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Eighteen years ago one afternoon I was running on my treadmill. I was running up to a 7-minute miles then when my wife and daughter came downstairs with some news that startled me. My split-second pause was enough for me to be hurled back with my right foot hitting the wall immediately behind me, punching through the sheet rock.

There was an other-worldly feeling about my foot as I began taking my shoe off. My right big toe was sticking out at a right-angle from my foot and it’s mates. My young daughter went to the ground gagging as I hobbled over to my reloading bench.

“Honey, grab and pull on it straight as hard as you can this first time because I’m not sure I’ll give you a second chance.” She did.

I recognized it as a complete dislocation rather than a fracture but it’s never been the same ending up about 75% thicker than it’s opposite. I couldn’t run on it for the better part of a year.

Toes and fingers have that special ability to remind you of their significance by that exalted throbbing pain they produce.

I broke the big toe on my right foot twice (kicking someone). After a couple days it isn't too bad.

It’s been 4 weeks this coming Tuesday. It’s a little better, not blue like it was but aches if I walk very much. This was the day after. I have ugly feet, bunions too.

Got hit with a field hockey stick in high school P.E. class. Never did anything about it. Hurt for awhile.

About 3 months. Fairly bad for 3 weeks.

i forgot all about mine, tho, when the she-bear came at me. Probably a bit of relapse there.

Broke my left big toe in elk camp last year. Small cabin that had a room added, there was a step and we were supposed to leave the kitchen light on so we could see it. I got up in the middle of the night to take a piss and the light was off, I kicked that step pretty hard. Toe hurt for months because of all the bird hunting I did afterwards.

I don’t want to hear about no damn “ months” it’s been almost a month now, damn thing hurts.

Last time I had an ingrown I thought I was gonna die. I couldn't believe how it felt. Like a red hot needle jammed under my toenail every time I took a step. Had a podiatrist dig it out and it was a nasty looking thing. I think I had the next day off and went back to work after that.

I have the same affliction. I got that ugly sumbitch caught between a rock and a footpeg in a rock garden in the desert. It looked like ET's finger. I swear it popped since there was a jagged tear on the bottom of my toe.

Grandma always said that ......"it's a long ways from the heart, sonny boy".......then grandpa chimes right in with ......"you'll feel better when it's done hurtin"

They was pretty much right you know.

I must be part Afro-American. It’s about to kill me. Of course I’m not sitting still.

Dropped a chunk of redoak on my left big piggie last yr loading the Heatmor. Got the ole black toe thing still a little left from last November.

Now I got some ingrown BS on the opposite. Hurts like hell when I get in the shower or hot tub.




Hell when i was a youngin damn near cut my big toe off running down the boat ramp in Savanna Ga. Sliced that mofo good on oysters growing edge of the ramp. Daddy wrapped it up and we still went fishing in the marsh. Somebitch throbbed for several days. Nasty marsh water.

Week before high school graduation buddy had a scraper blade fall on his toes and POP yes POP (like a balloon) his big toe and break 3 others. He was DETERMINED to walk for graduation so took a handfull of pain pills and held back tears to walk for graduation. Gave his Mom his crutches and powered through. I still give him props all these years later.

Get it checked out. Letting it fester didn't work for me. Hell, at least get a pedicure....gotta look good getting in and out of the hot tub.

I went to doctor that repaired my broken ankle, toe is broken, but feeling a bit better.

I broke big toes on both feet in a Karate fight. This was 34 years ago. My opponent was a 25 year old recently discharged Marine. I was a 48 year old CPA. We fought to a draw. I think he won, though. In addition to my broken toes, I could hardly move for the next week. He was bouncing around like a spring chicken. Never again did I give up 23 years to an opponent in a karate fight. I taped my toes together and hobbled around for what seemed like forever.

funny story. I had a hammerhead toe on my left foot [middle toe] it hurt when I walked. one day I was saddling my horse when she stepped on my foot. something popped and had a dull pain for a second, took my shoe off and checked my foot, the hammerhead toe had straightened out and was painfree, it remains that way to this day . that was 30 years ago. I thanked my sweet horse for fixing my toe..

About 30 yers ago I broke my right big toe in 5 places, yeah thats right 5 places the doctor at the hospital showed me the xray. I did something really stupid but it involved watching KungFu on TV, being really drunk and a metal storm door. All they did was tape it to my next toe, like splint and told to stay off it. Hurt like heck. It was a couple weeks before I could go back to work. I was a mailman so it hurt every day anyway. Broke my left big toe about 2 years ago. Another stupid move. It was winter and I needed some wood for the wood stove. I didn't even put on any slippers or flip flops. I swung the axe at a big chunk of wood hopping to split it in half. I don't know what happened but that big chunk flew straight up in the air and landed squarely on my big toe. It didn't hurt that bad at first because all my toes were frozen from being outside, but when it warmed up the real pain set in. Never went to the doctor for it. I was retired to so I didn't have to deal with work. But it started to turn like a purple black color and really swelled up, I could see there was fluid buildup under the nail. I took a small drill bit and used my fingers to drill a hole in it; after going thru the pus and blood squirted out It eventually healed after I lost the nail. I now wear boots going out to the porch for wood!