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by Rochel
(Baltimore)
About 10 weeks Go while at lunch, the person sitting next to me went to scoot in their chair and set it on my foot. My foot swelled and bruised, I followed R.I.C.E. and continued to walk on it. about a week later the pain was so bad that I couldn't bear weight and i went to urgent care. They did xrays, diagnosed it as sprained and put me in a post op shoe and gave me crutches. They told me to stay off of it until the pain went away. 3 weeks later I was at pcp for physical and i was still in alot of pain. She said to go to podiatrist. So I did. That was about week 4 when he first saw me. He took fresh xrays and looked at the old and told me I fractured I think the 4th or 5th metatarsal and to keep doing what I was doing. Of course just a side note at week 2 I started walking with crutches bc my job required it. 3 weeks later I went for a follow up. He said foot was almost completely healed but the pain was terrible so he put me in a boot. 3 weeks later I followed up and was still in pain and he said that bone is slow to heal. He couldn't take more xrays bc I was pregnant. Since then I have miscarried, so I can have xrays again. And im going friday for a follow up. I deff have healed some bc I am not able to wear sneakers. But im still in alot of pain and only survive day to day bc of the 3 diff pain meds prescribed. Does this make sense? I keep thinking maybe it's not the bone but it's something else. Or maybe pt would help, should I ask? Im just so frustrated. I've broken bones before and never did it take 10+ weeks to heal.
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