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I had way too much to drink on friday night, and woke up on saturday with a sore big toe on my right foot. As the day progressed it didn't get any more sore, but the pain did not let up either. Then I worked a 8.5 hour shift on saturday, and with standing all day an day and wearing actual shoes(instead of flip flops), my toe was quite sore. Later that night I tried a dexterity contest between my two toes, my right one can only bend half as far as my left one. It does not appear to be swollen at all. It only really hurts when I bend it, and it hurts all up that bone into my foot. The joint or "toe knuckle" is where it hurts the most.

Should I take ibuprophen and wait this out, or go to a doctor?



and no sh!t bonerz...

Wait it out. If you can move it, that's a good sign. You probably either jammed it or strained it.

If you have really good insurance then maybe go ahead and go if it will give you piece of mind.

i have lots to do today. Maybe i'll give it a couple days.

Wrap it up and walk on. My ex was a dancer and she would break toes and keep dancing (actually heard the pop when she did it in front of me once - rather disturbing, but her display of steel ovaries to wrap it in an ace bandage and continue turned me on even more than her usual just being present).

Steve

it's not broken i dont think, probably just sprained. I guess I'll just take some ibuprophen and deal with it.

Might want someone to look at it. Similiar thing happened to my dad's finger while playing basketball and he can't move it so well anymore. It's a little crooked too.
That was some good defense on my part though.

I still say you jambed it on something. . . . or I stepped on it when we were both drunk the other night.

i broke my toe a couple months ago. hurt like a son of a bitch. but there really isnt much that can be done for a broken toe other than to have them tell you its broken. you could try buddy taping it. that is when you tape it to another toe for stability.

greg donovan wrote:i broke my toe a couple months ago. hurt like a son of a bitch. but there really isnt much that can be done for a broken toe other than to have them tell you its broken. you could try buddy taping it. that is when you tape it to another toe for stability.

If it were broken, there'd more than likely be a line-shaped bruise going across the toe. And I'm sure it'd hurt far more than it is now. But you're right, they hurt like a sunova, and there's nothing you can do about it short of staying off it and taping it/wrapping it to the next toe to keep it more or less straight.

i should invent the toe cast!

Or dance on pointe.

Steve

pop about 3 vicodin & soak your feet in a very hot baking soda bath.... But don't drown.

out of vicodin. Do have vodka though...

LaureltheQueen wrote:out of vicodin. Do have vodka though...

Shall I pick up some orange juice when I stop at the grocery store?

that sounds wonderful!

Soak it in Epsom salts, pop pills and get some rest, you'll be fine.

LaureltheQueen wrote:that sounds wonderful!

vodka+ heat+ ibuprophen=not very painful

If it's not terribly swollen or multiple shades of purple then I'd say you only jammed it good. If you broke your big toe you'd know it. You can break some of the smaller ones without knowing it's 'broken', but the big toe you'd know. Buddy wrap it to toe beside it, keep taking ibprofin and wait it out. That's my suggestion at least.

it's better now. yay for me

I must be the biggest pervert on this board...

I wasn't thinking of the toe on your foot...

Admit it, you were halfway through typing "TTIWWOP" before you started reading the posts. Ya big perv.

And we wonder why all our discussions digress to things such as Art's old balls.

The next time you go kicking some asshat in the groin make sure he's not wearing a cup.

Hey Mike, what other toe is there to think of? You lost me...