Saturday, November 18, 2006

Ouch

I was jogging/walking through the rain to the gas station next to my work to pick up some wheat thins to go along with my lunch and I slipped in a combination of slippery rubber shoes, slick asphalt, on the way down I scraped both my palms, my right knee and elbow and somehow managed to twist my right ankle. I stumbled the last 5 or 6 steps into the gas station, looked down, and saw what appeared to be a tennis ball underneath my skin on my right ankle. I went to the ER right away and after x-rays they said it wasn't broken, but it was a level 2 sprain, which is where the ligaments overstretch or tear, so I'll be out of commission and hobbling around for a few weeks at least. The picture is of the comparison of my bad leg to my good leg, after icing and keeping it up for the last 2 days. It's swollen and black and blue all the way from the side of my ankle to my heel. Its about 500 times better than it was.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh...I feel your pain. My elbow is healing nicely from my fall down in the street outside the Dixie Chicks concert.

:-)

Marisa said...

Ouch!!! Hope your ankle feels better soon. I'd prescribe two "Sno Balls" and a Diet Coke :)

simonsenfamily said...

Ouch! Good thing your married a doctor.

Get well soon,
Heidi