Sprained Ankle

[ralphmelton]

I haven't been posting much lately. Part of this is that Lori's been using the computer a lot in the evenings, and part of this is that when I've been at work, I've rarely been in the right state where I'm enthusiastic enough to write journal entries but not actually doing work.

Anyway. Last night, I was planning to grill steaks, so I carried our table up to the porch from the garage. As I was coming down the steps, then, I tripped and fell. My ankle hurt, and I figured that I had twisted it.

It was threatening rain, so I used our grill pan indoors instead of grilling outside. (The steaks took much less time than I was expecting from the recipe, and ended up more done than I intended. Oops.)

After dinner, I could feel my ankle swelling up in my boot. When I took my boot off, there was a swelling the size of an egg. Oops. We put a bag of frozen corn on it and called the doctor, who suggested to go off to the hospital.

The hospital visit was a lot more humdrum than my kidney stone visits. Nobody was very excited about my sprain, not even me. On the whole, though, this is a good thing. I got fixed up with an air cast and sent home before midnight.

Comments

[cellio]

Ouch. I hope it's feeling better soon.

I am relieved to learn that I am not the only person who uses frozen vegetables in this capacity.

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

The triage nurse at the hospital actually said that they encouraged the use of frozen vegetables for that purpose.

[cellio]

See, your mother was right. Vegetables are good for you. :-)

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

I am glad to hear that you are doing okay and that the sprain was not too serious.

As an aside, once when I was in a grocery store with my mother, a can of green beans or something fell on my head and I had quite a bump from it. My mother made me walk around the grocery store with a bag of frozen broccoli on my head. In retrospect, peas or corn would have been better. I felt like a moron, but at least the swelling went down! ;) Besides, I was 11...I probably was a bit of a moron.

[laurabee.livejournal.com]

I, too, hope your ankle feels better. I sprained my ankle badly in college. It took 6 weeks to heal so I could walk on it, and it's never been quite the same. I hope yours isn't too serious.

I enjoyed the frozen corn bit. I never would have thought to use frozen veggie. I keep a reusable ice bag in the freezer instead. :)

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

I was glad that the visit was humdrum for all involved, most of all for you.

And my first aid class taught me the frozen veggies trick -- it is usually the case that a bag of frozen veggies (particularly peas or corn) is pretty flexible, and will easily wrap around/conform to whatever body part needs the ice.