Owie!
So, on Wednesday, I went skydiving and then snowboarding and then I fell off my horse and somehow, I broke my ankle.
Actually, I did only one of those things. I broke my ankle. And not doing anything nearly as interesting as all that. I was walking GMinor to school, stepped off the curb and boom, down I went!
At first, I thought it was just a bad twist. I've stepped off the curb lots of times and you just shake it off, right? A couple of shakes, a couple of circles wth the foot and it's fine again.
This time, it just hurt and hurt and hurt and ballooned out instantly. Of course, that was the day I forgot my cell phone in my coat pocket. So, I sent GMinor off to school (I could watch her from where I was) and sat on the grass and waited for the pain to stop. It eventually did calm down a little and I managed to get to my feet and test it out. It hurt, but not that much, so me and to dog headed home. About halfway, I realized what a bad plan it was, but I was committed and I could see my house, so I felt pretty stupid knocking at the neighbour's and having them drive me and the dog 10 houses down the street, you know? So I hobbled.
I put an ice pack on it immediately but it was huge and it hurt. Really hurt. I've sprained my ankle badly a couple of times and I know the drill. It hurts, you put ice on it, it feels better in about 15 minutes. Except that it didn't. It stayed huge and hurt anyway - big throbbing pain radiating through my toes and into my hip too.
So, after about an hour, GMajor took me to the hospital. I was the third ankle break of the day. What's up with that?
So, x-rays and so forth and yup, it's a tiny, tiny break. The tendon yanked a piece of bone right off with it when it snapped.
Today, it's still swollen and starting to be purple. It doesn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would, although it surprises me sometimes if I step wrong. I've abandoned the crutches - I'm such a disaster with them I'm ging to hurt myself worse if I fall. This afternoon, I'm getting an air cast, which should help at lot with getting aroundin my house of stairs.
It really sucks though - no walking the dog, no treadmill, no walking GMinor to school, no gardening, and no painting the porch. Don't come visit us folks - the house looks like a pigsty. Ugh.
Actually, I did only one of those things. I broke my ankle. And not doing anything nearly as interesting as all that. I was walking GMinor to school, stepped off the curb and boom, down I went!
At first, I thought it was just a bad twist. I've stepped off the curb lots of times and you just shake it off, right? A couple of shakes, a couple of circles wth the foot and it's fine again.
This time, it just hurt and hurt and hurt and ballooned out instantly. Of course, that was the day I forgot my cell phone in my coat pocket. So, I sent GMinor off to school (I could watch her from where I was) and sat on the grass and waited for the pain to stop. It eventually did calm down a little and I managed to get to my feet and test it out. It hurt, but not that much, so me and to dog headed home. About halfway, I realized what a bad plan it was, but I was committed and I could see my house, so I felt pretty stupid knocking at the neighbour's and having them drive me and the dog 10 houses down the street, you know? So I hobbled.
I put an ice pack on it immediately but it was huge and it hurt. Really hurt. I've sprained my ankle badly a couple of times and I know the drill. It hurts, you put ice on it, it feels better in about 15 minutes. Except that it didn't. It stayed huge and hurt anyway - big throbbing pain radiating through my toes and into my hip too.
So, after about an hour, GMajor took me to the hospital. I was the third ankle break of the day. What's up with that?
So, x-rays and so forth and yup, it's a tiny, tiny break. The tendon yanked a piece of bone right off with it when it snapped.
Today, it's still swollen and starting to be purple. It doesn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would, although it surprises me sometimes if I step wrong. I've abandoned the crutches - I'm such a disaster with them I'm ging to hurt myself worse if I fall. This afternoon, I'm getting an air cast, which should help at lot with getting aroundin my house of stairs.
It really sucks though - no walking the dog, no treadmill, no walking GMinor to school, no gardening, and no painting the porch. Don't come visit us folks - the house looks like a pigsty. Ugh.