someone just shoot me?

[quietann]

I have a broken toe.

Late last night, I dropped an empty ceramic casserole dish, and its edge landed with full force on my big toe. It was painful enough that I saw stars, and got a bit shocky for a while. Ben rushed around doing what he could to help (including bringing me a bag of frozen peas to put on it, bringing me a Vicodin, rounding up some rats, etc.) until about 3 a.m., and then we went to bed. It took me a while to fall asleep because my toe hurt so much.

This morning, it still hurt like hell; neither vicodin not ibuprofen touched the pain. I called my doctor, but she didn't have any appointments today, so I went to the NEMC emergency room. They took X-rays, which showed a hairline fracture at the very tip of the toe; it's now "buddy taped" to the toe next to it. More importantly, they drilled a hole in my toenail to get out the blood that had pooled underneath it. By relieving the pressure, the pain was reduced considerably. I will lose the toenail but should grow a new one with no trouble. My toe is all different shades of Bruise, and will take about 4 weeks to recover.

Argh. I so DO NOT need any more medical adventures this year!

Comments

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

ouch!! Poor thing. after all that other stuff too- hope this is the last of it and next year will be better!!

"they shoot horses, don't they"

[fixx.livejournal.com]

my first thought, but sorry I think humans have to have more wrong with them before that is appropriate... (such as being a Republican president in this century for example)

I've dropped enough hardware on my toes in my life you'd think I'd wear steel toed slippers around the house by now, but I don't.

[bethr.livejournal.com]

:(

Sonia broke her toe last summer in gymnastics, and it was not fun. Luckily you can be quite functional once the actual pain is gone, if you're a good gymnast...[rolls eyeballs]

[dancingdeer.livejournal.com]

Ow! But you did at least get it taken care of almost immediately, and at least you don't have a dance performance in three days (per my sprained toe of a year and a half ago). Stay off it as much as possible, and I'm glad they eased the pressure, however icky it sounds.

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

You know, I was fine reading your message until you talked about the drilling.
Then I SQUICKED! big time. eeeeeEEE!!!

Maybe your sweetie will be a doll and carry you up and down the stairs
like a honeymooner?

Take care! ouch! and sympathies. My big toe's nail is coming in "wrong"
so maybe we can compare toes to see who's nail grows in faster. Should we
start a poll to guess when your toe's going to look right again? I vote for Christmas Day, 2005. Big Toe nails grow slowly....perhaps we can share a bottle or 10 of nail polish?

[quietann.livejournal.com]

we should go together to get professional pedicures when my toenail grows back in. I can do that now that the wart on the bottom of my foot is gone.

sorry I squicked you! I was pretty squicked, too, at the time...

[halleyscomet.livejournal.com]

My mother once broke her big toe kicking an oak changing table my father had built. She was mad at him and wanted to damage something he had made.

She forgot that he liked building with oak, not balsa wood.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

ow! that sucks.


we should start the STUPID BUSTED FEET PARTS club.

stupid broken feet parts.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Oh, ow. :( You poor thing.

[tb]

Ouch. Sorry to hear it.

ouch!

[wren13.livejournal.com]

Sending healing thoughts in your direction. Are you using arnica on those bruises? It helped when I fell of that ladder last year.

[drglam]

My toe is cringing in sympathy!

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Fortunately, it should heal well.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

From a fellow 2004 toe-breaker, ouchies...
I hope it heals quickly.

[ceo]

You don't need anyone to shoot you, if your foot's already injured. :-)

Ouchies... I hope it gets better soon. *hugs*