I'm a little confused here... how does one break a toe and not know it... immediately. Nothing I have ever experienced hurts as much as a toe injury.
I want your life - if a toe injury is the worst pain you've ever experienced.
- I've had two babies.
- Five root canals/crowns.
- Five minor surgeries, including wisdom tooth removal.
- One more-than-minor surgery - hysterectomy and removal of endometriosis.
- And one fairly major gynaecological surgery which involved two surgeons, five procedures, and 4 1/2 hours on the table, 4 days in hospital, a return trip to the hospital, and twice daily nursing care for more than a week.
- I've broken 6 toes, and 4 fingers (3 @ the same time, which required an orthopaedic surgeon to set, and 4 weeks of physio.)
And outside of the hospital, I've never taken anything stronger than Tylenol 3 in my life.
While I was working in the backyard yesterday, I became aware that my toe was throbbing, but so were a whole lot of other parts of me.
It wasn't until later in the evening, once I stopped moving that I looked at it. It was throbbing, red, swollen and warm to the touch. Just like the previous 6 times.
No worries. I'll live. And you'll surely hear more complaints in the future over hangnails and paper cuts.
