Thinking I may have broke my foot.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by loose_leafs, Apr 13, 2015.

  1. Brandonpdx

    Brandonpdx Road Train Member

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  3. Mr Ed

    Mr Ed Road Train Member

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    good luck, hope you heal quickly.
     
  4. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Try riding a motorcycle with a leg cast that extended from the ankle up to the upper thigh.
    Yes, I did that. It wasn't easy, but I did it.

    His boot limits certain movements, but it does not mean that he can't control the pedal.
    Sure, he can't use ankle movements. But he can still go up and down with his legs.

    There is no luck.
    There is just do... or not do.
    It is something I think Yoda once said.
     
  5. zaroba

    zaroba Heavy Load Member

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    My feet are somewhat messed up from when I was younger. Sprained both my feet, left while biking, right twice while doing 'free running' type of stuff. Possibly broke or fractured my right foot when I was 19 (helping friend move, dropped a sofa bed on it). My foot swelled up and I had a hard time putting on my shoe, hobbled around at work that afternoon in a lot of pain. Next day it was a bit better and a few days later the pain was gone.

    I should have gone to the doctor each time, but I was young and careless so never bothered. Instead I just ignored the pain and continued about my life.

    Of course, now I have Ganglion Cysts under my arches and occasional arch pain. Severe or repeated trauma to a joint causes the jelly-like joint fluid to leak out, common in hands and wrists, but can happen any at any joint. Painless unless pressing on a nerve. They can be drained or surgically removed, but there is a very high possibility of them just returning again.
     
  6. loose_leafs

    loose_leafs Road Train Member

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    I have to take the boot off and put in a tennis shoe to drive, the walking cast I have does not allow the free movement needed to push foot feed and brake pedals
     
  7. loose_leafs

    loose_leafs Road Train Member

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    Well, I'm glad to know with all that experience you knew even less than I did after shooting your mouth off.

    I was able to drive every day since my injury after seeing the doc (had to take the boot off to drive)

    Seriously though their are 26 bones in the foot, so it depends on what you break and how bad you break it. I was lucky that I was able to put full weight on it from the start. Some people are in crutches for weeks or months.

    Less than a month later I am out of the boot and already walking ok without an ankle brace.
     
  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    it must all depend on the job you have what you can do to
    working food service delivery is as bad as boot camp
    where my job i just drive bump 2 docks a week
     
  9. loose_leafs

    loose_leafs Road Train Member

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    Yeah if it was a job like that I may have been SOL...some companies also can refuse to let you work even if the doc ok's it, I think...
     
  10. G.Anthony

    G.Anthony Road Train Member

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    It still comes down to common sense, which you had none. you had to come here and ask US if it was OK for you to drive, (like we are all doctors as well as lawyers), rather than you to go to a doctor, for a professional's advice. Then you could have come here, tell us your story and what the doctor said..
     
  11. loose_leafs

    loose_leafs Road Train Member

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    So you are saying I had no common sense, yet you didn't have the answer either? Even the doctor had to do x rays to see if and what was broken...

    The fact that I was working three days later and all last month says enough.

    You can refer back to the very first post where I simply asked if anyone knew if it was legal to drive with a walking boot or walking cast, or had encountered this before. And clearly stated I was seeing a doctor later that day

    With your **cough** "decades" of experience you chose to jump down my throat and be sarcastic rather than be professional and give advice if you had any. And if you read the entire thread you can see that a few others had similar experiences before, and were curious of the outcome.

    That fact of the matter is, neither one of us has much medical knowledge, but you chose to grandstand while having no idea what you are talking about.

    I hope you enjoy your retirement. We don't need your kind out here.
     
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