LEFT FOOT INJURY

[er_gyrl]

9 DAYS AGO I INJURED THE TOP OF MY LEFT FOOT A HEAVY OBJECT FELL ON IT, IMMEDIATE PAIN AND SWELLING,I AM ABLE TO BARE WEIGHT WENT TO THE ER XRAY NEG....DOC AT THAT POINT TOLD ME THAT IF THE FOOT DOES NOT SEEM TO GET BETTER COME BACK TO ER...7TH DAY THE BRUISING IS ALL OVER FOOT THRU THE TOES AROUND THE ANKLE AFTER REST AND ICE THE SWELLING IS STILL THERE AND IT WAS GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO PUT PRESSURE ON IT....WENT BACK TO THE ER XRAY TEC, ORTHO TECH FOR SURE THOUGHT IT WAS FRACTURED, XRAY DONE AGAIN NEG...DOC SAID GO HOME REST IT ICE IT ELEVATE IT JUST A BRUISE(HE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT LET ALONE EXAMINE IT) HERE IT IS THE 9TH DAY AND THE BRUISING IS RESOLVING BUT THE SWELLING AND THE PAIN IS STILL INTENSE,, I AM NOW UNABLE TO PUT WEIGHT ON THE BALL OF MY FOOT WITHOUT THE PAIN SHOOTING THRU MY LITTLE TOE AND BEHIND MY ANKLE TO MY CALF..i AM CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE WRONG..MY PRIMARY DOC IS AWAY FOR 3 WEEKS AND I FEEL SILLY GOING BACK TO THE ER IF THIS IS TRULY HOW A BRUISE WOULD FEEL, IF I HAD TWISTED IT I WOULD THINK IT WAS PART OF A SPRAIN....IF YOU COULD HELP ME i WOULD APPRECITE IT...CAN YOU HAVE A FRACTURE THAT DOES NOT SHOW UP ON AN XRAY??? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.....

[bitty825]

I had three different stress fractures on my tibia and none of them showed up on an Xray and yes this is possible apparently.  My doctor didn't see the fractures until I had a CT scan.  You should also get a bone scan.  You get injected with dye and your entire body is scanned and the dye collects to the area of the body that is injured.  This is also how my doctor saw the fracture.  So yes you may still have a fracture. I am not a doctor myself, but I thought I would let you know my experience.