<p>Last week while walking the dog I tripped and fell on the driveway. Landed flat on my butt, caught myself with my left hand and turned my left ankle. I really expected to be black and blue the next day as I hit the ground pretty hard. The only bruising I had was on my back thigh from my cell phone being in my back pocket!! The phone survived and so did I.</p>
<p>The outside of my left foot by my little toe felt a bit funny, but again no bruising or swelling at all. I let it go a few days and then decided I should have it check out in case I had a stress fracture. Today one of several xrays showed that my cuboid bone might be broken. The doctor only saw this on one view and on exam I had no pain in the area where this bone is. He said if I broke my cuboid bone I should have had a good bit of swelling and bruising as well as pain.</p>
<p>The doctor feels I should see how it does over time, and if need be come back in for a scan. He did not say whether he was talking about an MRI or CT and I didn’t ask. Of course now that he manipulated my foot, it does bother me a bit more today.</p>
<p>My question is, can the cuboid bone be broken even though I have had no swelling, bruising or pain other than a little discomfort? I saw what he said was the break on the xray, so it seems like it was broken; but it wasn’t on the other films. If it is broken, am I doing any harm waiting it out to see if the current minor pain goes away? </p>
<p>BTW, this is a doctor that I trust. Our entire family has used him for years. His specialty is the foot, so I am thinking he knows what he is doing! I am just wondering after the fact why if he thought the bone was broken, he didn’t treat me at the time. I understand that xrays aren’t perfect and maybe it really wasn’t a break.</p>