Hurt my foot, can't get to minor injuries:( wtf do I do?

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So earlier today I was chasing the toddler and I put my foot in a hole on the path and my foot turned over.

It was at the bottom of the garden so managed to gather her up and get home but I can barely walk on it, just keep it in one position and shuffle.

I have doctors surgery right across the road but she said I'd have to go to minor injuries without even seeing me.

The problem is, I live rurally with a dependent and breastfed baby and no car. Minor injuries is 20 miles away and public transport stops at 4pm.
I also can't walk enough to do it in my own so my husband would have to come which means bringing the other two, and there's a risk we won't be seen until too late to get the last bus/train home.

Taxi is completely unaffordable.

I'll have to painkiller and elevate it until it feels better right? And risk it being broken because what else do I do?
I can't call an ambulance for this that's ridiculous

The problem is, I live rurally with a dependent and breastfed baby and no car. Minor injuries is 20 miles away and public transport stops at 4pm.
I also can't walk enough to do it in my own so my husband would have to come which means bringing the other two, and there's a risk we won't be seen until too late to get the last bus/train home.

This doesn't make sense. It was already 18:49 when you posted, so the last bus/train had already gone nearly three hours previously. (Unless you're not in the UK, in which case advice like phoning 111 isn't going to be relevant.)

Anyway, hope you find a solution.

Perhaps her husband is at work in the car?

How far away is A&E as opposed to minor injuries? If closer, I'd consider doing that instead tomorrow. Or I'd pay for the taxi on credit and sell something to find it. What time does minor injuries close? Where I live it's fairly early. I'm sure there is patient transport available for these situations, but if it was me I'd ice it and assess the next day. You need a better emergency plan incase it's something more serious next time.

Why? No-one can diagnose if it's fractured or not without an X-ray.....

The GP was unseasonable not to consider the OP’s circumstances (assuming the OP
told them). They could have at least offered some initial advice eg on whether the OP must immediately go to
hospital or whetbher it is safe to wait until tomorrow. GPs can and should override a policy if the circumstances require it. Eg I was not in the category to receive a Covid vaccine last year but my GP decided I was reasonable to ask for one and agreed to it.

Although you can’t definitely diagnose a fracture without an xray, it is possible for a GP to examine a patient and take a view as to whether it is likely to be a soft tissue injury, such as a sprain, or a fracture. My GP has done exactly this. It was a different injury though.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣now you're just taking the piss!

Well we don't know what was said do we? They said they couldn't see them - presumably because of lack of diagnostic tools - no one said they didn't offer advice such as RICE. Hence why when I recommended 111 earlier I made the point that you need to mention your interaction with another part of the health service, so that 111 know what has/has not been recommended to you. They might well have said: "I can't diagnose a broken bone, so there is no point in an appointment with me, but rest overnight, use RICE, and see how you feel in the morning. If it's stiff and impossible to walk on then you definitely need to see MIU." All of which is good and reasonable advice, without the need for someone who has mobility issues to drag themselves to the surgery to be told exactly the same advice - equivalent of a phone appointment essentially. Not 'unseasonable' in the slightest. But we don't know one way or another.

Just get a taxi in the morning, it'll cost but how else would you get there if you were too injured to take the bus but not seriously enough for an ambulance?

Also GPs don't have x-ray vision, what exactly would your GP do about a suspected broken bone except say go for an x-ray?

Oh you’re kidding me. Surely this post has to be click bait?

What would you do if your child was hurt?? You do really need to create an emergency plan if you have no emergency fund or car or available family and friends or public transport 😬

I hope you figured out a plan OP. In your shoes I’d be asking friends and neighbours for whatever help possible - lift, babysitting etc.

honestly I don’t think it’s sensible to live rurally without a car. Especially with young children.

The OP says "I live rurally with a dependent and breastfed baby and no car." That's a very ambiguous sentence. It's not clear there, nor anywhere else, that DH is car-less. It's certainly not clear enough that you should be rude enough to put a whole line of emojis laughing at someone. I think it's quite embarrassing that you did.

If the DH had a car surely that would have been mentioned - it would have been: "I can't go anywhere until DH comes back with the car and then that means we have to take all of the children with us."

Plus later on in her post she mentions that pubic transport wouldn't be available if they (the family) had to spend a considerable amount of time in the MIU... also connoting that there is no car.

I think - and I agree with her - that it's a bit mad that people have imagined this car when everything in the post points to the opposite. And have repeatedly done so. It is a bit baffling when you get to three pages and people are still talking about the imaginary car - in lieu of a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang emoji I think @Bigearringsbigsmile's choice of response is perfectly fine. Neither rude nor embarrassing - rude would be calling someone stupid, embarrassing is... well other people not reading the first post properly.

And if it turns out tomorrow that they DO have a car, then I am happy to be embarrassed, but I won't blame anyone else for my reading of the first post.

Its blatantly clear! She lives rurally with no car!
She then goes on to say that she, her husband and all the children would hsve to go together on public transport and if they had to wait a long time, they may miss the last bus or train home.

The lack of reading comprehension is what is embarrassing.

You call a taxi, sorry just going to have to use a credit card or overdraft,
you can apply for NHS transport reimbursement if low income once you are there.

They don't own a car.

See @Bigearringsbigsmile - I'm stepping into the breach for you here, so that you can have a rest!

Yeah I just noticed and edited.

Can you reach out on a local village FB group for some help?
I've seen people do this on ours and total strangers have stepped up, rallied round and helped by giving people lifts, child minders offering to help look after little ones etc
Quite heartwarming that when someone is in a real bind, there are kind souls still amongst us ♥️

Fair play mate.

She also says public transport stops at 4pm, so the last bus or train home had already gone by the time the OP first posted. Saying they may miss the last train or bus home if they have a long wait suggests there IS transport after 4pm.

It wasn’t very clearly written that neither of them had a car.

Can friend/family help? Someone drive you and baby, whilst DH and toddler stay home.

What would your plan be tomorrow if you don’t go tonight?

No.
She is talking about going in general not today. She is saying she can't go AT ALL.

Some of thought it was and some of us thought it wasn't. I have misread other posts in the past. It's just the nature of the game on here really.

Here is the page
“ If you're referred to hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostic tests by a doctor, dentist or another primary care health professional, you may be able to claim a refund of reasonable travel costs under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS).”
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/help-with-health-costs/healthcare-travel-costs-scheme-htcs/

Her GP has already referred her to minor injuries.