This is the 'have some sympathy for a mod" post. Be nice.

[Midlodemocrat]

So, last night, I had the cruds, got sick all night long until about 4:30 AM and then this morning, I notice that I apparently, in one of my races to the bathroom, have broken my foot. Right foot, so I can't drive myself to the doctor and I don't want to expose any of my friends to this, so I am just going to suffer until I feel well enough to get someone to take me to the doctor.

Okay, some sympathy is appreciated.

[bertha katzenengel]

1. No!

Ow! I am so sorry! :hug:

Broken feet, ankles, legs, knees, SUCK!

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Nice, Bertha. Nice.

Thanks.

[RandomKoolzip]

3. Whoa....and you're still posting on DU?!?

Go call someone! GEt help!

And good luck!

[Midlodemocrat]

9. I can't expose any of my friends to this.

It is pretty shitty, so I am waiting until the cruds are gone. Not so bad, my kids are waiting on my hand and 'foot'...ha. had. so it could be worse.

[progmom]

4. Oh shit!

Call a taxi?

:hug:

You poor thing!

[Midlodemocrat]

13. I don't think we have taxis out this way.

Plus, I really am not over the cruds yet.

[redqueen]

5. Ouch!

I'm so sorry, Midlo... I hate to think of you sitting there suffering... perhaps a cab would work?

[Shell Beau]

6. Sympathy well deserved!

Get your butt to the doc. You must be miserable!:hug: :pals:

[Texasgal]

7. Ohhhhh Nooooooo!

You poor thing!

How did you break your foot?

Hope you feel better soon!

[unblock]

8. having been there, i know

been a mod, that is.
had the "cruds", too, for that matter.

broken foot, no, although i did have a broken nose and many other injuries from a car accident 10 years ago.

many sympathies....
:hug:

[kick-ass-bob]

10. shit woman!

that sucks - I'd take you if I was near you. :(

[valis]

11. Mods rock. Especially TEA.

[JimmyJazz]

12. I'm so sorry.

[hfojvt]

14. it is not that difficult

to drive with your left foot, unless you have a clutch. Then again I am a lefty and my dad had to always pester me about using my left foot to hit the brakes - something he did all the time.

[Midlodemocrat]

16. I could probably do it if I was sure the cruds were over.

My husband just shampooed the carpet in the van, and, well, you know. I don't want to take any chances. It took me three years to get him to do it.

[Misunderestimator]

15. Call a friend! I know how you feel, I hate to impose on people either...

but you could do more damage trying to walk around on that thing.

Oh.... and here's the sympathy...:hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

17. Oh, trust me, I am not walking around.

The kids, however are hopping and jumping. Doing laundry, cleaning the kitchen, this could really work to my advantage.

[Misunderestimator]

19. Ah.... that does sound like a good plan.

:thumbsup:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

18. Oh no!

:hug:

That's awful. Hobbling back and forth to the toilet. I hope you feel better! :-(

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Okay, that made me laugh.

"Hobbling back and forth to the toilet". :rofl:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

30. Glad I could make ya laugh!

:P

what a shitty situation, pardon the pun!

[Lannes]

21. Get well soon!

[Maddy McCall]

22. Would you like me to bring you some egg-drop soup, or some egg salad,

or maybe some deviled eggs? Would that make snookums feel better?

:evilgrin:

Just kiddin with ya. I'm sorry that you are having a hard time. Why don't you use your left foot to drive? (That's what I did when I broke my right knee? It's not as difficult as it sounds.

I hope you can get to the doctor. :(

[Midlodemocrat]

25. How about some egg salad?

Then I could throw it at your head as you were leaving? Just a thought.

[Magrittes Pipe]

23. But I'm a rocker!

I'm not allowed to have sympathy for mods! :(

[MissMillie]

24. I would gladly drive you to the doctor

cruds or no cruds.

[Midlodemocrat]

26. Thanks, Miss Millie. Just don't bring any eggs.

Oh, and I don't live in CT anymore, but VA. A long drive.

[johnnie]

27. How about EMS

Or an ambulance or whatever those people are. Tell them whats up and maybe they can get you there without a mess.
I hope you get better soon.

[Midlodemocrat]

28. I thought about it, but if it is not life threatening, they charge you

like $500. Plus, if I go to the doctor, then my kids will stop waiting on me. This is better than childbirth. I am getting all the work done in the house while posting on DU.

[NorthernSpy]

29. you BROKE your foot?

Just from walking fast indoors?

I have every sympathy for you.

You really do need to get to the doctor. Please do call a friend as soon as possible. If you take simple precautions such as washing your hands thoroughly before getting into the friend's car, and perhaps wearing a dust mask over your mouth and nose, you should be able to avoid infecting your friend with whatever contagious thing you're suffering from. Actually, if you're having intestinal woes, it's likely from something you ate, and your friend is unlikely to get it just from sitting in the same car with you.

But you do need to have your foot seen to immediately. You must be in a lot of pain.

Also, bones should not break that easily. I really do recommend getting medical attention as soon as you can get someone to take you in to Urgent Care.

Call someone now!

[Midlodemocrat]

31. I am planning to get someone to take me as soon as I stop

with the cruds. I don't know if I banged it or something in the dark, but it is pretty swollen and hard to walk on.

My little girl broke her arm when she was four from falling on the hardwood floor while playing with her sister, so stranger things have happened.

[SOteric]

32. Have you heard of taxi cabs?

:spank: Go now, dang it.

[Midlodemocrat]

33. I don't think we have them out this way.

We don't have any type of public transportation here in the burbs. We are on our own baby.

[IChing]

34. sorry that hurts, expose your friends that's why they are your friends

I would be mad at you, if I was close and a physical friend and you didn't call.

heal up soon

[Midlodemocrat]

36. But would you still be mad if

...I threw up all over your car? Because that is where I am still at.

[IChing]

37. no, I'd bring a bag

no excuse call them now. You could be going into shock. get help please.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

35. You poor thing!

Having broken my foot I know how much pain you're in! You do have ice on it and have it elevated, don't you? I couldn't imagine having the cruds at the same time.

You do need to get to a doctor as soon as possible. Until you can keep it iced for 20 minutes of every hour and wrap it in one of those ACE type bandages if you can to reduce the swelling. I couldn't afford the ER visit and that's what they told me to do until I could get in to the doctor the next Monday. DO NOT put any weight on it. I thought that one was silly since that's like the last thing you can do anyway. Take something for the pain as soon as you can keep it down.

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[jswordy]

38. I think you are the greatest mod on this whole site, and I am...

personally pained that you are in such distress. I fervently wish and pray that your recovery will be a speedy one, that you can again dance the rhumba and play the violin, piano and E-flat horn.

So mote it be!

[DS1]

39. Start pulling yourself down the road, be sure to bleed up the place

really good. You'll either get picked up or ran over, either way your issues are dealth with.

:evilgrin:

[Midlodemocrat]

41. But who will let the dog in when she barks at 5:30 in the morning?

[DS1]

42. If there's nobody to let her out at 5 in the morning, 5:30 is a non-issue

[EstimatedProphet]

40. Oh bummer!

And it's your foot too! I broke a toe on my right foot last fall, and it's still sore.
:hug: