cloudy misty ceiling and I - I look like an appaloosa. But I'm winding down for the day now and taking back to my couch, like Elizabeth Barrett Browning. So the coffee would be oh so welcome.
The white rabbit from Alice was also hidden in that comment. I'm on a literary roll.