Saturday, July 16, 2011

BROKEN FOOT QUESTION!?

On April 19th, 2011, I was skateboarding with my friends and I fell and hurt my foot. I got up and called my dad to go home and didnt think anything of it. It hurt like a ***** to walk on, so I restorted to hopping around. I thought it was a sprain or something. One day goes by, no difference. Another day goes by, feels the same. I decide to get xrays. Turns out I have a fracture in my 4th metatarsal bone in my right foot. So I go to the hospital and they give me more xrays, some crutches and a boot to walk with. They said once im able to walk, start using the boot and walk with the heel. So a day goes buy on crutches and it was ******* annoying. Another day I kinda just sat around my house did nothing. About 1 week after I broke my foot, I was able to walk with the boot thing they gave me. I was a little bit slow, but it was still walking, and I didn't feel much pain. A month goes by of walking with the boot, and at that point I feel like I didnt need it anymore. Keep in mind i broke the metatarsal about 3/4ths of the way down from my 4th toe. My doctor gives me this thing called an Exogen Bone Healing System and I put it on for 20 minutes a day and it apparently gets the blood flowing faster and sends **** to the fracture site and helps it heal. So I go to the doctor around the beginning of june and theres barely any fracture left in my foot, and the bone was covered with white fuzzy stuff and it was apparently bone cells healing the bone to make it stronger. So that was around June 2nd. My doctor tells me to not wear to boot anymore and return to regular walking and everything. I was reading up on fractures and see that they take around 6 weeks to heal. Its been about 7 weeks and it is not 100%. My question is : Although the spot of my foot where I broke my bone is a little off center from the middle of my foot, it does not hurt in that spot at all, and the only time my foot hurts is if i turn it on its side and put pressure. It seems like the top right side under my pinky toe is the only thing that hurts. I just found this wierd considering my foot was broken in the middle of the foot pretty much. Can anyone explain this to me? And also do you guys think my foot will be healed before the 4th of july? Thank you!!!!!

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