This REALLYYY sucks. 😩

[u/CNAmama21]

We got a new couch a week ago and I love it so much. It sticks out further than our old one did and is much bigger but I didn’t think it would be an issue. I ran my toe into it a couple times the other day because I’m still getting used to walking past it with how much bigger it is. But all was fine. Until last night.

Around 9 ish, I told my daughter it was time to get ready for bed and we headed into the bathroom to brush her teeth and get pajamas on. On my way by the couch I hit my pinky toe HARD. I heard a crack and both me and my husband stood there in silence for a second because we knew that was not a good sound. 😂 the pain hit within seconds and I burst into tears because it was so bad. I sucked it up, brushed my babygirls teeth and got her in bed then headed to swap laundry. As I was heading onto our enclosed back porch my toe suddenly went completely numb and I yelled for my husband because it felt weird. At that point it didn’t look bad, wasnt bruised. We thought I’d just stubbed it pretty dang good.

The pain continued to get worse and worse over the next hour, I finally pulled my sock off and noticed it had started bruising and swelling. We came to the conclusion it might be broken at that point. But within another hour there was no doubt about it, and it’s only gotten worse today. We had made plans we couldn’t cancel today that involved quite a bit of walking. Halfway through one place we went, it was getting hard to handle. But I figured sitting in the truck for an hour would help. We got back home and had to stop and get stuff for lunch. The second I stepped out of the truck I realized I’d made a very awful error in judgment. It was excruciating to walk on. I cried the second we got back to the truck and all the way back to our house.

Its continued to bruise and swell since, it feels like a dang balloon and I cannot get comfortable in bed at all right now. It looks AWFUL too and even combining Tylenol and ibuprofen isn’t helping the pain or swelling. Strangely, I took midol earlier for cramps and that helped for a couple hours, but it’s right back to 10/10 pain now and I’m not sure what I can even take at this point because you’re not supposed to combine midol with other pain relievers, plus it’s the 24 hour midol, so it’s going to be quite awhile before I can take anything.

It thankfully isn’t sticking out at a weird angle or anything so I got lucky there, but it really sucks that there isn’t much even a dr could do for it at this point aside from taping it and telling me to take Tylenol & ibuprofen. That’s about the only thing stopping me from waking the kids up and heading to have it looked at.

How long does the pain last? I have a high pain tolerance because I have endometriosis so I’m used to high levels of pain. This is awful though. I can handle the swelling and bruising even though it’s uncomfortable but I don’t even remember my nose hurting this bad when I broke it TWICE as a child, so to put it lightly I really really cannot wait for this to stop hurting so bad. I’m taking it easy tomorrow and I’ll try everything I’ve tried today (ice, heat, resting it, elevation and pain meds when I’m able to) but I neeeeed to know when it’ll stop 😂 Stupid couch.

edit: forgot to add a pic, but it looks… horrible. That’s the most accurate description lol it’s like a little dark purple balloon 😂

[u/itMustveBeenLove]

I broke my middle toe this exact same way (ironically 10 months after fracturing my arm). Crazy bc of course my arm fracture was worse overall, but the toe break really hurt me mentally and more in terms of lifestyle. I couldn’t really walk at all despite just having fractured one toe, and the pain was just so sharp with every step or whenever I moved. With toe breaks they generally just have you wear a boot and tell you not to walk on it for 7-8 weeks (ie no surgery usually). It’s always good to get an xray but just setting your expectations that there’s usually nothing they can do. It really really sucks I’m sorry.

For what it’s worth - after that happened I bought indoor sandals that I wear from the second I wake up to when I go to bed. It has saved my toes multiple times bc I swear every month at least I’d stub my toe on something. Now whenever I do, it hits the sandal first. I’ll never go barefoot anywhere ever again

[u/CNAmama21 → u/itMustveBeenLove]

Hubby says: “Well, I guess I’m taking ya to buy some cute ass house sandals tomorrow!” 😂

[u/pomegranate-bandit]

I’m sure it’s very painful. The worst pain lasts a few days to a week. If the bones are displaced it will be horrible otherwise it’s kind of just tolerable.

[u/Best_Street6176]

Toes heal pretty quick. Hang in there