3 months for a broken ankle!?!?!
April 14, 2007
So here it is…
I under rotated a 3 on a table at my home hill and over shot by quite a ways thus landing backwards ficing straight up the hill. My knees compressed and over flexed super hard as did my ankles. It felt like my ankle kinda exploded in my boot but I rode down and tried to convince myslef that it wasn’t as bad as it felt. I was told at the hospital that I had a minor sprain and the doctor made fun of me when I told him I couldn’t walk very well and wouldn’t mind a krutch. So I sucked it up and drove home. Two weeks later I went to the clinic because there should have been more progress and the second doctor I saw told me there might be some minor ligament damage so he sent me off to Physio where the therapist massaged my “damaged ligaments”. Three and a half weeks later I went back to the clinic and doctor number three told me he thinks i might have broken something….. So I go for an x-ray and it turns up negative. The doctor tries to send me back to physio for my “sprain”. This is at 5 1/2 weeks! I finally insist that the doctor sends me for a CAT scat. The results come back a few days later and I’m fitted for an air cast cause I’ve got 2 broken bones in my ankle……… Sweet… starting the 6 week healing process after 6 weeks of doctors guessing and telling me to just keep working on my feet 8 hours a day. Thats 3 months. So lame. anyways I guess the lesson is: Don’t be afraid to ask the doctor to send you for some conclusive tests. Waiting and guessing sucks hard. Ask questions and do what it takes to figure it out so it heals properly and quickly. Oh and drink your milk like your mom’s say ya little grommets.
Word up, stay healthy and shred for fun
Ryan (aka ellington)
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