Broken Toe--Day 2 update

[Sonrissa]

I'm feeling much better now! The swelling has gone down! My poor toe looks like a rainbow of colors, but I think the shock of the accident has worn off! The pain has gone from sharp and stabbing, to dull and achy! I'm still taking Antibiotics, and Anti-inflammatorys. Plus I keep it wrapped and covered in Neosporin? That's  it! I haven't taken a Tramadol since yesterday! You all were right when you said the Anti-inflammatorys would help more than the Tramadol!

Bottom line is that I feel like I'm gonna survive and I'm on the mend! Thanks for all the sympathy, encouragement, and support!  You are the very best!

[Free2agoodhome]

Rainbow is in sis,,,,,you're styling

[dominosarah]

So what did you do with the remaining Tramadol?

[Colorless]

So glad you're feeling better! Congratulations on another victory...What inspiration and strength.  I wish you continued improvement with your toe and success with your journey.

[mamaof4410]

I think its the way we trained our brains...Every time our funny bone hurt we thought "oh another pill will take that away" Time to teach new tricks;)

[ImDONENoMore]

SO true.. we did think we needed a pill for every ache and pain.. ridiculous..

[Leaveurfearsbehind]

Once your addicted any little pain requires a pill. Growing up I broke a lot of bones and never once took a pill. The doctors always gave them out but I knew I really didn't need them. Then it happened, broke my leg really bad and the doctor insisted that I needed them. I took them for 2 months and started to like them. It was all downhill from there. I swear a paper cut was a good reason to take them!  I'm 19 days clean today and have no intention of going back. It's amazing what we can get thru if we set our minds to it. Glad your better!

[Pat1956100]

Wow, I am so proud of you.  I know everything you are going through pain wise and you are stronger than the pain.  I would use any excuse to use and you have fought through so much to stay clean.
Really, really, proud.
Love ya girl
Pat

[Teresa1717]

I second that sentiment!! :)

[ImDONENoMore]

sonrissa, there's no other way to say this. You ROCK girl.  You just totally ROCK.

[Teresa1717]

I am so glad your toe is feeling better!! Broken toes just plain S*CK!!! Who would have ever thought that something so small can cause so much pain! Right?? Kinda like those little pills of our pasts!! So small, yet so much pain in the long run! HA! Ok wow, gonna be a long night sorry! LOL

Anywho, Im glad your on the mend girl and even happier that you havent taken any of those yucky trams! :)

Heres to you wearing 2 shoes again soon in the near future! hahaha

[Sonrissa]

Thanks Dane! Coming from one of the toughest cookies I know, that is a huge compliment! I am such a baby when it comes to pain, I really surprised myself with how much I can really tolerate! For me, it's all about awareness! I'm so much more aware now! Thank you again, doll! You are amazing!

[Dane74]

Hey girl, i am so happy and proud for you!! I recently fractured my heel and was in a soft air cast for 6 weeks, the dr gave me a RX of norco, i ran to my shrink and flushed them with her!!!  The positive that i learned from that experience was that i was able to tolerate the pain with natural remedies.  Did i wish i could take a pill just to feel zero pain mentally and physically, H E!! YEAH!!!!  But that day has past, thank God.  So i think you just discovered as well that the old you would have taken the tram without a second thought, at least for me anyway.  Congratulations, you fought it off, you are one tuff cookie.

Hugs

[Sonrissa]

Thanks Clean, especially for Sharing your "Toe Story"! It seems everyone has a toe story! Guess what? This is my very first, and I hope last, toe story! Ha ha!

Yes, the "perky" me is definately on the comeback! I'm trying to think of some song with those lyrics!  LOL! Take care, and thank you again!

[clean_in_ks]

"What a difference a day makes" huh?  That's a song, too, isn't it??
Amazes me how we all mention music......what a balm to our souls.
And also how funny (not ha ha funny, but strange) that I NEVER listened to music while in my drug fog!  It MOVES me and I don't just want to listen to it or "hear" it these days.......I want to FEEL IT!!  lol

Your "toe" experience reminds me of a period during my worst pain and fogged out year(s).  I still had no insurance and was living with constant nerve pain from two completely ruptured discs.  I broke my damn toe in the bathroom because I "refused to use a night light"!  Pride always comes before a fall, huh?  Anyway, my Momma-in-law was dying in SC of Alzheimers and my hubby flew back there to be with her.  I was all alone and taking benzos along with my drug cocktail.  I was a mess!  I hurt so much from the discs being out of their body cavities for so long and they were so inflammed and huge, my toe just throbbed in comparison.   I SO wanted to go back to SC and lay down next to Momma and love on her as she died yet there was ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I could have walked thru an airport much less function at that point.  I simply was bedridden. End of my toe flashback.....:)

I'm soooo glad you are getting relief from the NSAID and all the other things you are doing.  Trams are just "cousins" to other pain pills and I was so happy to watch and read you work thru that the last two days!!!

You seem like your perky self......even if you toe looks like a wicked storm on the horizon.  You DONE GOOD GIRL!!!
Blessings to you and Happy Healing~