I'm new to this site and have been reading about everyone in casts and boots and such. I broke the 5th metatarsal of my left foot 2 weeks ago. The emergency room put me in a temp cast until I could see an orthopedic doc. He simply put me in an after surgery shoe and told me to come back in 3 weeks for another xray. He didn't take any at the time, he only used the ones I picked up from the emergency room which were taken 3 days prior. It has a huge knot on the left side and the pain on the top and side of my foot is aweful. And it hurts all thru the ball of my foot. It seems he almost didn't do much from what I'm seeing here from everyone else. Would this be normal? should I maybe go somewhere else?