Ankle Injury Update: Funny Story, Not the best News!!
Hey Everyone,
As you all know yesterday was my first check up on my ankle injury since my horrible experience in the ER. I now know why I felt I wasn’t healing properly and why my ankle is still swollen. But first I have to tell you the funniest story about what happened to me at the doctor office.
Yesterday, I arrive at the doctor’s office and check in. The nurse calls me back. While walking to where she needs me to go she sees me limping and looks (keep in my she LOOKS) at the boot on my leg. She weighed me in, then brings me in to the room and has me sit on the table. This nurse proceeds to ask me, “So, what brings you here today”? Are you kidding me? So I reply with sarcasm. Um I thought it was time for a check up. She just looks at me and says ma’am what would you like us to check. I reply, well it would be great if you started with my injured ankle, to which I point at the foot. SHE LOOKS AGAIN. She then asks me WHICH ANKLE. Seriously, is this nurse kidding me? I told her the right one, the one you have looked at two times and has the boot on it. This nurse then asks me if my ankle hurts, um yes that is why I am here instead of canceling the follow up. She next ask me (after seeing me limping) if it hurts when I walk. I tell her no I just think it’s cool to walk with a little gansta lean for a girl. Then the nurse asks me why I have an attitude. Haha. Me attitude, I wonder. But I let that slide. After this nurse is finally done, the x-ray tech comes to get me. We go in the next room for an x-ray, well she tells me to lie on the table and raise my sleeve for the ARM that is hurting me. I tell this lady, thank you for asking but my arm feels just great, however I have developed this pain in my ankle can we check that out instead. She looks at me and says I am ordered for your arm. I said ma’am my arms are fine, if you look you can see I am wearing a walking boot, due to an ANKLE injury that occurred at work. That is the only reason I am here. She said ma’am I am sorry but your nurse told me your arm. I said can you go this nurse of mine that is oh so smart and ask her to come here. So, the nurse comes in and I clear it all up with her and the tech and FINALLY I get an x-ray. At that point I did not know whether to leave or stay in this three-ring circus. Well, I did stay and the doctor comes him. I had to talk to him about his laugh, now I even had the doctor laughing uncontrollably along with three friends I was texting while waiting telling them what is going on. The doctor said he would talk to them; I was like I hope so. Well, the doctor finally gives me the news. I did not tear all the ligaments (per the ER Doctor), but I did injure one. I did not destroy all the tissues (per the ER Doctor), but I did injure. Well, this doctor found that I actually chipped two pieces of the bone of, and that is what is causing the swelling and the consistent pain. I have not been taking care of my ankle properly, as I did not know about this problem since the ER Doctor missed it. He told me the stretches I have been doing daily was harming me more than helping me. This doctor told me to wear this walking boot 24hours a day except when I shower and to stay off it when I can for the next 4-5 weeks, or it will not heal and I will have to have surgery. He said there is no need for a cast, because it’s the same as a walking boot, except I can take it off for showers. So, that is the verdict guys. It sucks. I am down and out.
I will do what I can for workouts at home, and I will talk to the gym about the policies and me going in there with this boot, if I can’t then I will not work out at the gym. For the next month, I will concentrate on eating clean and focusing on that mostly, to make sure I have the best plan possible when I go back to the gym.
Does anyone have any suggestions on diets and other exercises that I can do over the next 4-5 weeks? I can promise my progress will go very slow, but the day I get clearance I am hitting that gym and will be there 7 days a week until I reach my goal.
Well, this blog is long enough for you guys to ready. I will write more later and give updates later on how I am doing and what I am doing.
Thanks for reading.
June 1, 2007 at 7:42 am
Alisha, i had to wear a boot about 3years ago do to some fractured bone while running. MY biggest and foremost advice is CUT YOUR CALORIES!!! Since you won’t be doing the regular exercise you normally do. Also get to a good foot specialist not a regular doctor. It takes six weeks to heel and then actually a year for complete calcium repair. Once the pain is gone you can use the recumbant bike but on easy pedal and you have to go for about an hour, of course you can work your upper body. After 3 weeks I did leg extension and seated hamstring curls. But remem ber your body is in repair.
June 1, 2007 at 12:50 pm
It would be funny if it wasn’t so damn sad! Well at least you know now and can adjust your behavior accordingly. Get well soon!