Woke up Monday morning and decided against the swim. Although swimming is non-weight bearing, the pressure of the water during a kick would be painful. And I don’t know exactly what the injury is. Broken, strained? That’s what bothers me the most right now. Just not knowing.
So DH took me to urgent care. Lots of jokes about “here we are again” in a medical facility. I tried to stay positive, but that might have backfired a little. I don’t think DH took it as positive, I think he just didn’t know what to think. I was in a good but denial-driven mood.
The xrays didn’t seem to show the same avulsion fracture, but instead that 2 bones in the ankle mortise are touching. They aren’t supposed to be. The Dr’s recommendation was no running, no cycling, just swimming and upper body. I argued this point a bit. I could bike, I don’t use my ankle. He seemed to think that pedaling required the ankle to flex, but it doesn’t. Kind of a dumb point to argue, he’s trying to help me , not hurt me! He was torn between saying “no weight bearing” and just an Ace wrap. In the end, I walked out with an Ace bandage and instructions to do nothing until cleared by Dr M.
At one point during the exam I said I was hoping to run tomorrow. She asked, what's tomorrow. DH answer Tuesday morning. I was joking and I thought that was pretty funny, but he wasn't amused.
Making the call to Dr M was done as soon as possible. I go in tomorrow afternoon.
The next ASAP was looking at the xrays myself. I could see where the mortise had what looked like a problem. Comparing it to other google images, I could find the area where the bones were against each other. Thing is, that’s not where I hurt! I hurt on the outside of my foot! Not inside in the mortise joint. Or am I reading my pain wrong. I’ll pay attention the rest of the day to learn more.
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