I didn't find a single positive one and got pretty down about it all, even thought I was making good progress. I wanted to write this straight away, because I've spent many hours on the Internet looking at Jones fracture stories over the last 6 weeks. My foot's not perfect yet, because of the gimpy, my calf is weaker, thinner and stiff, but the foot/bone feels strong, I'm walking normally and driving again. He said wait until 3 month to do any running and discharged me, saying any complications would be highly unlikely. I can walk in normal shoes and start to cycle (I've already been out for a flat 5 mile ride in trainers, not cycling shoes). He gave it a good prod and it didn't hurt at all. The bone is healing well, I have a callus formation around the break and tribeculae have started to form. I had my check X-ray today (45 days post fracture). I always tried to take it very easy the day after one of those. I also had a couple of long days with work, with a lot of standing/walking. I tried to be completely compliment, but like everyone I had a few bangs along the way, the worse was tripping over my Daughter at her 4th birthday party. I wasn't offered a bone stimulator either by the NHS or privately I swam 3 times a week (front crawl) from 3 weeks and took paracetamol when required. Always partial weight bearing on my Gimpy. I spent the next 2 weeks working from home and then used a combination of lifts, taxi's and trains to get around for the following 4 weeks. I'm a Sales Manager, so normally travel a lot by car. We decided to cancel the 3 week NHS appt and I would see him again at 6 weeks post fracture. He reiterated all the advice I was given by the NHS, he added "If it hurts, stop doing it" he also gave me some exercises to do. I had another X-ray on day 9, which showed no displacement and some early bone production. I live in the UK and have private healthcare, so a booked a seperate Private Appt. The surgeon quoted Wolf's Law and said the partial weight bearing would help the bone repair. I'd spend a couple of hours on the Internet and challenged the fact that I was being told to use a boot with no crutches. I attended Facture clinic the next day and was told to walk in the boot and come back in 3 weeks. I was given a Gimp boot and told to come back in the morning. An X-ray showed a undisplaced Jones Fracture. I couldn't put any weight on it, so I went to A&E. Could do with dropping 10kg's, but I'm generally fit and healthy. I'm a 35 year old male, about 6ft and around 100kg's. I turned quickly and felt a serve pain on the right side of my foot. I was playing football in the garden with my 6 year old son. I broke my right 5th metatarsal on the 3rd of April.
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