Re: I think I've broke me toe! :(

Don't mention Tennis elbow.
Mine came on last Oct/Nov. Woke up one morning with me arm stuck bent like a boomerang. Couldn't lift the kettle, brush me hair, write, or even turn a door handle.
Went to the doctor's in December and told him I thought I'd got tennis elbow, what did he think?
He said ... You've got tennis elbow. ...come back in January if it doesn't go away and I'll give you a steroid shot.
It didn't ..so I did and it didn't make a scrap of difference.
He told me it was self-limiting and would get better on it's own in 6 to 12 months ... which it has done.
I still can't straighten it but fortunately a few weeks back I managed to touch my nose with my right hand for the first time.
Just as well .. as I've a stinking cold now and can't imagine trying to blow me nose with one hand.

Re: I think I've broke me toe! :(

Morti...really painful isn't it? It took months for mine to go...both sides of the elbow - agony. I couldn't even cut my food up

BTW, I've never been able to blow my nose with one hand. It's a bugga when it's raining and your holding the brolly and need to blow your nose.

How DO folk blow their noses with one hand?

Sorry Tess, off topic

Re: I think I've broke me toe! :(

I can wriggle it a bit but it makes me swear!
I'll get it checked out somewhere tomorrow, even the blankets on my bed hurt!
I wish I'd got my other toe looked at last time but, I was busy moving house and already had an appointment to have some glass removed from that foot so I thought they'd notice anything wrong. However, that appointment was cancelled and walking badly made my toe heal bent so now it plays up.
I'm not safe walking about!

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Dont think they will do anything with it, i broke one of mine and the Doctor said , it will hurt and be black , but nothing they can do with it

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What they usually do with broken fingers and toes is to strap the broken one to the next toe with tape .

I haven't broken a toe but bruises my little toe lots of times and crushed my big toe twice, that was a nightmare .

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Tess my daughter stubbed her middle toe a couple of years ago, she was in a lot of pain with it so SIL took her to A & E. She was given an x-ray to make sure nothing was broken, fortunately it wasn't. They taped her painful toe to the next toe to give it more support and told her to put cold compresses on it throughout the day. The bruising lasted for weeks, also on her toenail which she eventually lost months later.

Best for you to get it checked out at the hospital just in case it's broken.

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That's what I did Meg, put some plasters around it and strapped it to the next toe.
Been hobbling about all day, my dog thought it was strange walking even slower than usual and me grumbling and saying "ouch!" I swear he tutted at me a couple of times!

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Funny things though toes aren't they.
So small ... often just forgotten as little appendages stuck like twiglets on your foot .. You'd never believe how much they can hurt when they get clobbered.

Wiggling is good .. it suggests it's not broken but there are so many other bones in the foot you're right to have it looked at. You might have jarred something else if it's so bruised. I hurt my foot years ago, didn't bother having it looked at and every now and then it plays up and it cripples me to walk. Lasts a day or two then gets better.

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It will mend on it's own Tess. I've broken several toes in my lifetime, and hobbled about, but yes, they are very painful.

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Yep toes are forgotten about until we hurt them.
Going back to my other foot, I had glass in it for three years before I realised it was there! I stood on a stone and it must have shifted, now that was painful!!!