Any podiatrists or foot surgeons in the house?

[curves2000]

Hi all,

I had a freak accident a few weeks ago and stepped off some steps onto some really uneven ground outside a restaurant in Calgary. Twisted my foot really bad and felt something pop/crack etc.

I figured it was a rolled ankle or a foot and spent the dinner and the next day icing it but it never really swelled up at all. Couldn't put any weight onto it and I had a trip to NYC the next day for a friends wedding.

I went to the ER, got some X-Rays and the ER doc indicated a broken bone in foot and confirmed by radiological report as "in line with fracture" Wanted me in a full cast. Nurse was surprised as they don't do casts very often anymore, Air Cast more likely. I indicated wedding, trip etc. Went with Air Cast and a lack of confidence in what I heard.

I went and saw a top rated podiatrist in Manhattan, indicated more of a soft tissue type of injury on the foot, took x-rays using a Soviet Era Relic of a machine and indicated a possible but unlikely break in a different bone of the foot.

Came back to Calgary and saw 2 different Podiatrists at the same clinic and showed them emailed X-rays from NY since they don't have easy access to Alberta health records. Both indicated that low likelihood of a break and soft tissue most likely. I really haven't made any real gains with the pain, the movement or the healing and I am going into my 3rd week, all while missing work.

Just wondering if anybody has any suggestions or some other foot specialists for another opinion? Family Dr is away for a few weeks and Dr covering him pretty much blew me off. I want this to heal properly and quickly regardless of what this is and don't want long term issues like a lot of people do. Don't know what the best course of action is.

Thanks

[TheScorpion]

I unfortunately can't answer your question, but I can tell you a little story about a moth that entered a podiatrist's office.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I unfortunately can't answer your question, but I can tell you a little story about a moth that entered a podiatrist's office.

LOL, I had to search what that meant but I think I got the gist of it. Long post I know but I am always looking for the CP crew to come through in some fashion.

[you&me]

Unfortunately, based on my experience, there may not be much you can do.

A few years ago, my wife had a similar accident on our front step.

Urgent care did the X-rays, called it fractured, put her in an air cast and told her to follow up with her family doctor. After months of follow-up appointments with little-to-no progress, her Dr. finally sent a req for a consultation with an orthopedic surgeon. Incidentally, this same surgeon had operated on me a couple years prior with great results, so we optimistic an end was in sight.

The consult lasted all of 3 minutes, after the orthopedic Dr. essentially said "Ha! Unless you're a professional athlete, we don't perform foot surgery on people. You should have been in the air cast for maybe a week or two and then eased into putting weight on to it." The air cast came off that day and she was fine within about a week.

[Sr. Mints]

I think feet can be tricky.

I have a similar experience too. First doctors thought maybe it was gout, then a bone infection, but finally a bone scan found it was broken bone that x-rays couldn't see for whatever reason.

This was 6-7 years ago, and it was finally at the foothills hospital that a doctor sorted it all out and ordered the tests. My family doctor and the podiatrist I went to weren't curious enough to get to the bottom of it, or maybe they gave up first? I hate to say it like that but that's how it seemed at the time.

They had me in moon boots, an aircast ( I can't remember if those are the same thing, but I had two different ones) And finally they had to build a custom shoe for me because every time I did anything It would re-break. That might be why they want you in a plaster cast?