Eeek!
I hadn't realised it was so long since I had last blogged!
No real excuses - we've been ticking along much as normal. Well, until Tuesday after noon when I stepped on to my left foot and the ankle gave way. 2 hours later DP was home and I went to casualty, where I was brave for an hour, got and exray, was brave for another 2 1/2 hours and somene looked at it. It was declared a 'bad sprain' and that I was to gome on crutches. Nurse then took 20 more mins to appear and apply tubifast and tell me to go home. 'Crutches' I asked. To be told I wasn't written up for those and would have to get straight out of the wheel chair I've been in all evening because I could not walk !!! No, sayeth I. Crutches said the doctor so crutches please. Wobbly lip.
20 mins later a pair of crutches are handed to me, along with a form to sign my life away should I damage or fail to return them. No instructions, no adjustment, and 'goodbye'. Eventually got a cab home, and then fell rather asleep. Time elapsed since injury - 7 hours....
DP not happy at having to stay home for the the next two days as I'm under instructions not to walk on it. Managed to track down a physio friend who rang hospital for me and spoke to a radiologist who was rather suprised that I hadn't been given a pain killing injection or a soft cast!!
Now Friday and leg is an interesting shade of purple - friend also managed to discover that actually it is more than a sprain, apparently I have torn the ligaments all around the left side of the ankle and the relevent underside of the foot. I've been taking erious quantities of arnica and it looks better (is now an ineresting shade of green and purple mixed) and i haven't needed the crutches in the house today. mind you my diet has gone to pot and the raw content has shrunk. DP went to work today and is just home, so off to negotiate what he will make for tea...
No real excuses - we've been ticking along much as normal. Well, until Tuesday after noon when I stepped on to my left foot and the ankle gave way. 2 hours later DP was home and I went to casualty, where I was brave for an hour, got and exray, was brave for another 2 1/2 hours and somene looked at it. It was declared a 'bad sprain' and that I was to gome on crutches. Nurse then took 20 more mins to appear and apply tubifast and tell me to go home. 'Crutches' I asked. To be told I wasn't written up for those and would have to get straight out of the wheel chair I've been in all evening because I could not walk !!! No, sayeth I. Crutches said the doctor so crutches please. Wobbly lip.
20 mins later a pair of crutches are handed to me, along with a form to sign my life away should I damage or fail to return them. No instructions, no adjustment, and 'goodbye'. Eventually got a cab home, and then fell rather asleep. Time elapsed since injury - 7 hours....
DP not happy at having to stay home for the the next two days as I'm under instructions not to walk on it. Managed to track down a physio friend who rang hospital for me and spoke to a radiologist who was rather suprised that I hadn't been given a pain killing injection or a soft cast!!
Now Friday and leg is an interesting shade of purple - friend also managed to discover that actually it is more than a sprain, apparently I have torn the ligaments all around the left side of the ankle and the relevent underside of the foot. I've been taking erious quantities of arnica and it looks better (is now an ineresting shade of green and purple mixed) and i haven't needed the crutches in the house today. mind you my diet has gone to pot and the raw content has shrunk. DP went to work today and is just home, so off to negotiate what he will make for tea...
