AIBU?
To think it's not normal to break my toes as much as I do?
CherryChasingDotMuncher · 21/07/2017 09:52
Have just broken my middle toe chasing the kids into their playroom, on the little wooden threshold thing. Which is a miracle as it's only about 5mm high!
This is the tenth time in my adult life I've broken a toe, it's usually the little ones, have once broken my big toe.
My toes are unusually long, I'm a size 7 foot, but even so is it normal to break them as much as I do? I think I need to pick my feet up a bit better
Lunenburg · 21/07/2017 10:38
I am a bit surprised. Have never known anyone with a broken toe, never mind 10 in their life.
Has your doctor screened you for Osteopenia. NB not Osteoporosis, but the lower bone density condition that precedes it.
I am part of a national screening pilot because my mother had Osteoporosis and have been being treated for low bone density since my 40's. The treatment has so far kept me out of the Osteoporosis category and ensured no broken bones !!
alltouchedout · 21/07/2017 10:44
I've broken the little toe on my right foot three times, I wonder if the first break (kicked a concrete bollard whilst furious and wearing sandals, may rank as the most stupid thing I have ever done) weakened it and now it's just more likely to break than the others are? Because my other toes can stay fine and whole from much, much harder impacts than it takes to mess that one up, and I've never broken any other bone so I doubt I have some sort of bone density problem.
SomewhatIdiosyncratic · 21/07/2017 13:13
I've never broken a toe (or other bones), but I have damaged the cartilage in my little toe by snagging it on the door frame of a taxi while wearing sandals. It took months to heal properly!
DM has broken hers many times. I think mine have the advantage of being unusually short and stubby 
CherryChasingDotMuncher · 21/07/2017 14:58
I'm pretty sure it's token as it's pointing the wrong way 
have blind it to the other toe now, I never go for x-rays (far too busy!) as the first time I broke one the doctor basically said "strap it to the next toe for a while for it to heal" and it has every time. Will call my GP though about one density.
Could that explain why my weighing scales put me a stone heavier these days?? 
stonecircle · 21/07/2017 15:20
I've broken both my little toes (one recently). I've had so much problem with the first one, because the bones didn't set properly (I know this because When I had an X-ray on my ankle they commented on my toe) I asked for an x Ray for the recent one. Not dislocated so just strapped to adjacent toe.
Both breaks were because I was barefoot and caught my toe on a piece of furniture/skirting board. I also fractured my ankle last year.
I do have osteopenia but I think the breaks would have happened anyway.
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