Broken Foot

[Guest guest]

when i saw this post i thought it was about me, but then i haven't posted

here in awhile how could they know?!?!?! (someone saw on facebook??) but no

it wasn't me

so i can sympathize

i had pain in my foot for a couple weeks in jan. just figured i needed a

cortisone injection. 2 weeks later i could take the pain no more. went to the

foot dr and fracture in my 5th metatarsal on my driving foot. just great!

so home i sat on the couch for 6 weeks, had my son shopping for me, a

neighbor would help with the snow shoveling and take out my garbage. i almost

lost everything since i wasn't bringing home a paycheck. ssd just doesn't

make it here. they threatened to repo my car, even thought i made that pymt i

had another loan thru the bank that was not getting paid. so i had to go

back to work.

that was feb 4th when i got into my boot. i have been using a bone growth

stimulator for 2 months now and when i went in today. NO DIFFERENCE since

the last x=ray.

he is talking surgery to put in a pin, but we are fighting it. my blood

sugar is out of control, i am a bad candidate for surgery. plus we would be

talking another 6-8 weeks on the couch (for a healthy person!!) when i had

the pin in my wrist. i was in a cast for 8 months!!!

so now no progress, he tells me to stay off my foot. how long can i stay

off my foot already?!?! my son has another baby at home now and doesn't have

time or energy to help me anymore. i live check to check with about 3.00

left each week. arghhh!!!

kathy in il

[Guest guest]

You guys will lvoe this- ok I ahve moderate RA, and late Feb my foot hurt like

crazy- throbbing, achy felt like when i broke my toe as akid, i was nauseous it

was so bad- anyway i finally go to the dr afer a week or so and he says well its

prob a gflare ( even tho the other foot didnt hurt at all & i said it didnt feel

like a flare) and gave me prednisone & an anti inflammatory & said come back in

a few weeks- so i went back in about a month bc they didnt ahve any appts open

- still hurt like crazy-so then he takes an xray- he looks at it - i cant see

it- he says there is some bone deterioration in the toe joints and maybe thats

it & so give me 3 cortisone shots & says come back in a few weeks- that night i

cant even move im nauseous bc the pain is so horiid in my foot but he said itd

be worse that night maybe-

so i go back again in about 4-5 weeks & he looks at the xray again after i tell

him it still hurts & he says oh it looks like there is a fracture there- and

sends me to the ortho whop cant get me in for over a week - and when i get there

he says after 3 months its too alte to put on a boot the fracture is nearly

healed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but it will prob hurt for another month or so yet bc it wasnt cared for right-

instead of 8-10 weeks to heal it will take over 4 months!

you knwo when he did the shots they pushed on the fracture & caused it to re

break even too-

ugh!!

its been a long four months!!!

so anyone else miss a big injury bc the pain was blamed on RA??

Beth

[Guest guest]

So since it is already healed, it healed wrong? If this is the case, can you

go back to the first MD and tell him it is his fault for mis-diagnosing you

and he should pick up the tab to get it fixed to heal right? Is this an

option you would want? Reason I ask is that if it DID heal wrong, you may be

in for continued pain down the road.

Dottie

-- [ ] Broken Foot

You guys will lvoe this- ok I ahve moderate RA, and late Feb my foot hurt

like crazy- throbbing, achy felt like when i broke my toe as akid, i was

nauseous it was so bad- anyway i finally go to the dr afer a week or so and

he says well its prob a gflare ( even tho the other foot didnt hurt at all &

i said it didnt feel like a flare) and gave me prednisone & an anti

inflammatory & said come back in a few weeks- so i went back in about a

month bc they didnt ahve any appts open - still hurt like crazy-so then he

takes an xray- he looks at it - i cant see it- he says there is some bone

deterioration in the toe joints and maybe thats it & so give me 3 cortisone

shots & says come back in a few weeks- that night i cant even move im

nauseous bc the pain is so horiid in my foot but he said itd be worse that

night maybe-

so i go back again in about 4-5 weeks & he looks at the xray again after i

tell him it still hurts & he says oh it looks like there is a fracture

there- and sends me to the ortho whop cant get me in for over a week - and

when i get there he says after 3 months its too alte to put on a boot the

fracture is nearly healed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but it will prob hurt for another month or so yet bc it wasnt cared for

right- instead of 8-10 weeks to heal it will take over 4 months!

You knwo when he did the shots they pushed on the fracture & caused it to re

break even too-

ugh!!

its been a long four months!!!

so anyone else miss a big injury bc the pain was blamed on RA??

Beth