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Oh ok, it's not that bad...

I bashed my toe well and truly.

G was in the kitchen and I was in the bedroom, and he let out this unearthly shriek, me fearing the worst and I had never heard that tonal pitch of fright in his voice before, came charging out of the bedroom, skidded on my socks, and flailed somewhat and my wayward foot went cleaving into the corner of the wall.

Switching off as only mom's can do when their child is in some kind of pain...I leapt into the kitchen to see my son with all body parts intact, no blood, just stood there with an itsy bitsy teeny spider clambering nonchalently up his shirt.

Needless to say I brushed it off, and then writhed on the floor for a few moments clutching my foot and trying valiently not to let off a stream of swearwords..well some popped out...but not as many as I'd have liked

My second toe in from my lil toe is broken, black and blue and other interesting shades of purple and pink with some yellow ochre just to even the tone out.

We have had discussions about spiders before but he is still wary of them thanks to Spiderman, the very graphic shot of the spider biting into Peter Parker's hand. We shall have to work on this some more I think..

Ooh, ouch, poor brave MV. You know, sorry to be a downer, but it still might be broken. On the other hand, if you get it X-rayed and it is, they'll tell you there's not a lot they can do, as you can't plaster broken toes and there's no point anyway, keep your foot up and take painkillers. That's what they told me when I broke the exact same toe (I tripped going down the stairs in sanals and my toe got bent backwards argh argh).

Kids, eh?

I think it is broke, and from what I've heard from other peeps breaking theirs - a trip to the docs is just a waste of time and money because as you say there's not much they can do except to hmmm and ahhh's and then pop you off to x-ray and hmmm and ahh's again, then say hmmmm, there's not much we can do...except rest it now that you've walked all the way here, all the way to x-ray and then back again....

Oo, you tripped going down the stairs...ow!

I may have to buy myself some chocolate and flowers today



Yes, kids... tell me again how rewarding they can be, in many ways..*chuckles*

Ouch! You poor thing! You really have been in the wars: first your tongue and now this.

As an arachnophobe and a veteran of two broken toes, Gothly is overwhelmed with sympathy for you both. I understand the pain gets worse before it gets better, so I hope Geo and G-force are looking after you and pampering you lots.

Oh, poor you!

Yes, there have been scientific studies done which prove the ONLY thing which can help a broken piggy is &

What on earth did you do to your tongue? i missed that one!

zdt

*whines loudly in sympathy* Oooooooowwiieeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Oooh, poor MV! I broke my big toe on my right foot once, it hurt like HELL and still does sometimes. I hope it heals up well and quickly and won't bother you indefinitely.

In poor little G's defense, I think I would've shrieked as loudly if a spider was walking on MY shirt.

My big toe on my right foot is still hurting after I 'injured' a few weeks back still not sure it is broken or not; but talking to a friend the other day who is sports therapist type massure thing, a tes is to stand on the bit at the front behind the toes that is not hte heel and balance on one leg, if you can do this apparently its not broken, I could so I guess it isn't hope it heals up soon you could try alternating hot and cold compresses to it to help reduce the swelling on and around the bone masaring the muscles in the lower leg (whcih kiinda attach to the toes via tendons and such like) might help as might masargin the top and bottom of the foort behind where the affected toe is (far enough back not to cause pain obiously) <cuddle. otherwise plent of and and s is the normal recmondation

Oh, MV, I cringe in sympathy! How awful... Can doctors do anything for it, bind it up somehow? (Have a toilet brush smiley.)

You could try binding it to the adjecent toe; should* make walking a bit less painful

Thanks SR and Adela - sympathy is the best

Terri, I bit my tongue really hard the other week crunching a hard candy..it's okay now, look ~~>

Heee! Hellie

Pc, yeh the G feels guilty and wished it hadn't have happened and promises not to freak out over spiders now. So now, I'm worried that one day a huge spider is going to walk on him and clobber him and he's not going to say anything...and, and....*sigh* can't win... Cos then I'll be mad he didn't say anything....life is hard for six year olds and moms..

Thanks 2legs for the advice, as I was reading your post I did the test and it is sore to balance on like that. Geo thinks I busted 2 toes, and a friend who I quite proudly (pride of the wounded in battle syndrome) showed my bruises was quite properly horrified and thinks I did 3 toes, as now all three in the middle are black and blue. I think it's just one and the other two are bruised in sympathy.

If it's still giving me gyp I shall get one of the docs at the hoss to look at it, or the resident pharmacists. It actually does feel a bit better today if a lil weird and numb.

