u/kaylald

I am not asking for medical advice.

For context, I am 18F so with my age I healed a bit quicker than normal but I’m still a little sketched out

Technically not a second opinion because I’ve already had surgery but just another look? On 7/4 I sort of slid of the side of a sidewalk in flip flops and injured my left foot. After that I went to the ER they could guarantee I had a broken big toe based on xrays but due to swelling and bruising they did a CT, they didn’t say how many bones I broke but said the CT results showed multiple broken bones. The doctor I saw there was able to saw that there was concerns for a lisfranc injury. The xray and CT techs also said they would expect I was in a motorcycle accident with how my foot looked.

I then went to a podiatrist on 7/13 where he said he wanted to get an MRI just to be cautious. He also didn’t even know why I was there, I said broken foot and then he opened my chart and said “oh you broke multiple bones”, which kind of threw me off. He also just again reiterated that the MRI was kind of an extreme measure and he wanted to be cautious. But on his care notes for that appointment he said only a big toe fracture is noted.

Then I had the MRI on 7/16 and it showed even more broken bones and a ruptured lisfranc ligament. I had broken my big toe, three metatarsals, and three square bones. Then on 7/22 I had my follow up after the MRI he said he still didn’t know if I needed surgery and that I could A. do a weight bearing ct (which was not happening I was terrified) B. Conservative treatment getting xrays every couple weeks or C. Go under anesthesia where they will do a stress test of my foot and if I do need the surgery they would do it right then. I chose option C. He also said at that appointment that I had completely ruptured my lisfranc ligament so I was confused how he still was unsure about surgery and told me there was only a 40% chance I would need it. I don’t think it was even until the MRI appointment he mentioned a lisfranc injury he never actually really talked to me about it and how it was rare. Basically told me I might need surgery and will have arthritis.

I then had the surgery on 7/29, I ended up needing one screw put in across my midfoot. I never saw him after surgery which I don’t know how normal is. I’ve only ever had one surgery before and it was to remove a ganglion cyst but the surgeon came to see me after.

I then saw him on 8/12, two weeks after surgery. He was able to remove my stitches and I was put into a boot. For context I have 3 incisions, two small ones in the middle of my foot and one bigger one on the side. I had a follow up scheduled for the next week but was able to cancel it because he was able to get my stitches out, we then booked an appointment 3 weeks later.

I had my next appointment 9/4. It was 5 weeks and 2 days post surgery. The day before I got a call to come in half an hour early to get xrays. I came in 45 minutes early and wasn’t seen, my appointment was for 12:45, I came at 12 and wasn’t seen by 12:35. My mom went up to the office to let the front lady know and she said well hopefully she’s soon because he is leaving at 1 for surgery. Like huh?? My mom came down and told the xray people that and they said theres nothing they can do (understandable don’t get me wrong). Then the other xray front person got a call from the front lady at the podiatrist office to send me and another guy up to see him before he goes. He told me to start bearing weight gradually and within the next two weeks to be walking fully in boot. The appointment was rushed so it kind of scared me. He also didn’t really explain how to start gradually doing it so I had to figure that out on my own. He also never said anything about physical therapy which I thought I would be starting then.

Today is now the two weeks where I’m supposed to be fully walking in the boot. I can’t quite do that yet, I’m still walking with one crutch. I can take a step without it but a very weak step where I flail my hands (you know what I mean?).

Anyways the whole process at least I have been lucky where I haven’t felt much pain and have been healing quickly. But I’m still a little sketched out by the surgeon and kind of want to see someone else to make sure I’m set up for success in my future. If anyone randomly has any south shore massachusetts

For context, I am 18F so with my age I healed a bit quicker than normal but I’m still a little sketched out

Technically not a second opinion because I’ve already had surgery but just another look? On 7/4 I sort of slid of the side of a sidewalk in flip flops and injured my left foot. After that I went to the ER they could guarantee I had a broken big toe based on xrays but due to swelling and bruising they did a CT, they didn’t say how many bones I broke but said the CT results showed multiple broken bones. The doctor I saw there was able to saw that there was concerns for a lisfranc injury. The xray and CT techs also said they would expect I was in a motorcycle accident with how my foot looked.

I then went to a podiatrist on 7/13 where he said he wanted to get an MRI just to be cautious. He also didn’t even know why I was there, I said broken foot and then he opened my chart and said “oh you broke multiple bones”, which kind of threw me off. He also just again reiterated that the MRI was kind of an extreme measure and he wanted to be cautious. But on his care notes for that appointment he said only a big toe fracture is noted.

