L Foot, Fracture
2019-07-16 – 2019-09-09
Grade: 3
I tripped over a long flat rock. Torso went straight to the ground and took the air out of me and a little bit of shock. Some scrapes on my hip and elbow and a stubbed big L Toe. Biker made sure I was ok and then left. After catching my breath I was hoping to walk for a minute and then jog back to the car. I was never able to jog because my foot hurt too much. I could also tell I busted my bursa sac in my left elbow.
7/17
Pain was real bad and I could see some bruising around my toenail so I decided to see the Podiatrist. Was expecting a broken toe. He right away told me the nail needed to be pulled and then took an XRay and was surprised to see a hairline fracture through the entire toe. He pulled the nail and gave me a boot, but no pain meds. Expected full recovery ~6 weeks.
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I have to make sure to let the bone heal well so that it is a smooth surface and less likely to cause arthritis. Injury may have damaged cartilage already which will cause arthritis. Arthritis may develop after several years. If I feel pain in the bottom left corner of last bone that could be the arthritis. Get an x-ray and the corner of the bone could be removed to relieve pain.
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Toe nail may not grow back right because of damage to the nail bed. Nothing we can do about it now. Just need to watch it and be thoughtful about returning to the doctor.
After the doctor pain was a bit too much to bear but wasn't worth driving to town to pick up a prescription.
7/18
Still painful but not overwhelmingly so.
7/19
At times pain was non-existent but not without the Tylenol.
7/22-23
Almost pain-free without pain meds. Almost feel like I could walk around without a boot without pain but still keeping off the toe or in the boot.
8/14
Went for a follow-up. Bone is 90% healed but he still wanted me to stay in the boot for another 2 weeks. Then I can switch to sneakers for 1-2 weeks and then another follow-up. Still no riding/running until my follow-up
9/9
Was given the ok to do any activities. Still some soreness in my toe but not really pain.
9/25 Next time recover slowly from injuries (especially ones that immobilize parts of the body for long periods of time) even if I am staying fit in other ways.