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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / September 2005My ankle images
My sister wanted me to send images to my niece, her daughter who is a PT student, so instead I put them on my photo site. http://www.pbase.com/di/ankle I just felt like sharing with you all. <g>  SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di oh, ow ow ow! are you doing any better now? diane Yikes! Take care, Vickie B. > oh, ow ow ow! are you doing any better now? > > diane No, I'm not, and that's starting to worry me. Unless I'm taking NSAIDS and painkillers, I feel like an awl is being stabbed into my leg just above my ankle. It's been a week, and the pain is not diminishing. I have an appt with my orthopod next tuesday, which I clearly plan on keeping. If the pain doesn't subside by then, then we'll look at maybe doing an MRI. But, I don't want to go earlier, as I do not want to seem like I am getting hysterical over a "sprained" ankle. But, I gotta tell you, this SUCKS. this all leads me to a question....... I have not contacted my RD about this, as I really didn't see a specific need. I have an appt with him on Sept 20th. Do any of you see a specific need? Should I move up my appt? I really just don't know what to do. My house is a disaster, as my daughter and grandson left yesterday, but they didn't take out the garbage for me, and my dog has it strewn across my LR. Damned doggie. I heard her having some kind of mischievous fun during the night last night, but I hurt too much to deal with it. The garbage is still laying there; basically an ice cream container, and some Chinese food containers. I'm not happy. I have dirty towels everywhere, and to add insult to injury, my ice pack leaked on my bed, so I now have a wet mattress. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa................ I need to organize a pity party. I need someone to walk my bored dog. I need someone to take out my garbage and vacuum the huge volume of dog shedding that's going on. She's blowing her coat now, and everything is furry. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..................... <sniff........> SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di two shelties blowing coat here, too. i feel for you. do you have a good relationship with your rheumie? if so, i'd call, explain what's going on and ask if an mri at this point would be an overreaction. i don't think so. there's much an mri can diagnose that an xray can't. if i lived closer, i'd pick up your garbage for you. bored dogs are a pain. diane > two shelties blowing coat here, too. i feel for you. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > diane Thanks, Diane. I sure wish you did live closer. I'm going to wait till Tuesday. It's only a few more days, and except for my bored dog, I'm doing OK. Carrying coffee cups from one room to the other sucks, though. <sigh> SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di ((((((((((((Di))))))))))))))) We need to hire you a personal assistant and a maid for the next couple of months! As I said above, when I sprained my ankle like that it was hideous for the first month or so. And that was with propmpt treatment and it being put in a really excellent tape boot right off. (wish I could have taken that resident with me just to tape ankles!) With that level of a sprain, you have all kinds of pressure being put on stuff in your ankle from the swelling & bruising. Keep that baby up. Are you elevating it at night? I was under strict orders to keep mine up on cushions through the night as well. And are you moving on to using heat on it now? At least 3x/day, 20 minutes at a times, moist heat if possible? I could be wrong, but I'm thinking this wouldn't be a good time for an MRI anyway. All that swelling would really obscure things. Personally, I wouldn't call my RD, but my ankle problems and mine are somewhat different. If, based on previous discussions with your RD about your ankle, you think he'd want to know now or he might want to talk to you longer and re-evaluate some stuff more when you see him (necessitating a longer than usual visit) than go ahead and call. Shoot, call if you just need more reassurance. Believe me, this won't come close to putting you in the "whiny patient" category! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > ((((((((((((Di))))))))))))))) We need to hire you a personal assistant and a > maid for the next couple of months! I wouldn't mind. > As I said above, when I sprained my ankle like that it was hideous for the > first month or so. And that was with propmpt treatment and it being put in a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > you moving on to using heat on it now? At least 3x/day, 20 minutes at a > times, moist heat if possible? My foot's always up, unless I have to go from one room to the other (ie bathroom). Right now, I don't have it taped, braced, splinted or iced. I need a rest. It's up while I sit here at the puter though. And, I don't sleep with it taped either. I hope that's OK, but I cannot stand sleeping with the "confinement". when I broke my foot a few years ago and had it casted, I was miserable. I practically asked my doc for valiums, just to get me through the nights. that was 6 weeks of hell. > I could be wrong, but I'm thinking this wouldn't be a good time for an MRI > anyway. All that swelling would really obscure things. Personally, I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Believe me, this won't come close to putting you in the "whiny patient" > category! I'm not going to call my RD. He just looks at me like I'm crazy and asks me why I do this kind of stuff to myself all the time. As if I planned this............ sheesh........ Please, do tell... What defines a "whiny patient". <g> SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di OMG!!! You poor thing, Di. That ankle looks horrible and oh so painful!!! Please, please be good to yourself and do what ever it takes to get that healed up properly!!! Very gentle hugs to you! Donna G Di, I hope you are doing better each day with that ankle. I sure hope it heals quickly for you. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo OMG, your ankles look awful!!!! I have been told that sometimes, a severe sprain can be even more painful than a break. Sending good vibes and some prayers your way, Charlene > OMG, your ankles look awful!!!! > I have been told that sometimes, a severe sprain can be even more > painful than a break. > Sending good vibes and some prayers your way, > Charlene thanks. today was the first day that I am not using crutches. I hope it's OK. I don't see my orthopod till tuesday. I can bear weight on my leg, but my range of motion is painful, to say the least. I'm using a cane and walking very slowly and carefully around the house. The crutches are such a pain to use, and my wrists are really complaining. Having had both sprains and breaks on numerous occasions, I have to say my experience with breaks is that I've only had displaced fractures, which needed to be set, and all that crap. but, once set, and in the cast, the hurting stopped fairly soon thereafter. However, with this sprain, it just doesn't seem to stop hurting. Day after day, it hurts. by now, as a fracture, it would have stopped. So, in this regard, and with this being the worst sprain I've ever sustained, I'd have to say, it's worse than a break. On top of that, my toes are now dark blue bruised. It looks hideous, though the bruise on the side of my leg is almost gone. The swelling is also going down a bit, though still very swollen. All in all, this sucks rocks. SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di oh man, you weren't kidding. they really have suffered! I feel for you girl! I hope you can get some answers with surgery, therapy or something... alison Wow, you really did a number on it. Can only imagine how much it hurts. Praying it will heal quickly. And in the meantime, keep it elevated and iced. Gwen > My sister wanted me to send images to my niece, her daughter who is a PT > student, so instead I put them on my photo site. > http://www.pbase.com/di/ankle I just felt like sharing with you all. > <g> > My sister wanted me to send images to my niece, her daughter who is a PT > student, so instead I put them on my photo site. > http://www.pbase.com/di/ankle I just felt like sharing with you all. > <g> youch! I've had sprains that looked like that. Well, actually only one THAT bad - one was more than enough! Seems to me that it was at least a month before the doc would let me walk on it as much as I could tolerate, and that wasn't much. Before that he really wanted me on crutches all the time, but my hands and wrists couldn't handle them so we compromised on walking only as *absolutely* necessary. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare |
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