Not sure if this counts….
In April, I tripped on some cool pants and hurt my foot — vomiting/pass out/severe pain. At the time, the ER dr thought it was just a sprain, but mentioned that it could be broken. Had pretty severe bruising even a week later (bruise photos).
Followed up with the podiatrist 2 weeks later and he confirmed there’s a break — official diagnosis was a partially displaced, closed fracture at the first metatarsal base (peroneus longus insertion) and a closed, nondisplaced avulsion fracture at the first tarsometatarsal joint.
Treatment right now is conservative — 6 weeks in the boot, follow up XRay at the end of the month, CT scan if needed. Surgery might be needed — he mentioned removing the bone fragments and reattaching the tendon from the perennial lingua muscle. It definitely still hurts most of the day and I’m sleeping in my boot (but not using crutches) and taking gabapentin at night.
Surgery recovery is 4 weeks nwb, 2 weeks in a boot, and another 6-8 weeks in a brace, based on his estimates.
Based on all the research I’ve done, this might qualify as a Lisfranc injury, but it’s hard to tell without other X-rays and CT scans.
What’s the likelihood of surgery? What’s it mean by “partially displaced”? How absolutely fucked am I?
Sorry for the rambling! I’ve been stuck in my boot except for driving and showering, am having big ole feelings, and am not excited for hot boot summer.
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