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Nov 2013
10:06pm, 12 Nov 2013
26,193 posts
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JenL
About an hour ago, I caught the littlest toe of my left foot on the table leg and it hurt so much I fell over. It's still unbelievably painful. I'm here on my own tonight and Smallest is in bed but in any case I'm not sure a trip to A&E makes any sense, except that it's so painful it's making me feel sick and the pain has travelled all the way up the side of the foot and the left side of my leg to just above the back of my knee.
Does anyone have any idea whether this is just a case of paracetamol and sleeping it off or is there something else I should be doing?
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Nov 2013
10:08pm, 12 Nov 2013
26,576 posts
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swittle
Reduce possible swelling by immersing the poor tootsie in a bowl of cold water. I'll make way for the medicos now. Hope you feel better soon, JenL.
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Nov 2013
10:37pm, 12 Nov 2013
1,044 posts
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Cyclops
Ow ow ow ow ow!!
How is it now? Any improvement? I would have taken double the recommended quantity of painkillers - paracetamol, codeine and ibuprofen (possibly with a glass of wine) and tried not to move....
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Nov 2013
10:44pm, 12 Nov 2013
26,194 posts
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JenL
Thanks swittle and cyclops. I'm sort of rooted to the sofa at the moment, with the leg elevated. I took some painkillers about 15 mins ago (Nurofen was all I could find). Getting them and a glass of water was a major operation and then swallowing them down when I just want to be sick wasn't easy. I'm not noticing much difference so far, but I'm trying to stay optimistic. The pain comes in waves with not much of an interval between. I just keep trying to remind myself that it isn't as bad as labour. It's always the really stupid injuries, isn't it?
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Nov 2013
4:08am, 13 Nov 2013
13,723 posts
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*jono*
Hope your feeling better Jen, if its not better today I'd get yourself of to hospital - only 15 minute wait according to the government 
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Nov 2013
7:30am, 13 Nov 2013
10,559 posts
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Ultracat
Hope you got some sleep last night
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Nov 2013
9:06am, 13 Nov 2013
26,578 posts
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swittle
An extension to water immersion: two bowls of suitable size, one filled with cold, the other with very warm [not hot] water. Place the foot in each in turn, maybe 3-4 minutes each. Finish with the warm:)
I'm a fan of aspirin to relieve swelling: your toe *will* be bruised.
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Nov 2013
9:23am, 13 Nov 2013
2,075 posts
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minardi.
Toe update needed - hope it's ok this morning *fingers x'd*
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Nov 2013
9:45am, 13 Nov 2013
5,215 posts
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Wriggling Snake
Aren't you supposed to dial 111 now and get a trained professional to tell you not to got to AE in order to save money for the tories to give to bankers.
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Nov 2013
9:46am, 13 Nov 2013
5,216 posts
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Wriggling Snake
oh, hope it's better
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