Answer questions my doctor didn't!

[Alex Polta]

This past Thursday, I was playing fullback in a soccer game. The ball was rolling/bouncing quickly towards a spot midway between me and an oncoming forward. We both rushed for the ball and kicked at it - I hit the ball and his foot, he just hit my foot. The result was a big toe full of stress fractures, a compound fracture in my index toe, and the front of my foot turning into a blue bruise.

So I've got a number of questions that I'd like to ask, since the doctors in the ER weren't forthcoming with any of this info and the demerol shot to the butt I got wiped my memory of the night clean.

• How long before I can put weight on this without it feeling like my toe is about to pop?
• How long until the gash heals?
• How long until the bone will be completely healed?
• How long until I can wear normal shoes and return to an active lifestyle?

Here are pictures from two days later. No one on the field and no one in the hospital had a digital camera, else I'd have a picture of my index toe hanging off my foot.

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My foot is orange because I was instructed not to get it wet (no showers) for a few days so the cleaning agent dried on.

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[roygbasch]

Sure, ah, Mr. Polta, just PM me your Visa or MC info and I'll get some answers to you straight away. Those pics will come in handy. Actually, I'd head right back down to that ER and demand some answers, even if takes 8 hours to be seen. Don't want to take chances with your foot, right.

WTF??