Well, we know about elevating it, but he did this just as he was getting out of the shower and we were on our way to a party! So, it was about six hours, but he did spend all day Sunday babying the foot. He already has evidence of arthritis, and I've been after him to try some things to see if we can head that off at the pass, but he hasn't been motivated, so I'm sneaking that stuff in on him now, as part of the treatment for the broken toe. Linda
laqueren...@cox-internet.com wrote: Hi Linda, You may know this already but *ideally* your hubby should have gotten off his feet immediately, elevated the injury above the level of his heart, iced it plus apply the cs/dmso. And of couse stay off it as much as possible. When I broke a bone in my foot a few years back, dmso was unknown to me unfortunately but doing all the rest plus using crutches for 3 weeks helped me avoid any other treatment. However I think there'll probably be some arthritic tendency in that foot as I age because I started walking on it a little too soon. More recently I twisted an ankle quite severely but managed to get a dmso/cs soaked bandage onto it immediately and elevated it til bedtime. Next day I did yard work all day, climbing ladders etc. with no problems--still astonished at that one. Some brusing did finally appear--from deep inside the connective tissue I believe (it took that about 3 months to disappear and may have resulted from being on my feet so much right away) and there was some tenderness around the ankle upon palpation for several weeks but never any pain while on my feet. My nurse practitioner mother was amazed, now uses it herself and suggests it to others. take care, Deborah No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release Date: 11/10/2005
