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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / August 2005My ankle
Again. This is getting old. I was playing with my dog yesterday after work, when my ankle just caved. It felt like I crushed it. I used my dog to help me into the house, I called a friend, who came over and called an ambulence, and off to ER I went. I have a possible broken ankle, and the ER splinted it and sent me home with instructions to follow up with an orthopedist today. I have an appt at 11:45, to which a friend will drive me, as it is my right ankle this time. I have totally lost count of the number of times I've injured my ankles. They are so miserably unstable, and I just cannot wear braces all the time. Of course, when I don't, my ankle gets trashed. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.............. I'll report back later...............  SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di (((((di))))) My heart and prayers go out to you! Vickie B. who also has bad ankles di, as someone with totally messed-up ankles, i feel for you. i'm so sorry. you really need to stop having any fun with your dog. :-( i met my new PCP yesterday. she looked at my left foot and asked if i was born with a club foot. (!) she couoldn't believe RA could do that much damage. i've been told to do the brace thing, too. so don't want to. hugs, diane (((((((((((Di)))))))))))))) keep us posted SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Di, I am so sorry your ankle gave way on you. Hope it isn't broken, but a sprain is more painful I understand. Isn't there a soft brace you could wear to eliminate it just giving away completely? Surely hope it heals very quickly. Gwen > Again. This is getting old. I was playing with my dog yesterday after > work, when my ankle just caved. It felt like I crushed it. I used my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I'll report back later............... Di Your ankle and my ribs must be related as I'm forever cracking/breaking ribs. My chest x-rays are a nightmare to read there are so many breaks. Hope all goes well will add you to my list. Bruce SignatureI believe in the separation of Church and Hate > Again. This is getting old. I was playing with my dog yesterday after > work, when my ankle just caved. It felt like I crushed it. I used my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I'll report back later............... Aw, mannnnnnnn! Di, we need to figure something out here. Maybe you could use a skeleton version of a scooter when you're out with the dog. That way, your ankles don't hold you up, they won't get turned, and you could still romp with the dog. Just a thought, DeeTee Di - I'm so sorry to hear about you injuring your ankle again. I know from experience how painfully frustrating that can be. After 3 bad sprains in 6 months, I was given a brace by my ortho called the Active Ankle. Charged me twice as much as the following website but it saved the day. It's a hinged compression type brace that came with instructions and an exercise booklet. I wore it for about 3-4 months and then a few more months when I was doing excessive walking like in an airport or such. Check it out. Knock on wood - I've been fine ever since. Hope you heal fast -- Diane W http://www.activeankle.com/ Di Gosh, I'm so sorry about your ankle. I know how it is to have something that gives way for no apparent reason. I hope you rinjury isn't too bad (not that any are good). Hopefully you will be able to get back out and play with your dog (safely) soon. (((Di))) Angela I am sure its getting old. sending hugs and good thoughts your way janice | Again. This is getting old. I was playing with my dog yesterday after | work, when my ankle just caved. It felt like I crushed it. I used my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] | | I'll report back later............... > I am sure its getting old. sending hugs and good thoughts your way > janice Thank you all for your replies and well wishes. I saw the orthopod this afternoon, and he said it's not broken. That makes me happy. I hate breaking bones. But, I have one horrific sprain that will take lots of weeks to heal. My ankle is hugely swollen and quite multicolored now. It's one ugggggly ankle. As for wearing braces, it's a tough call. Aside from the collection of aircasts I'm accumulating, I bought a brace for my left ankle after spraining it just over a year ago. I wore it diligently for a while, but I hated it, so I stopped. Well, now my right ankle is a mess, and the braces are designed to be either left or right. So, maybe I'll buy the Active Ankle brace for my right ankle and compare the two. I'm not overly thrilled with the other one, and the name eludes me right now, and I don't feel like getting up to see what it is. So, Diane, thanks for the suggestion and the link. I'll hold off buying it though, until I visit the orthopod again next week. For now, he wants me to stay with the splint that I got at the hospital, and move it as little as possible, until it becomes less acute. I really don't know what I'm going to do about my ankles. I really do not want reconstructive surgery, as it is a tough recovery, and I hate surgery. The pod and I talked about it today, but right now, he doesn't recommend it, because it has such a miserable recup time. Groan..... I'm just so sick of doing this to myself. And, I do not know how to make it stop. Needless to say, I'm rather depressed over this. SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di {{{{{Di!!!!