So while it healed I noticed a tightness on the bottom of my foot and it was more tender...in fact, the cut hurt very little. The majority of the aches came from this hardness on the bottom. I just thought that it was damaged tissue or was tight and would heal in time. Well this morning when putting on my boots, I had an INCREDIBLY sharp pain shoot through my arch and up my leg. Then most of the morning and into the afternoon the pain continued ramdomly. So tonight I went back into the community care to get it looked at.
The same doctor that sewed me up before was there again...cool! They took an x-ray, not expecting to see anything as glass will very rarely show up, and there was something there that wasn't suposed to be. So we did a couple more angles, and sure enough there was a piece of SOMETHING there. In the first shot it looked as dense as the bone! Because it was a side shot of it.
OK, so an inch may not seem all that big, but when it is a sharp piece of glass in your foot...it is!
My options were: Amputation...No, just kidding; cut it out there and hope that the huge piece (see photo above) was all that was there; Monday go into a Pediatrist where they have equipment that can see a 3-d image at different depths, to get out all fragments. So, we decided to cut me open and get it out tonight. I don't want to risk breaking it any more, and if need me I can go to a specialist later.
So again I was in pain as the local anastesia went in and I could feel them opening up my foot looking for the glass. Then I heard a distinct tap-tap-tap. I knew that sound! He was very careful not to move it too much as to cut any unnessary tissue or tendons, however he did have to sever one tendon in order to free the piece of glass. But he did manage to get it out intact, and it looked that there were no fragments (cross your fingers!).
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I think I'm going to barf. I hope everything works out ok. You need a safer job.
Come on Darren...you have photographed much more nasty things...and this is just a photo of the glass...I didn't have the camera and I was laying on my stomach. Jess tried the camera phone-but no luck.
It is feeling a lot better, that piece of glass was causing a lot of pain. The swelling should go down very soon.
I do need a safer job...is the university hiring??? Or maybe I could document the teachers of BYU-I...you wanna hire me?
HA HA
I think Brother Clark is right. You need a safer job.
That's a big piece of glass...wow.
Oh my God! I'm going through the exact same thing right now. I was just on-line searching to see if an x-ray can see glass because I've been to three different doctors and they say there is nothing there but I can feel it. They said they couldn't do an x-ray because I'm pregnant and I mentioned those lead vests they have then they said it doesn't matter because x-rays don't see glass. It feels exactly how you described and is in the exact same spot on my foot as yours. They won't even freeze it so they can dig around because apparently the local will cause more swelling and would bury any object IF there is one. They insisted on pinching it to see if anything would surface and sent me home saying there is nothing there, it's just going to hurt for a while. I KNOW there's still a piece in there. I'm going to another doctor today because it's starting to get infected and I can barely walk. Your story gives me hope!
I also am certain I have glass in my foot as I often feel like I am being stabbed! Yer have had an xray and have been told there is nothing there... so I just happen to have a stabbing pain in exactly the same place as where I stood on glass.. hmmm.. I think I should go see another doctor!!
My daughter stepped on glass when she was in 2nd grade. She is now JR in High School. She has had 3 surgeries to remvoe glass pieces and 2 to clean up scar tissue. She is looking at probably 1 more surgers when she is done growing. She is in constant pain and has had to change her lifestyle. Anybody that thinks they were cut by glass should request x rays or an MRI. It took 4 years to surface as a problem. We are having another MRI on Monday.
If it's any use, I have beer bottle glass slivers in my foot. X-ray won't show them up unless the glass has lead in it which usually it doesn't these days. Ultrasound picked it up which is useful for the Dr. However my Dr couldn't get them out under local as there are 3 pieces about 4mm long and 1 big bit 25mm long approx 5mm under the skin. He referred me to a surgeon. Even he couldn't locate them under general anesthetic. Because they are slivers and in the muscle tissue and there's blood everywhere, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Go back to see the surgeon this Friday for a check up & chat. Don't know where to go from here so that's why I was looking for answers on the net. My advice, wear footwear as much as possible, don't risk this problem.
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