Broken Fifth Metatarsal still hurts. I broke it 8/19/19.
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Hi I broke my 5th Metatarsal, 8/19/19. I didn't need surgery, Ortho looked at x-ray taken in hospital. He put it in 2 different casts, due to swelling, and only took an additional x-ray, at halfway point, not afterwards. Hardly had me do any PT. Told me it would take time. Still hurts, correct shoes. Went to another Ortho 6/21, MRi, & inflamation. I was to start PT, but fell down steps, & sprained that ankle, a 1st degree sprain, giving a boot, and the metarsal is killing me along with the ankle, plus going up the leg to the buttockd, 5 wks later. i see ortho on 8/18/21. Will this ever heal, throbs constantly. It's like the boot is making the whole foot and leg constantly throb. Any help out ther!
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barbara66703 lisa5569
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ask your doctor if you can take the boot off and ice the ankle. its the swelling that hurts so severely. sorry about the the toe and falling. OMG.
i fell down one step and broke one ankle and sprained the other. the boot hurt worse than the injury. so I asked to take it off the ankle and just stayed off both my feet and iced them. i was give pain meds and ankle wrap to manage the pain.
Also used a small wheel chair until both ankles healed. maybe you could heal better and look into renting a small wheelchair not the full sized one, or a knee rest to put your knee on and has wheels and a handle to steer so you have no weight on the toe/ankle. lots of ice keeps the swelling down.
sending healing vibes your way.
john14843 lisa5569
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are you on crutches in the boot? i know they told me not to walk on my boot or cast that did help me