Ankle from Hell

I broke my ankle, and this is to help me understand, remember, and learn.

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End of Four weeks

Today us the end of four weeks. Tomorrow is the start of week five. Exactly two weeks until the appointment where I get my boot off. Ankle no longer hurts. Boot is just there to stabilize as I finish healing.

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Day 25

My ankle doesn't hurt anymore. It just gets super tired. When I go to shower, it gets tired. While my ankle doesn't hurt, my heel gets sore and tender. I'm meeting my significant others extended family tomorrow. I'm super nervous. I don't want them to think I'm klutz, but I have no choice as I'm still in the boot. My hip hurts if I move or stand a lot, as my right hip is a lot higher than my left hip. Tonight as I was crawling into bed I took my boot off and hobbled alongside my bed a fee times. I missed feeling the carpet on my feet. I put my boot back on and crawled into bed. That's where I'm at now. I can't wait for it to be off. I'm counting down the days until august ninth.

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Week Three

Today is the end of week three of my boot. I have three more weeks of the boot to go. The boot has made socializing difficult. I can't keep up with people walking, I can't travel long distances, and it makes helping around the house awkward. I'm sick of the boot. Last night my sister and I ran around our small town playing Pokemon Go. And by ran, I mean I hobbled behind her by a good fifteen steps. I still caught Pokemon though. While out playing, I misstepped on an uneven piece of sidewalk, and a sharp pain ran through my booted ankle. Today it doesn't hurt. I've had severe cramping in the booted calf muscle for the past week or so. It really burns. When I rub the cramped muscle, it feels like a ball, and then the ball goes away. My step dad has to have surgery on one of his shoulders because he broke both of them. He's nervous about that. My step dad is in slings, with Velcro straps holding his arms up. My boot has Velcro straps on it. Were strap buddies. Taking showers is easier, I can now gently "walk" to the shower, and gingerly stand on it to keep my balance. I no longer have to flamingo on my good leg to keep balanced. My heel on my broken ankle is getting really sore. I walk hard on it, I try not to, but with the boot I can't exactly put more weight on the ball of my foot. If I stand or walk or do activity for a long period of time, I get an awful ache and cramp in my lower back and hip area. It sucks. I'm healing, slowly but surely. I'll probably start physical therapy when I get the boot off. August ninth, here I come.

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Day 19

So my ankles doing pretty well. I had my two weeks doctors appointment this past Thursday. I'm stuck in the boot until august ninth, which is when I go back in to the doctors. That'll be six weeks in the boot. Then hopefully I get PT. I go back to school August twenty second. Funny enough, my step dad broke both of his shoulders on Saturday. Between the two of us we have a fully functioning human being. I take care of him while my mom (his wife) is at work. A hobble taking care of a gimpy. The break isn't really sore, but the muscles around it are tender. I stretch my foot sometimes, like when I get out of bed, and it hurts like a mofo. But I get restless if I don't stretch. I can't wait to get this boot off.

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Cramps

When you wake up, then get a cramp in your broken leg that contracts around the broken bones so hard that it makes you cry a little. God that hurt.

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Day 12

Last night, more accurately at 2 am this morning, I took a shower, and was able to do so without much hobbling or pain. I've been gallivanting around the state, hanging out with friends, going to the carnival and stuff, so I've over done it with my leg and its a little tender. I feel good. I get sad when I don't have anything to do. So I try to keep busy. I can bend my ankle and put a little pressure on it now.

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Day 10

My foot and ankle are doing well today. The bruising has started to go away, although the swelling and weird feeling is still there. It feels really itchy, but like from the inside of my skin, not the surface. I'm meeting up with a friend tonight at the carnival. Hopefully all goes well... I was doing my hair today and I lost my balance. My other leg is getting really tired of doing all the work. I think when I get an all clear from my doctor that I will go to the pool, a real place to swim, to try and start walking without my boot and to stretch my muscles out while remaining buoyant and to try to avoid over exertion. Figuring things out. My checkup is in on July 7.

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Day 9

My ankle is truly killing me. It hurts. I’m allowed to walk on it with my boot, but it hurts to. I can tell where the break is from the pain.

I think the boot is making my bruising worse…

Check up is July 7

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Week 1 Done

*broke my ankle *hobbled through the woods, drove home, went to the clinic the next day by myself *broken ankle, fibula to be exact *given a maxtrax walking boot, told to do as comfortable *stole my dads old crutches, have bee hobbling around using them *went from full crutch support to only needing crutches for going up and down hills and long distances *bruises is finally showing, it hurts like a motherfucker *showering is a bitch, I'm off balance and feel like I'm not washing super thoroughly *I want to go to the local carnival but I'm terrified of navigating the uneven carnival grounds * my leg is itchy as fuck * my leg and foot and toes twitch randomly, especially as I'm trying to fall asleep So that is my week in review

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Day 7

The bruises are really showing now. Skin is all soft and tender. It itches too, but it hurts to scratch. I can't move my toes real well from my third toe to my pinky toe. And my foot twitches a lot. My whole leg is feeling stronger though. I have this insatiable urge to stretch my leg and point my tie, but it hurts to do a lot of muscle movement right now. I think I'll stick to wiggling my toes and clenching my calf a little. I'm incredibly tired. I'll sleep for ten hours straight, get up, and still be tired. All I want to do is sleep. I'll be wanting to sleep by 7 pm... Oh well. Doing better.

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Day 6 mid day

So I just took my usual shower, with all the hopping and weird stretching and the groans of "Jesus why won't my body stop hurting..." And then I got out of the shower. Sitting on the edge of the tub, I started rubbing the skin of my messed up ankle. And it was super fucking tender. I looked. The bruises the should have appeared during the accident are starting to bloom. Yay me! So now I have purple spots and a yellow band around my leg where there was apparently a bruise I couldn't see previously. Oh well. All clean.

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Day 6

Right now its day 6, at 3:12 am.

My ankle and foot are twitching as I’m trying to fall asleep.

Right as I nod off, a major twitch shimmies its way from my toes to my knee.

Hopefully i will fall asleep soon.

Middle of the night bathroom trips aren’t fun.

I have this giant urge to stretch my leg out and point my toe but I can’t. And I have a limited range of motion.

Ugh.

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Chilling

Today I've just spent watching Food Network and chilling with my ankle up. I've been icing on and off and popping Advil to help with the pain, as I was deemed to not need prescription pain medication.

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This is the broken ankle. Its so tender and puffy.

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Crutches

I can get around without crutches for the most part. I need them when I first get up in the morning. I need them going up and down hills. I need them for long distance walking. I need them for balancing at times. I don't need them to get around the house though. I'm lucky.

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Shower

So today is my second shower since the accident. The first shower was the night of, but before I knew it was broken. Today is day four with a broken ankle. My "technique" involves drawing the curtains back all the way, taking my boot off, stripping, sitting in the edge of the tub, twirl until feet are inside the tub, stand on my good leg, and flamingo stand while praying I don't fall. Luckily I don't have a plaster cast on, just a boot.

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They say cats have healing powers. Lord I hope this is true. Its going on Day 4 of my injury and my cat won't leave me alone. She crawls in my lap, leans against my boot, curls up in bed with me at night. With all the cuddling and purring she's doing, hopefully my ankle will be healed in no time.