Not-really-gory photos

[rachelmanija]

Do not click unless you are in the mood for "Wanna see my broken foot?" Cut for photos of bruised foot (and a cat).

The photos don't really do it justice, especially of the top of the foot - there's very dark bruising at the base of my toes that didn't show up well. On the bottom, the bruise is actually darker and extends to the side of the foot. However, you can see how it's swollen so all the wrinkles have vanished. The red marks are from pre-existing blisters, not blood poisoning. ;)

Comments

[graydon]

You did that up proper, you did.

That's by-no-means-excessive swelling for the type of injury. If the camera-shy purple bits are not spreading and it's been a day or two, that's good, too; not much internal bleeding. (You know about aspirin being Right Out under the circumstances?) Still going to be severely miserable; sympathy!

Ibuprofen can be a big help. Last time I was in the ER for a muscle tear, I got given naproxen, which was nigh-miraculous at reducing the swelling. If you can get it, that might be an idea.

I so hope none of your cats like to sleep on your feet!

[rachelmanija]

Oh, yeah, naproxen is over the counter here. I'll try some.

The cats have been shoved off my foot with great prejudice and have now learned to avoid it. I am still having to repeatedly evict them from the chair I'm using as a wheelchair.

[graydon]

I am glad they figured out the foot is now a no-go area.

[naomikritzer]

I find naproxen to be slower-acting but better-working than ibuprofen. My husband finds it to be easier on his stomach (but his digestive tract responds really badly to ibuprofen.) I rarely get an upset stomach from drugs BUT when I was in Paris and developed plantar fasciitis and my doctor friend told me I could take the double dose of Naproxen twice a day if I wanted to, after about five days of this I noticed that I was feeling nauseated all the time and it occurred to me after another two days that MAYBE this was because I was taking a higher-than-OTC-recommendations dose of a drug known to be irritating to the stomach?

Anyway, uh, my point here is, if your stomach gets cranky, make sure you're taking your NSAIDS with food or maybe cut back on the dosage.

[graydon]

Pretty sure the expectation for all NSAIDs is "food first"; I get this from dentists, nurse practitioners, bone specialists, pharmacists, it doesn't seem to vary across speciality. That might mean people in Ontario are burning holes in their duodenum with advil a lot, I don't know. But as advice it's a constant.