I'm glad you posted an update. I asked about your foot in another thread but I think the post got lost in the shuffle.

Was the Dr able to give you treatment specific to bone bruises to speed up the healing?

I;m glad you pursued this. And of course, where would we be without our internet friends? It really is impressive the information that is shared here. So glad it's helped you. I hope you heal well.

"Bone marrow deep" bruising sounds really, really painful. As a frequent ankle turner, I feel so sorry for you.

Wow! Go Dr. Oakley! I'm really sorry about the injury though. That sounds terribly painful. I hope the proper diagnosis will help on the road to healing.

Thank you, Oakley.

Running, you don't know how much your thank you means to me. My family and sometimes friends think I'm a know it all, but the the truth is, I am! lol If I have a question I research until I find the answer, then research more. I'm a Virgo, what can I say? :)

My doctor is amazed at all the things I pre-diagnosed myself with and I'm always spot on. The family won't watch mystery movies with me because I've got it figured out way too soon. Was the Queen of Clue when the kids were little.

So basically your foot got creamed! I knew it was more than a sprained ankle when you described the pain. Bone bruises, aka bone marrow bruising, takes as long to heal as if you broke the foot. Plus the other damage you did, you're going to hurt for a while.

When I told you not to wiggle your foot to get blood flow going, it was because I read with brusing like that, we can actually break the bone.

March 27th is when I had my creaming and this is the first week I haven't had any pain, but my big toe still won't bend properly. Almost 5 months.

Question. When the boxes came down, did you feel a certain pain that made you know for certain you did something bad to your foot?

Keep us posted, I'm really into creamed feet. :)

Running, that sounds extremely painful!

So glad you got things taken care of!

Woot! Woot! Oakley!

What a connection - Oakley to you. Running, you are so right. This group right here has helped so many in so many ways. So glad Oakley helped you with this one!

Running, I’m sorry you are still having pain but it’s great you came back to thank Oakley.

Glad your pain is finallh gone, Oakley, and I know what you mean about the toe. I broke my little toe at the beginning of Feb. While the toe pain has finally been gone for a while, I occasionally still have a pain on the side of my foot just below the toe. I’m fairly certain I pulled something there that is taking forever to completely heal. .

Well now i know another reason Oakley and I are connected-fellow Virgo here LOL

Oakley yes as soon as the good samaritan moved the boxes away from my foot I knew immediately something was badly wrong--I physically had to get down on the ground because it was so painful and you will understand this: every day I know instinctively my foot is still not right and that it will be a long time till it is.

I'm doing everything the foot doc said to do (rest, ice, elevation, Voltaren cream, gently move it as I can) and it's encouraging to hear how long it took for you and others to feel better, gives me a real frame of reference instead of just worrying about when will this end.

Thanks everyone for all the kind wishes-it all helps me keep a positive attitude instead of taking a not so scenic detour through the valley of despondence!

@runninginplace, I came here to see how you're doing and just saw the above post which I missed. My doctor gave me the same cream but I only used it twice.

Virgo, cool!!! Both grandkids are Virgo along with DIL. So how are you doing? A couple of months after the injury, just when I thought my toes were much better, one toe started burning and tingling out of the blue. The impact area on top of the vessals is still red and the skin is dry. I think the toes are back to normal now, I can spread them apart and I couldn't do it last week. Yay.

I have to admit I did enjoy my time in bed for a while, then it got old. I had to put a lot of stuff in the room so I didn't have to get up. There's the death trap boot. lol

check in!

My bed buddy the whole time.

Just this morning I walked with a friend who mentioned Voltaren. Of course when I came home I couldn't remember the name and then here you go and mention it. So thanks Running and Oakley!

Let the healing continue.

Heavens! Wishing you both quick healing.

I missed all of this but I’m glad I saw it today! First of all, I hope you are all on the mend completely. Second, it may explain my toe. One night a few weeks ago I dropped my cell phone on my foot. The corner of the phone hit that dinky fourth toe, the one tucked between the middle and baby toes. Yeah, it hurt, but I figured I was going to bed and the foot would be elevated anyway. I considered an ice pack, but gee, it was 11pm, so I didn’t.

Since then it seems to be following what I just looked up about deep bone bruising! Because it was so localized, I haven’t felt the need for a pain cream or reliever, just was a little careful and didn’t wear shoes for a few days.

I don't think I need to see the doctor at this point, if it is going to take that long to heal anyway. It is funny, though, that now a very localized spot on the tip of the toe is tender, nowhere else. Probably due to some blood pooling?

Bpath, ouch! If I remember correctly, blood pooling will have red under the skin. My impact area was on the top part of the foot where it meets the calf. Lots of red for a long time because there are 3 vessels under it and the doctor said it was blood pooling.

I do remember walking pretty good and the toes didn't hurt unless I spent too much time on my feet, and when I laid down is when all of them started hurting at the same time. Don't be fooled if your toe feels fine and dandy when walking.

Nothing you can do but baby it and be patient. Good luck!