Strapping them together does work, if you go to the this is probably what they will do, & obviously TRY to rest your foot as much as poss; the good side is toes seem to mend quicker than other little broken bones, fingers & wrists are worse in terms of inconvenience!



zdt

Yes, they seem to mend quicker, it feels better already...terribly itchy tho, rather I crushed the end of my ring finger in half a few years ago and smashed the bones in the tip, everything took ages to heal and the nail growing back was agony...

I am such a clutz.

Did I ever mention the time I busted my nose? I had a row with a towel holder, those ones that the towel goes around on a circuit - I washed my hands and face (at work, I did claim too) and went to grasp the towel to dry my face and the whole thing crashed down on my nose Several op's later it was striaghtened again...what are the chances of that tho happening

One of the pharm tech's at work, after me proudly again showing off all the various colours for sympathy...told me that Bob Marley died from complications of a broken toe...is this true?

Nope, not true. Yes, Bob Marley did hurt his toe very badly and it didn't heal and he refused an amputation for religious reasons and had a skin graft instead. But this was three years before his death, and it is generally agreed and understood that he died of a form of cancer that attacked his brain. His toe may well have gone bad because he was already in poor health because of the then undiagnosed cancer, but it didn't kill him. Cheer up.

I'm a bit of a clutz too, you have all my sympathy.

Ho, don't let's start the "who has had the most stupid accidents?" game; 'cos i will win!

Bet you never managed to poke yourself in the eye with a screwdriver...on your birthday!

Or got the rubber off the end of a pencil embedded in your ear! (Er..this one happened while i was teaching...great example to set the kids eh!)

* shall i tell them the one about where i nearly severed my big toe, all because of a cup of? Nah, let 'em try & guess! Clue: it involved a lock.



zdt

Oh, poor MV, you have had a few horrible accidents, haven't you? How's this for a horror story? In 1982, my sister was teetering down a steep street, on a wet day, on high heels, and carrying a crate (little rubberised metal thing) of glass milk bottles. She went *rse over kite, spread out her hands to break her fall, and her right hand landed in the midst of the broken glass from the milk bottles. She all but severed four fingers. All were reattached, but what she calls her 'rude finger', wouldn't work. Two years later, she had the finger amputated, cos it stuck permanently straight up, as if she was "giving everyone the fingers" as they say here (flipping the bird, I believe it's called in the USA.) Everytime I see the gap where her 'rude finger' was, I cringe in sympathy!

one of my fingers never recovered from being pushed through a window by a drunken fan but thats not really an accident is it
hope you're feeling ok soon MV

Crikey, Adelaide, your poor sister.

My Dad, during army exercises, was once trying to climb out of an army tank just as it went over a land-mine. The bang and jolt slammed the lid back down on his hand, but he was so revved up with adrenaline that he pushed the lid back up, leapt out of the tank and ran up to some other soldiers. One of them grabbed his wrist and started shouting for a medic. 'Why?' says Dad, looks down, and faints. They reconstructed his hand - he has several artificial joints and bits of bone in it and the top of one finger is missing altogether, but the scars are very minimal. Main problem is that it doesn't grip very well and he has been known to drop things in spectacular fashion. And that when we were little and wanted sympathy for a bump or graze, he'd point at it with his shortened finger and ask 'Does it hurt a lot?' in a sarcastic voice.

Oh, ok...thanks Aga..I thought that was a little odd about Bob Marley - I'm so gullible.. tell me anything with a halfway serious face and I'll be believe you..!

Terri,you poked yer eye with a screwdriver...*arrrgh* I hope you wasn't holding the item towards you whilst trying to poke it..poor thing...*oww* Rubber off the end of a pencil...reminds me, I've seen a teacher with one of those drumstick things that has loadsa wires on the end to make a swishing noise on drum, show us how not to mess around with it...by pulling the handle up and down so the wires go in and out...and you guessed it - the wires went into the palm of his hand...poor Mr Shallcross...

A toe, a cuppa tea and a lock.... you were drinking tea and tried to pick a lock with your big toe?

Adela that's dreadful... to your poor sister! I'd be lost without my bird finger..

Thanks Bc, it's much better now, if a little stiff.

Aga, *eeeeek* my finger aches in sympathy for your Dad...mine was torn in half as I dropped a heavy reel end and gears on it, and then pulled it out on a panicked adrenaline rush, tearing it in half. Awww...you shoulda got more sympathy and hugs for cuts, lumps, bumps and grazes... Sympathy is the best...!

Oh, Agapanthus, your poor Dad! It sounds as if he was like my sister, not feeling it at first... which is a bit of a mercy...
My Dad's left hand was full of shrapnel, the fleshy part below the thumb, (known as the Mound or Mount of Venus in palmistry) was flat, grey and hard. When we were kids, we found it fascinating, especially that in the midst of the turmoil of WW2, it was never removed! He also had a tattoo on his left forearm with a neat white stripe through it from a bullet wound...