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.
2 comments:
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.
Thing 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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