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Hobbit

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.... kick the wardrobe when you get up in the middle of the night. Verily did he say unto them... by eck that smarts a tadge. My little toe is bigger than my big toe, and is a lovely shade of aquamarine with delicate pastel shades of rouge and sunflower yellow.

HID suggested cream, and I foolishly asked if double whipped would be best. Subsequently, she's offered to grind her heel into it using a twisting motion...
 
don't bother with a+e.

I went with exactly the same issue, they looked and said, yes, its broken take some painkillers and rest it..

Nothing else to do with a toe... Fair point really...
 
If it is broken, there's not usually a lot they will do unless it's proper mangled.

make sure you keep your foot raised on footstool etc to get swelling/bruising to come out into your foot. Otherwise it will throb like a gud un.
thing is we have all done it but usually got away with it.
 
Broke toes often playing footy, no point going to a&e as they'll do diddly.

If you're up and about strap it (if you can) to the toe next to it, protects it a bit and makes it a bit more bearable walking etc

Is flipping sore though!!
 
Ignore above. Work in a hospital and have experience in orthopaedics. Get it checked out in case you're the one time it does need attention.
 
Kellfire said:
Ignore above. Work in a hospital and have experience in orthopaedics. Get it checked out in case you're the one time it does need attention.
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Not wishing to take the thread off topic but is this not exactly what the NHS are trying to avoid!? People flooding a&e with "minor" ailments?

I went the first couple of times and was told there was nothing they could do.....few years ago now right enough.
 
NWJocko said:
Not wishing to take the thread off topic but is this not exactly what the NHS are trying to avoid!? People flooding a&e with "minor" ailments?

I went the first couple of times and was told there was nothing they could do.....few years ago now right enough.
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A potential break is certainly not a minor issue and only a doctor can decide if it needs treatment or not. Yes, the likely hood is that they'll strap it up at most but what if there was a break into a joint or tendon/ligament damage, it could need surgery.

You pay your tax, so go to A&E as is your right and get peace of mind.
 
Kellfire said:
A potential break is certainly not a minor issue and only a doctor can decide if it needs treatment or not. Yes, the likely hood is that they'll strap it up at most but what if there was a break into a joint or tendon/ligament damage, it could need surgery.
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Totally agree with this!

Kellfire said:
You pay your tax, so go to A&E as is your right and get peace of mind.
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But disagree with the apparent 'reasoning' behind this. That reasoning IS one of the reasons why A&Es are full up. A better reason would be 'It's a potentially large issue, so go...'
 
Kellfire said:
Ignore above. Work in a hospital and have experience in orthopaedics. Get it checked out in case you're the one time it does need attention.
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Agree with kellfire, if it is mangled you will be told what you don't want to hear re treatment and it will be a royal PITA.
however if it is broken but not that bad, then it may well be just a neighbour strapping job.
BUT only the Quack will know what to do once he has had a look at an X-Ray and last I heard they never did home visits with the X-Ray machine so it's a trip to the A an E.
Daughter did exactly the same, left it three days and I sent her to A an E it was broke but they just strapped it. It's now healed and bent like a 2nds monkey nut. how ever you dress it up going to A an E gives you peace of mind.
 
My boss broke my toe in work. I was standing behind him showing something on the screen and he wheeled the chair towards the printer and straight over my foot. A&E said same as others. Rest and painkillers. Cost him a few beers and a curry as compo
 
I did similar last year and ignored it... strapped it up and foolishly battled through the pain and continued to play golf, albeit with painkillers.

Turned out I had broken it, and the broken bone has since set incorrectly; on hindsight I should have got it checked out as it now gives me some gyp in the mornings.
 
CheltenhamHacker said:
What is a 2nds monkey nut?
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A double peanut in its shell but bent, "monkey nuts" there called, but normally there straight, in this case coz there bent it's a 2nds. That's what her toe looks like now.

4 or 5 days after she had her toe confirmed as broke, she was involved in a foot race to catch a burglar in Sheffield. She is as fit as a butchers dog. She said even the fat uns were leaving her standing as she was in agony with her toe whilst trying to run.
 
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