• Eilan said on Aug 21, 2008....

  Yowch, tbs.  I sprained an ankle once, and it wasn't fun.  Sounds like you started on the right track with RICE.
  
  Hope it's a minor sprain and it heals quickly.
  

• tbs230 said on Aug 21, 2008....

  Thank you Eilan! I hope so too, although the swelling hasn't gone down yet. It looks like I have a baseball attached to my ankle...eekkk!

• skald said on Aug 21, 2008....

  Sorry to hear that. 

• tbs230 said on Aug 21, 2008....

  thank you skald. It sucks because I'm at work and can't leave my desk (I have no excuse for procrastinating now...)
  
  I'm going nuts! And these pain killers are making me sleepy.
  

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Aug 21, 2008....

  
  Hope you are feeling much better now, dear tbs!
  
  (((((((((((((((((huggies)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
  
  paper ~
  

• Alyss said on Aug 21, 2008....

  Ankle injuries are horrible. I hope your ankle is better very soon.

• silver_phoenix said on Aug 21, 2008....

  hey tbs~ bummer! i've sprained both my ankles numerous times so i feel your pain. since then i've done a lot of strength training/balance exercises and they have strengthened my ankles greatly. keep icing it up and elevating it above your heart. hopefully within a week or so it'll feel much better =)

• tbs230 said on Aug 21, 2008....

  PAPER!!! Hi *waving madly at the screen from the couch* how I've missed you! I hope your vacation is going well! It hurts when I stand, but idk...
  
  Alyss: Thank you very much, it looks like it's gonna pop any minute its so swollen. (gross I know)
  
  silver_phoenix: mind if I call you s_p?? I have very weak bones. I fractured my elbow two years ago, my knee and tibia in 1996, and twisted the OTHER ankle in 1998. I REALLY need to work on my bones...
  

• secretlife said on Aug 21, 2008....

  hey young lady-  keep icing it.  i mean as often as you can for the next 48 hours, ok?  and keep OFF it as much as you can.....and when you're off it, keep it raised.
   
  once the swelling goes down, go to CVS or someplace like that and invest in an ankle brace.  the don't look pretty, but they keep it in place while it's healing.....ankles can take weeks to heal.....

• queenparanoia said on Aug 21, 2008....

  ouch...

  i hope your foot feels better now!!!

• RollingC said on Aug 21, 2008....

  I'm sorry to hear that. It should go down soon at least enough to put an elastic brace on it.  If it doesn't then you might have a hairline fracture like I had when younger.  When the hurting (swelling went down but not all the way) wouldn't go away and pain persisted then had to put a cast on it.  Would you believe the doctors missed the fracture the first time? when my parents took me back a week later, then they found it.
  Hope you get better soon.
  Rc
  

• tbs230 said on Aug 22, 2008....

  Hey Secret, the people at work have been very nice to me and let me be lazy and wallow in my ankle pain. It's the mornings that kill...getting up hurts sooo bad! I think I'm going to go to the doctor today. This is just too much.
  
  queenie!! I know! thank you. I hope so too.
  
  Rc: Mu coworker told me the same thing, they missed it because of the swelling, and then they had to cast it. I have no sick days, personal days, nothing. And this is a busy time for me at the office. We're having an event and my boss is out for the week.
  
  Yet here I am, at home, because it just hurts too much today.
  

• secretlife said on Aug 22, 2008....

  doctor is a wonderful plan.....

• silverwhisper said on Aug 24, 2008....

  tbs, you're keeping off of your ankle, right? my sense is that all a doctor can do is set it just so & write you a prescription for pain meds. how's it feeling today?
  
  ed

• tbs230 said on Aug 24, 2008....

  Secret: It's a sprain. Which is probably worse than a fracture, cuz I can't get it casted.
  
  ed: I have been, for the most part anyway. And excuse my French but it hurts like a bitch! It's about as bad as when I fractured my elbow.
  

• secretlife said on Aug 24, 2008....

  so did they tell you to go get a brace?  they work pretty good, and i keep mine in case i re-injure it....they cost around $50 and are sold in most drug stores.

• silver_phoenix said on Aug 24, 2008....

  hey tbs~ sprains are worse! sorry to hear that is what it is for sure. and sure, you can call me s_p! are ya taking any pain meds or anything?

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