stress fractured metetarsal

Did it take eight months to feel pain from the stress fracture? When I broke my metetarsal about 14 years ago in Switzerland I was in immediate pain. The Swiss hospital did an X-Ray and told me to rest it. They said if I did it would heal in about a month and if I didn't I would take three months. I hobbled on for the next week. I took the X-Ray to the local fracture clinic when I got home. They too said to rest it and did not offer a cast. I thought it was only the likes of Beckham and Rooney who got that treatment:-)

Even now I sometimes feel as if I have a pebble in my shoe when walking. One of the Swiss doctors called it a 'Marsh fracture' I queeried that and he said that soldiers get them when they are 'marshing' and that I had been doing too much walking.  

hi derek71

i went ot the hospital walk in center in october to be told it was tendonitis didnt x ray it and told to take pain killers

by march the pain hadnt eased and was getting more troublesome so went to see my gp who refered me to have x ray and thats when they found the fracture im diabetic type 2 on metformin and neuropathy in my left arm so on strong painkillers for that. the consultant at the fracture clinic said that 8 months with a fracture for a diabetic isnt to bad in healing

went to see gp again this morning as the pain is now causing more roblems and she said i may have hyper sensative nerves and they have increased my neuropathy pain killers and 2 see her in 2 weeks and they will assess the pain if still bad then the will contact orthopeadics for advice