I won’t sugarcoat this. Breaking your feet is damn painful.
I headed off to bed loaded up on Vicodin and in spite of that, spent the entire night clutching my blanket and gasping every time my foot sent shooting bolts of pain straight to my brain. And it wasn’t the occasional shot, but a full out, shock-and-awe type bombardment of pain. It finally relented around 5am and I immediately conked out from sheer exhaustation.
The reprieve didn’t last too long, because a hour later, I was jolted out of my sleep by an new barrage of pain. I tossed and turned around for a bit before I gave up and rolled out of bed. I was so fuzzy and worn out from the ordeal, I could not even pull myself up on the crutches. I crawled across my bedroom floor, to the door so I could pull myself up with the doorknob.
That’s when it hit me just how utterly fucked I am with just one good foot.
The pain faded to a dull throb soon after and I was able to hop around the living room a bit, get some work done and actually change my pants without being floored with pain.
I see the orthopedic doctor on Thursday afternoon. I’ll find out then whether I’ll need surgery, or if they can cast the foot and let it heal on its own. I’m really hoping surgery wont be necessary, but from what I saw on the x-rays, its a mess down there.
But then again, what do I know about feet? All I know is that I’ll never take two functional feet for granted again, and that broken feet totally puts a damper on EVERYTHING you try to do during the day.
I can’t wait for this all to be over.
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I broke my collarbone snowboarding once and had to wait a week before surgery. I know what you are going through with the pain and not sleeping. Hang in there, it gets easier to deal with!
Boy, you’re gonna have to put a brake on that rock climbin’ for awhile and let that foot heal well. Otherwise you’ll have a bum foot that will get in the way.
Know what it’s like to have to PLAN your day around trying to minimize the pain, no fun. Hope you can avoid the surgery.
There are 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles in a foot! Consider yourself lucky if doc says no surgery is required. Good luck and I wish you all the best~
That really blows! Let’s hope that you don’t require surgery. Here’s to speedy recovery, Timmy! xo
*medical hug*
hang in there, timmy.
I broke my leg a few years ago whitewater rafting. I think that more than the pain after a while, the boredom gets to you, and being unable to really move around on your own. It sucks
at least you can take the time to take more photos, yeah?
Oh shit, that must really hurt, man. I nearly lost my toe in August, but I know the pain is nowhere near yours. Load up on the painkillers.. all the best for a speedy recovery.