Oops and ow

[carbonel]

This morning, I drove to the gym as usual on Tuesdays. Not, however, as usual, I slipped on a patch of ice on the way from my car to the gym. I went down flat on my side, and I did something to my right knee and ankle. My knee hurts, but I think it’s just a bruise. But there’s something off on my ankle, because it hurts a lot when I put any weight on the ball of my foot. I can hobble around by putting the weight on my heel, but that feels very clumsy.

I’ve been doing the RIE part of RICE; I don’t have anything suitable for compression. Also taking ibuprofen.

This is very annoying; it’s the second full-length fall I’ve taken in the last six months. (The other one was in Copenhagen; I tripped on a curb, and had some impressive soft-tissue injury on my left hip.)

This afternoon, I called the nurse line at the clinic. When she heard about the problem with weight bearing, she recommended that I go to Urgent Care or Tria Orthopedic. I chose the latter because it was close (plus orthopedic).

After some X rays and an exam, the diagnosis was a calf strain (thankfully not an Achilles tendon issue). I'm on crutches for two weeks or until it improves. If it's not better by then, I'll have to go in for a follow-up.

Bleah.

Comments

[graydon]

Ow!

Condolences; soft tissue foot injuries suck flint.

[lydy]

Oh, sweetie! That's terrible. Are you confined to the mini-spinner, or can you treadle?

[carbonel]

I was able to treadle for about an hour last night. I'm not sure if my knee will be okay for longer stints.

And you have an excellent grasp of the priorities in my life.

[pameladean]

Crutches! Yikes! I see that Lydy has covered the important stuff, so I'll just ask what the cat thinks.

P.

[carbonel]

Morwen seems somewhat bemused by these weird things and has stayed well out of my way so far.

[minnehaha]

What a miserable drag. I hope you can rest it much so it heals well.

K.