By DeeZeeMb - 20/12/2015 12:40 - Slovenia - Maribor
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I wanted to comment on this early, because the FML 300 character limit doesn't really allow for a proper explanation... One day i suddenly started limping, and there was sometimes a strange clicking sensation in my foot as i was walking, but there was absolutelly no pain. A little later my foot was swollen, but still no pain, and i went to my doctor. She gave me Ibuprofen and sent me home. Obviously it didn't help with the swelling, so i went back. She gave me a stronger anti swelling medication, and sent me to the rheumatologist, since we couldn't figure out what was wrong. The rheumatologist gave me the strongest anti swelling medication they had, and sent me to the pulmonologist, vein ultrasound, urine tests, genetic blood testing and finally the x-ray which revealed two broken bones. The clicking sensation i felt during the first days was the two bones snapping back and forth while walking. I was in complete shock when i found out i had two broken bones in my foot, and even more so, when i realized they were grown back together allready, but far from perfectly. I immediatelly went to a traumatologist, but they said there was nothing they could do, that i would have had to come to them in the first two weeks. This actually all happened a year ago, and my foot is now slightly better, but still far from perfect. It is slightly deformed due to the bone callus that forms around the broken bones - it's pushing the healthy bones appart, making my foot wider than it should be. But this will go away, and i have high hopes that at least externally my foot will appear normal. As for walking, i barelly limp anymore, so i have high hopes for that as well. But fact is, my foot will never be the same again...
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Technically, you could have the bones surgically re-broken so that they could heal together more naturally... you might even have a case for a malpractice lawsuit over it.
Walking on a broken foot is the worst. I kicked a bowling ball (it was a dare) and I hurt my foot pretty bad. I was always getting hurt, so my mom just brushed it off thinking it was just bruised. I walked on it for two weeks before my mom took me to the doctor to get an x Ray and we found out it was broken. I was upset because it healed enough that I didn't need a cast. I really wanted a bright pink cast.
you shouldn't have waited so long to see a doctor. sucks, but ydi
I didn't wait long before visiting my doctor. They waited too long before they sent me to an x-ray..
Seriously? Their first thought wasn't to x-Ray it and look for a break?
Some medical doctors are so stupid. Why not send you for an x-Ray first. Is there anything that can be done short of having surgery and having the bone re- broken and re-set properly.
You actually have 2 lawsuits. both negligent 1st against your GP, & 2nd against the rheumatologist (an x-ray should have been ordered ASAP looking for joint damage).
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You may also want to consider a lawsuit.
Could it be rebroken and set? I don't know much about medicine, but I know that's a thing they can do in some situations.