I had the same experience. Most doctors don't know how to diagnose this injury. I Googled right away and finally found a podiatrist who listened. I was five weeks post injury before I had the surgery, but it could have been easily much longer.
On May 28, 2012 I walk walking on Matanuska Glacier in Alaska. I had my 13 month old on a carrier on my back, along with my husband with our 3 year old on his back in a carrier and our 6 year old walking along with us. I told my husband I was going to take the baby off of my back so that I could get a closer look into a crevice (I knew that was really stupid, but I wanted a good picture). I slipped and fell before I even got to the crevice, and thank GOD I did because I could have fallen into the crevice. Even though this is NOT fun AT ALL!! I am very thankful that I had taken my son off of my back right before and also that I fell where I did, because if I fell just a few more feet I could have went into the crevice and not be here today.... I had to be carried out by a 4 wheeler on a stretcher (that was fun :-) ) then my husband had to drive me back to Anchorage (couple of hours). I was put in a soft cast and waited till June 11 for the swelling to go down enough for surgery. I got 2 screws put in. I had 2 blocks in my leg and general anesthesia, put in another soft cast while I was still knocked out from anesthesia and sent home. The numbness from the blocks lasted till the next day, the first day was the hardest but still not that bad with pain meds. One week later I had my post op appt. and was put in a hard cast. Then 1 week later I feel on crutches (those things are evil lol) and when I did I caused the inside of the batting on the cast to bunch up on my already swollen foot that caused that start of compartment syndrome, the cast was cut off in the ER and I have still yet to regain the feeling in one of my toes. I was put in a soft cast because my after the fall was just TOO swollen for another hard one. And that is where I am at today. I have another appt. in Ortho. next week so the doc can check out the swelling, take stiches out, and maybe a hard cast. I am a stay at home mom to 3 boys, live in an upstairs apt., my husband is in the military (so they let him take a little time off, but he is back at work now), since we are stationed in Alaska we have no family here to help out. I just have to suck it up and deal with it. I sit on the floor in the living room while my husband is at work so that I can still change diapers, and take care of the kids (I have my 6 year old to bring me things if I need him too), stand on 1 foot to make lunch for them, and for nap time I have my 13 month old crawl behind me while I walk on my crutches to get to his room then I pick him up an put him in his crib for a nap (the other 2 are old enough to "somewhat" listen to me when I say that it is time for a nap). It is not a fun time for me, but I can't change it. Hopefully I will be able to walk normally again one day!
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I can definitely relate to how she must feel. I recently broke my arm as well as had to have a lisfranc dealt with. I was sent to surgery about 4 days after the injurys happened. even though my lisfranc injury was slight, my doctor said if it wasn't dealt with correctly i could expect to have a lot of pain, deformation of my bone, and walking and running would no longer be a simple daily task, in the near future. they did both surgeries in one sitting and it took about 3-4 hours. you feel just dreadful after surgery and if she was lucky they blocked off nerves for the pain. anyway, I have a pretty good doctor and his recommendations were to STAY/KEEP WEIGHT OFF my foot at all costs. I had to be in a wheelchair since I had broken my arm, but even if I hadn't broken my arm I'd still probably go with a wheelchair instead of crutches because keeping pressure away from your injury is major if you want swelling to go down. I have had two visits since my surgery, one follow up after surgery in which I was placed in a hard cast for my foot. my other visit was to get a new cast because the swelling had gone down so much, that my cast became really loose. so I do suggest you stay off of it and elivate it as much as possible. I am currently waiting for my next visit which is in about 9 days. I don't have any pain in my foot right now, and I feel like I can walk with it. but I don't want to risk anything. the more you stay off of it while you're injured, the better chances your future won't include having numerous painful problems with your foot.
I can definitely relate to how she must feel. I recently broke my arm as well as had to have a lisfranc dealt with. I was sent to surgery about 4 days after the injurys happened. even though my lisfranc injury was slight, my doctor said if it wasn't dealt with correctly i could expect to have a lot of pain, deformation of my bone, and walking and running would no longer be a simple daily task, in the near future. they did both surgeries in one sitting and it took about 3-4 hours. you feel just dreadful after surgery and if she was lucky they blocked off nerves for the pain. anyway, I have a pretty good doctor and his recommendations were to STAY/KEEP WEIGHT OFF my foot at all costs. I had to be in a wheelchair since I had broken my arm, but even if I hadn't broken my arm I'd still probably go with a wheelchair instead of crutches because keeping pressure away from your injury is major if you want swelling to go down. I have had two visits since my surgery, one follow up after surgery in which I was placed in a hard cast for my foot. my other visit was to get a new cast because the swelling had gone down so much, that my cast became really loose. so I do suggest you stay off of it and elivate it as much as possible. I am currently waiting for my next visit which is in about 9 days. I don't have any pain in my foot right now, and I feel like I can walk with it. but I don't want to risk anything. the more you stay off of it while you're injured, the better chances your future won't include having numerous painful problems with your foot.