Comments on "Vacuum: 2, Toes: 0" - Faerye Net

Re: Weaklings

2003-08-07T22:25:48+00:00

Neener. Wasn’t really worried about the toe so much as the rest of me—the rest of me that was rapidly becoming one knot of horrible muscle pain from moving around the toe (twist left foot 80 degrees, angle up so only heel touches ground, et cetera). It’s really not a matter of TREATING the toe, as much as stopping it from keeping me immobile, slow, and back-pain-ridden.

So neener!

Weaklings

2003-08-07T17:47:36+00:00

I read your later ‘Magic Shoe’ comment, and all I have to say is that treating broken toes is for weaklings. I’ve broken toes a number of times, and the only problem it’s left me with is toes that are a little jaggy in the wrong directions—as if toes were normal-looking or something to start with. The last time I seriously messed up a toe was during an inadvisable jump down a flight of stairs in the former casa de Sara, Mike, Jason, and Dennis after an evening of carousing with Mike. It swelled up and started speaking in tongues, including several I couldn’t even identify with the help of the Documenta Geigy. You should suck it up. Untreated injuries build character. Even for princesses.

Re: Consult! Consult!

2003-08-04T13:07:00+00:00

I called a nurse, and she said if I want I can come in for an x-ray, but she says all they usually do if it IS broken is tape (“buddy-tape”) it to unbroken toes—so if I get some med.tape and do that myself, it should be fine.

Consult! Consult!

2003-08-04T12:21:51+00:00

Ack! You should consult a physician. It’s easy to break a toe by stubbing it, and if the broken toe isn’t set properly, toe weirdness can result. Or, if fortune favors you, it might heal just fine. But you should definitely get it checked out, to be on the safe side.