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Date: 19 February 2008 21:08:13
Bad things about having a sprained ankle:
Trying to get up the stairs.
Trying to get into the shower.
Trying to get out of the shower.
Trying to get down the stairs.
Walking at about a third of my normal speed.
Feeling I'm in people's way.
Colleagues who do comedy limping as they walk past my desk.
Huge swelling of ankle.
Bright purple bruising all over foot.
Muscles in other leg aching from overuse.
Good things about having a sprained ankle:
Lots of sympathy.
Other people making cups of tea for you.
Kudos from colleagues for coming into work.
Free advice from an off duty physio.
Good-natured ribbing about the cause of the injury ("chasing after a woman, eh?!").
The swelling is nowhere near as big as it was yesterday, but my right foot is still about twice the size of my left. I'm being careful about not putting too much weight on it, and it has generally been much easier and less painful to get about today than it was yesterday. The bruising, however, is much worse than I was expecting. But K the physio has assured me it all looks quite nomal for this point in time, and it should all start to heal up OK in due course. And of course, when K heard that all this had come about because I was running to try and catch up with her... she laughed. Yeah, thanks for the sympathy there, mate...