I said before that I don't think my toe is broken. But what do you think? Below is a pic of my left big toe looking swollen but not broken on June 24:
And here's a pic of my toe taken 90 or so minutes ago:
For the curious, here are the Google Image results for "broken toe." Note how all those toes look severely bruised or at least discolored, which is why I don't think my own toe is broken. It's definitely swollen (although the swelling appears to have gone down in tonight's pic), but I can move my toe by waggling it on its own or even by moving it around (slowly) with the fingers of my right hand. There's a bit of achy discomfort at times, and I still have no idea how the toe ended up injured. Ah, well. I imagine things will be better in a few weeks, by which time the next problem for men over 50 will have settled in to harass me.
It looks like there might be some bruising there, but not much. Not as much as you usually see with a broken toe, at least.
ReplyDeleteThing is, you can't really do anything about a broken toe anyway, so as long as it is not inconveniencing you, it's all good.
I was amused to see Amazon selling tiny, little toe splints. You can apparently just use a neighboring toe as a sort of splint in a technique called "buddy taping." If you're not diabetic. Otherwise, you're fucked.
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