About 12 weeks ago I injured my ankle dancing on a ship. The doctor misdiagnosed it as a Grade I sprain. I continued dancing. It became bad enough I had to go home where my GP agreed it was a sprain and sent me into rehab on it.

I decided to go to an ortho and sure enough, stress fracture. Since then I have been in a boot cast (about 6 weeks) and it went from being in pain sometimes when walking, to being in pain constantly.

My other foot is now in pain and has a burning sensation. The doctor now wants to put me in a plaster cast for 4 more weeks.

If I trusted my doctor's opinion (which I listen to but after this long, I'm questioning) a little more I may not ask anything here but...I live in South Africa and the quality of medical treatment and such isn't the greatest.

I guess the questions would be...1> what is up with the "un-hurt" foot? 2> Why would I go from occasional pain to constant pain once in a cast? 3> Any clue how much longer this should be going on?