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kaberettIn that the actual fracture clinic consultant glanced at it and went "yeah, that's broken", so it's just that the generalists in the minor injuries unit aren't used to being asked to deal with anything this, er, minor.
Which also means I need to go back in another three weeks' time (because MIU said "... go in to see the fracture clinic ASAP", and the fracture clinic went "... it's not been six weeks, we really don't care") for another X-ray to confirm that my foot still contains bones, at which point I am theoretically cleared for a full return to normal activity.
As it is I actually stopped wearing the boot a... week or so ago now? Because it was initially helpful, but it was throwing my hips and knees out badly enough that now that the pain's subsided to "maybe don't walk up stairs on the balls of your feet, Alex" it's not quite worth it.
Which also means I need to go back in another three weeks' time (because MIU said "... go in to see the fracture clinic ASAP", and the fracture clinic went "... it's not been six weeks, we really don't care") for another X-ray to confirm that my foot still contains bones, at which point I am theoretically cleared for a full return to normal activity.
As it is I actually stopped wearing the boot a... week or so ago now? Because it was initially helpful, but it was throwing my hips and knees out badly enough that now that the pain's subsided to "maybe don't walk up stairs on the balls of your feet, Alex" it's not quite worth it.
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Date: 2019-01-11 06:40 pm (UTC)A week or two later, it was still hurting and not really getting better, so I went to the doctor at the student health centre. The doctor poked and prodded and said it's not broken but we'll take an X-ray anyways. They got the X-ray and ... it was broken after all. One of the corners where two bones meet at a joint had cracked.
So they taped my big toe to the next one. No boot, just tape around the two toes.
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Date: 2019-01-11 07:29 pm (UTC)I have orthotics in my ordinary shoes and am going gently on it in an attempt to stop it from even starting to grumble :)
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Date: 2019-01-12 01:17 am (UTC)If you spend your career looking at fracture x-rays, it probably gets easier to tell what's happening at a glance, even for the ones that make other medics scratch their heads.
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Date: 2019-01-13 08:17 pm (UTC)