I'm ready to make like Chef ....

[Football_Bat]

... and cut my ****ing left foot off.

I rolled my ankle yesterday and it hurts like hell. It's all puffy on the outside of the ankle and I can hardly even walk on it. It's not severely sprained — I've seen those before and it's definitely not — but damn, it's painful.

If I didn't have to work tonight, I would be at home watching satellite, pounding some Leinie's and icing my foot. But NOOOOO! I had to be a trooper and go in.

Now I have to figure out how I'm going to get out to my truck with no crutches. Then get from my truck to my front door when I get home.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

At least you don't drive a standard transmission.

 

[Football_Bat]

At least you don't drive a standard transmission.

No kidding. Then I'd be really screwed.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

First day after a sprained ankle sucks ass, no way around it.

Ice, ice, ice.

 

[mike311gd]

I suffered a bad sprain a couple months ago, and I'm still feeling it a bit. Luckily, though, I was able to put pressure on it and walk normally a week afterward. My knees and ankles have always been pretty vulnerable after years of playing first base. It just comes with the terrain now.

 

[Matt1735]

I suffered a bad sprain a couple months ago, and I'm still feeling it a bit. Luckily, though, I was able to put pressure on it and walk normally a week afterward. My knees and ankles have always been pretty vulnerable after years of playing first base. It just comes with the terrain now.

And i thought you had trouble getting to first base....

 

[old_tony]

First day after a sprained ankle sucks ass, no way around it.

Ice, ice, ice.

And elevate it. If you're still at the office, get it up on a chair. If you're home now, put it up on the couch on top of a couple of pillows. Ice and elevate tomorrow, too.

 

[Chi City 81]

Epsom salts help, too.

 

[forever_town]

I suffered an ankle sprain about nine or 10 years ago while I was playing pick up soccer one Friday evening. One of the people I was playing with helped to his car, where he drove me to the classroom building where I was TAing a class.

I finally got to the doctor on Monday (the health center closed on campus by the time I got hurt). I didn't do well with crutches, but since I could put a little pressure on the ball of my foot, I got a cane. Two weeks after the sprain, I played again -- gingerly. Six weeks later, I was back up to relative speed.

 

[mustangj17]

First day after a sprained ankle sucks ass, no way around it.

Ice, ice, ice.

Actually.... Rice, rice, rice.

Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation

 

[Chef]

Lop it off, dude.

Oh, and post pictures as well.

The kids seem to enjoy that.

 

[Huggy]

I felt the same way the first time I had gout in my right ankle.

 

[Idaho]

I thought this was going to be about joining scientology and molesting little boys.