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Two weeks ago I fracture the fifth metatarsal of my right foot. The xray showed that it was non-displaced and my ortho insisted that I be non-weght bearing for 6-8 weeks. After doing some of my own research, I feel that this is kind of a long time and I am now starting to get anxious (tempted to cut my own cast off). Even if I cut the cast off, I would still use a soft splint that was provided to me through my urgent care faciliy prior to going to th ortho, but having the cast on is giving me anxiety. Any one have anything similar happen? Not being able to walk or drive or do anything for myelf is really making me crazy
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fran30119 sierra60185
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My ortho favoured a Darco post op shoe and elbow crutches for the first 6 weeks, taking half weight with the crutches. The reasoning for this is that some weight bearing assists in the repair process. As I have osteoporosis he was also concerned that if I had a plaster cast I would lose bone mass. It is a very slow healing process and I wore my funny looking shoe for about 15 weeks but all is well now and I am back to my daily routine of 5 km dog walk each morning. However, my ortho is not sure about any day long or multi day walks as the fracture could recur.
A good deal of patience is required for a favourable outcome- difficult though that can be in these circumstances. Good luck with it all.
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