So there I was, finishing up a walk with the dogs and only a few yards from my front door, when I took a funny step and my ankle turned out sideways and down I went.
Whammo!
Scraped my knee and the knuckles on my right hand [the thumb looks like hamburger] and got a real close up and personal view of the asphalt on our street. I just missed adding a scraped cheek to the list.
I lay there in the damp with three dogs milling around me. Sunny was the most concerned [I’m making a note of that]. I spent a moment or two considering the merits and downsides of throwing up. Decided against it and wobbled my way to my feet. I limped home realizing this was not my usual little twisted ankle that I walk off and in half an hour it’s pretty much all better.
Nope.
Have a nice pop knot on my ankle bone and it hurts like the dickens. I slapped ice on it first thing and took a couple of aspirin. I’ve been icing on and off and scooting myself around on my wheeled computer chair wishing the whole house had smooth floors and no carpeting.
Anybody know if high top tennis shoes actually help prevent turned ankles or is that just a myth? Inquiring ankles want to know.
This day is turning out to be WAY different than what I had planned.
Okay.
More ice.
Less whine.
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A bummer of the largest kind.
OUCH!
{{{HUGS}}}
Its time to move to plan B for the day. It is now a knitting day. And a day to be pampered.
To accomplish this you must find a comfy chair and a soft pillow on which to elevate your foot. Add ice......it not only reduces swelling, it feels good and will add a note of gravitas to the ambiance. This is especially important towards the end of the day when Hubman comes home. This is not subterfuge; husbands are wonderful, but sometimes miss things and need help seeing the obvious.
Oh, and do send the HEN and ( ) on a little vacation. The goal is to rest and be pampered a little bit..... not be guilted into getting up to do chores.
And if you do feel the need to whine a little its ok though I find wine therapy more beneficial. ;)
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Other than that, as a veteran of MANY ankle injuries and one rebuild :( I don't know how good high top sneakers would be in preventing such things but I swear by my doc martens. I may have bought them as a rash youth because they were 'cool' and they dook a fair while to wear in but now, quite some years later they are the BEST footwear ever both for avoiding injury and assisting recovery once injured. Just sayin.
There might be something to Doc Martens' being good for ankles. Kendall regularly twisted his before he started wearing his, but nary a twist in the more than ten years since he got his first pair. I just can't say nice enough things about ankle support.
And I'm still going to worry.