Then I had the MRI on 7/16 and it showed even more broken bones and a ruptured lisfranc ligament. I had broken my big toe, three metatarsals, and three square bones. Then on 7/22 I had my follow up after the MRI he said he still didn’t know if I needed surgery and that I could A. do a weight bearing ct (which was not happening I was terrified) B. Conservative treatment getting xrays every couple weeks or C. Go under anesthesia where they will do a stress test of my foot and if I do need the surgery they would do it right then. I chose option C. He also said at that appointment that I had completely ruptured my lisfranc ligament so I was confused how he still was unsure about surgery and told me there was only a 40% chance I would need it. I don’t think it was even until the MRI appointment he mentioned a lisfranc injury he never actually really talked to me about it and how it was rare. Basically told me I might need surgery and will have arthritis.

I then had the surgery on 7/29, I ended up needing one screw put in across my midfoot. I never saw him after surgery which I don’t know how normal is. I’ve only ever had one surgery before and it was to remove a ganglion cyst but the surgeon came to see me after.

I then saw him on 8/12, two weeks after surgery. He was able to remove my stitches and I was put into a boot. For context I have 3 incisions, two small ones in the middle of my foot and one bigger one on the side. I had a follow up scheduled for the next week but was able to cancel it because he was able to get my stitches out, we then booked an appointment 3 weeks later.

I had my next appointment 9/4. It was 5 weeks and 2 days post surgery. The day before I got a call to come in half an hour early to get xrays. I came in 45 minutes early and wasn’t seen, my appointment was for 12:45, I came at 12 and wasn’t seen by 12:35. My mom went up to the office to let the front lady know and she said well hopefully she’s soon because he is leaving at 1 for surgery. Like huh?? My mom came down and told the xray people that and they said theres nothing they can do (understandable don’t get me wrong). Then the other xray front person got a call from the front lady at the podiatrist office to send me and another guy up to see him before he goes. He told me to start bearing weight gradually and within the next two weeks to be walking fully in boot. The appointment was rushed so it kind of scared me. He also didn’t really explain how to start gradually doing it so I had to figure that out on my own. He also never said anything about physical therapy which I thought I would be starting then.

Today is now the two weeks where I’m supposed to be fully walking in the boot. I can’t quite do that yet, I’m still walking with one crutch. I can take a step without it but a very weak step where I flail my hands (you know what I mean?).

Anyways the whole process at least I have been lucky where I haven’t felt much pain and have been healing quickly. But I’m still a little sketched out by the surgeon and kind of want to see someone else to make sure I’m set up for success in my future. If anyone randomly has any south shore massachusetts recommendations it would be appreciated lol!

Hey! Has anyone gotten their screw removed after surgery? I feel like it hasn’t bothered me too much but theres times where I get hyperaware of it like when sitting criss criss and if I’m wearing socks/the boot for too long. ai Any experience appreciated!

Hello! I'm 18 yrs old and starting college very soon, my plan was to save for a laptop over the summer but I broke my foot and so the money I did have went to bills and necessities. I'm back to work but I don't have any money saved up. I am expecting to get scholarship money when I start college which would cover a laptop but after seeing how easy life can change I want to make sure that I can use that for books and stuff. I was looking into the best buy credit 💳 financing and the monthly installment stuff and was wondering if its worth it. I think I have a pretty good grasp about it basically just make sure you pay the monthly payment over the 18 month promotional period and you won't have any interest. I was wondering if this seems like a good solution? For a macbook air it would be around $75 a month and even if something happened and I wasn't able to work again I would still be able to make that so to me it seems good but I want to make sure I'm not digging myself a grave by doing this.

Hello, this upcoming Wednesday (7/29) I'm going under for the surgeon to do a "stress" test of my foot to see if it's unstable and if it is, they will do the surgery right then.
For context I broke my big toe, 3 metatarsals, and 3 square bones in my foot. I also completely or almost completely tore my lisfranc ligament. The surgeon said I have around a 40% of needing the surgery, but personally I feel like its a higher percentage especially if I completely tore the ligament but who knows.

Anyways I'm not really nervous for surgery it is what it is, if I need it I need it yk? Although what I am pretty nervous about is the fact that when going under I won't know if I'm having the surgery until I wake up. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience like this?

Hello, this upcoming Wednesday (7/29) I’m going under for the surgeon to do a “stress” test of my foot to see if it’s unstable and if it is, they will do the surgery right then. For context I broke my big toe, 3 metatarsals, and 3 square bones in my foot. I also completely or almost completely tore my lisfranc ligament. The surgeon said I have around a 40% of needing the surgery, but personally I feel like its a higher percentage especially if I completely tore the ligament but who knows.

Anyways I’m not really nervous for surgery it is what it is, if I need it I need it yk? Although what I am pretty nervous about is the fact that when going under I won’t know if I’m having the surgery until I wake up. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience like this?