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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:12 pm
OMG, I am in INCREDIBLE PAIN!!! About three hours ago I slipped on my new vinal floor while closing a window in this insufferable, hideous rain storm we have been having. Landed on my bad, post-surgical knee, and jammed my good foot into the door jam. I now have three little fat piggies that don't want to bend or have weight on them OR to bear weight. I've been icing and elevating and took a bunch of painkillers. This pain is about equal to my post surgical pain, for cripes sakes! Help me, please!!! The web sites say that doctors just tape up your toes and usually don't splint or cast since mine are the three little toes. We have morons in our ER at night and did I mention it's STORMING???? I will go to the doc in the morning. I have found my crutches and about went out of my skull with pain while trying to find my comfy feather pillow (mom threw it out, but didn't want to admit it). I am now fairly comfortable on the sofa with my feather bed elevating my foot and an ice wrap on it. If I didn't have to move right now, I think I would be ok. Can't wait for the ineffective Alleve to wear off. Can you mix Alleve with Sinus Tylonal? or Orudis? or Asperin? I'm needing a bit more kick in the pain killer department. BUT I don't want to end up like Jimmy Kimmel!!!! The bad news is, most of my friends and students are gone, as it is our summer session and they all leave for the weekend. I'm supposed to be hauling stuff out to the garage for a garage sale (AGAIN) and giving the college credit for the folk festival on campus. I was on my way to the evening concert when I fell. OUCH! Now I am REALLY wishing that I had gone on the Chicago trip. Thank you for letting me vent. I feel a little better already!
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:19 pm
Oh Marm....you poor, poor thing!!! ((((hugs)))) I have no idea about mixing meds...doesn't sound like a good idea to me, though. Maybe just try and keep the ice on the piggies, for the swelling and keep it elevated. Hopefully someone with medical training will log on. I'd be fearful of giving the wrong advice! Got a good book or magazine to hand? Anything that might take your mind off of the pain for a while? Hope the worst of it is over for you. 
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:36 pm
(((Marm))), just what you needed on top of everything else. Wish I had some medical advice, but my instincts just tell me don't mix painkillers. How much longer before the Aleve wears off? Can you grit your teeth until then?
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Jmm
Member
08-16-2002
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:54 pm
Marm, Everything I'm finding points to not taking anything else with the Aleve. How long since you took it and how long does it recommend between doses? OTC directions are written to be protective of most people and are not the only way to take them, as long as you are not sensitive to the ingredients. For example, an Rx dosage of Ibuprofen is usually 800 mg. and given for a variety of symptoms. But it is still the same Ibuprofen you have in your cabinet already. So if you can give me the info, I'll see what I can find for you. Jackie ETA: You are doing about all else you can do. Keep it iced and elevated above the level of your heart.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 8:48 pm
Marm, do you have an elastic wrap or some tight fitting slippers? (I have rebroken my little toe for the third time this year) If you can wrap up your foot so that the toes don't move around - because I doubt at this time that you can even get a shoe on - it will help the pain a lot!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 7:12 am
Well, this morning I woke up to red swollen toe, a purple swollen toe and a regular colored swollen toe. Not too bad. Slept with an ice bag on it and elevated. Pain killers are a good thing....take Alleve on a FULL tummy. Got the garage sale going and took care of the folk festival and was home by 9:30 am....EXHAUSTED. I talked to two emergency room nurses at the folk festival and they said that your advice and what I found online were exactly what to do. You can take 400 mgs of Alleve (the best thing, since it reduces swelling) and a dose of Tylonal at the same time, according to the one nurse who seemed REALLY sharp! She said to go home, rest -ice-elevate and to take it easy! I have a pair of really loose fitting moccasins that I can get on. It will be interesting playing the organ tomorrow in church and climbing the two flights of stairs to the organ loft. I think I will pass on going down for communion!
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 8:21 am
Marm, I have a broken toe story for you. When I was in 5th grade, we had just learned how to do Head stands in gym class. I went home to practice in the basement, and did it Perfectly!! When I came down, BAM!! My big toe on my right foot hit head on!! As it swelled and turned all colors of the rainbow, my mom said it'll be better in the morning. Ummm, think again Mom!! X-rays showed a fracture in the knuckle, which is one of only two breaks that require a cast. SO, for 6 weeks, I had a walking cast on that didn't even cover my toe!! My mom made me little booties to cover the toes (it was winter time) that matched every outfit I wore. I got that cast off on St. Patrick's Day, and put my little green bootie to rest. THEN, two years later to the day, I was playing in gym class and doing Hand stands onto a friends shoulders and up and over. Just as I got my legs up and on her shoulders, the bell rang and she ran!! Throwing me over to the LEFT side. That time the X-rays revealed a jagged break on my left big toe. That is the only other break that requires a cast, SOOO...I had a shorter cast and crutches for 6 weeks. This time I knew how to sew, so I made my own little booties. So on St. Patrick's Day I got that cast off. I saved the booties for a while, but then they just got lost as many things do in a teenage girls bedroom. Needless to say, for years on that fateful day, I stayed in BED!! (and mom let me!!) Good Luck, and I feel your PAIN!!
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