}}}}} Sending virtual chocolate. And virtual chocolate has the benefit of no calories, no affect on the weight or blood sugar. Adelle the nice thing about the Active Ankle is that it has a hinge in it that allows your ankle to move but only at the rate that your healing is allowing. That doesn't make sense but I don't know how else to say it. It's like it's very stiff and doesn't move but as you heal and get more mobility it allows for it. I think the one you would want is the one that needs a drs rx anyway. I was given the T2 with the BubbleFlex cushioning system. It is designed to use immediately after injury. I had other air casts and stuff from previous sprains but nothing worked like this one. By the way, did you see the page with links for injury care? Very interesting. It has the exercise I did that helped me heal online! And to think this guy used to make these in his garage or so I was told! Diane I'm glad your ankle isn't broken, Di, but that sprain sounds so painful! My husband is very unsteady on his ankles, also. The page which was posted for the ankle supports is something I want him to take a look at. What can you do when your movements are limited. I feel for you, I really do. jo nj > Thank you all for your replies and well wishes. I saw the orthopod this > afternoon, and he said it's not broken. That makes me happy. I hate > breaking bones. But, I have one horrific sprain that will take lots of > weeks to heal. My ankle is hugely swollen and quite multicolored now. > It's one ugggggly ankle. <snip> > Di > zinkadoodle at gmail dot com > www.pbase.com/di so glad to hear there's no a break. You've had too much bone trouble. But of course sprains can be horrible to live with so here's some more hugs. (((((((((((((Di))))))))))))))))))))) Now then, do you suppose there's some place locally you could be referred to that would have a whole assortment of ankle braces and supports they could try on you? You know, so you could find one that's tolerable for you. When we had to get braces for my thumbs, most of them put pressure on the most tender joints. I just got lucky that their supplier came in one day during my PT appointment and suggested trying a new one they weren't stocking at that PT place. It's been the charm for me and I just re-order them from the company when fall apart. If they could just let you try a collection, at least wlaking around a sotre or PT department maybe you caould find a tolerable one. Of course that still wouldn't make them any cooler to wear in the summer, but at least this hot summer is starting to wind down - for we northerners, anyway. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare You take care Di, I am thinking about you. Keep us posted to how you are doing. My thoughts are with you. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Again. This is getting old. I was playing with my dog yesterday after > work, when my ankle just caved. It felt like I crushed it. I used my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I'll report back later............... Di, Di, Di, what are we going to do with you? I am so sorry to hear about your ankle. It's extremely frustrating to just want to be like normal people without the braces and such. ((((((((((((((((((Di))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Loujean >Again. This is getting old. I was playing with my dog yesterday after >work, when my ankle just caved. It felt like I crushed it. I used my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >I'll report back later............... > Di, Di, Di, what are we going to do with you? I am so sorry to hear > about your ankle. It's extremely frustrating to just want to be like [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Loujean But, but, but.......... I am normal. Aren't I? :-( SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di > But, but, but.......... > I am normal. Aren't I? :-( hey, in the crowd I hung with in high school (and recently reunion-ed with in a blast of a weekend!) "normal" was an insult! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare I don't think any of us are normal. We couldn't cope with Arthur, if we were, could we? Loujean >> Di, Di, Di, what are we going to do with you? I am so sorry to hear >> about your ankle. It's extremely frustrating to just want to be like [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >But, but, but.......... >I am normal. Aren't I? :-( Di Sorry to hear about your ankle problems. Sending hugs and a speedy recovery your way...... Becky > Again. This is getting old. I was playing with my dog yesterday after > work, when my ankle just caved. It felt like I crushed it. I used my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I'll report back later............... {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Di}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Oh, man, does that sound painful! So sorry to hear you are having to go through all of this yet again! You're going to have to train zuki how to be a rescue dog if this keeps up!!! Please rest that ankle/foot and take good care of it. Praying that it heals quickly and without further problems! Hugs! Donna G |
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