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desertgrandma · 11-07-2009, 10:33 PM

[QUOTE=zelda_pinwheel;650929]currently i am whimpering to myself and grumbling because i managed to twist my ankle pretty badly earlier tonight, and it hurts. worse luck, apart from the normal hobbling around my appartment and hobbling to the grocery store i'll have to do, i've got appointments and meetings all over the damned city for at least the next two weeks, which is the opposite of what you're supposed to do in such cases (stay off it).

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Owwie..........Hope its feeling better soon............

pilotbob · 11-07-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

currently i am whimpering to myself and grumbling because i managed to twist my ankle pretty badly earlier tonight, and it hurts.

Oh... bummer. I told you to stop jumping up and down on the bed. You just didn't listen.

BOb

zelda_pinwheel · 11-07-2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Oh, no!

What happened? At least, try to keep it elevated as much as possible. I hope it gets better soon..

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Owwie..........Hope its feeling better soon............

thanks for the sympathy. i have just now elevated it at your suggestion, any other tips are welcome. i'm not too sure what i'm supposed to do for it ; a friend told me to apply an anti-inflammatory gel or cream (i happened to have some, so i did that) and wrap it with a bandage to limit the swelling, which i don't have, but i have an ankle protector which covers part of the foot, so i put that on (it's not actually the ankle i hurt, it's the side of the foot. i've got a lovely big lump about the size of a quail egg, which, according to my friend, will turn all sorts of colours in the next few days). my friend told me it will take several weeks to get better even if i *do* stay off it, so god knows i will probably be limping around for a couple of months, at least.

it happened really stupidly, as most accidents do. i came out of a lit building into a dark courtyard, i was in a hurry and didn't pay enough attention where i was going, and didn't notice there was a step. so i put my foot halfway on it, and it slid off and twisted, and i fell down. then i had to walk to the métro, and go through all the corridors and stairs in there, and then walk from the métro station to where i was meeting a friend for a drink (a walk which was unfortunately somewhat longer than it needed to have been, because the place we had planned to go was crowded, and i really wanted to sit down for obvious reasons, so we had to walk somewhere else...), and then walk from the bar to home (and up 5 farking flights of stairs).

zelda_pinwheel · 11-07-2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Oh... bummer. I told you to stop jumping up and down on the bed. You just didn't listen.

BOb

that'll teach me.

pilotbob · 11-07-2009, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i was meeting a friend for a drink (a walk which was unfortunately somewhat longer than it needed to have been, because the place we had planned to go was crowded, and i really wanted to sit down for obvious reasons, so we had to walk somewhere else...), and then walk from the bar to home (and up 5 farking flights of stairs).

Wow... bar hopping is just so dangerous these days.

Although a sprain should feel better in a week or so if you try to stay off it. Know anyone with a set of crutches. Happen to have an ace bandage around.... you can buy them at the corner pharmacy around here.

BOb

desertgrandma · 11-07-2009, 10:52 PM

Ice is always good..........do you have an ice bag? Or just a baggie with ice mixed with water wrapped in a towel.

Don't leave it on more than 15 minutes at a time tho.....Elevation is wonderful.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-07-2009, 10:57 PM

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Wow... bar hopping is just so dangerous these days.

you have no idea.

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Although a sprain should feel better in a week or so if you try to stay off it. Know anyone with a set of crutches. Happen to have an ace bandage around.... you can buy them at the corner pharmacy around here.

no crutches that i know of nearby, although i am tempted to look into that option, because it really hurts to walk on it, even just in the house. although crutches might be more trouble than they are worth... and no bandage, i know i can get that at the pharmacy but tomorrow is sunday, the one at the end of my street (all the nearby ones, in fact) will be closed, and the one which is open on sundays is farther to walk, so i'll just keep to my ankle protector for now.

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Ice is always good..........do you have an ice bag? Or just a baggie with ice mixed with water wrapped in a towel.

Don't leave it on more than 15 minutes at a time tho.....Elevation is wonderful.

thanks for that advice. i'll do that tomorrow though because now i'm on my way to bed. at least it will be elevated in bed, right ? too bad i have so much to do, it's the perfect excuse to spend all day in bed reading...

phenomshel · 11-07-2009, 11:03 PM

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Congrats on the new toy! So... now, I want one too!! Hum.. Christmas is coming up

Well, you're forgiven for that lapse into pbook form.. what can you do if it is not offered in ebook format?

Have fun setting it up!!

Thanks! I'm having fun with it so far. Can't wait to get calibre installed, LOL!

kindlekitten · 11-08-2009, 12:46 AM

Jimminy Crickets! I feel as though I have gone to sleep and woken up in a nightmare land of non-stop techno babble!

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You didn't get my hip flask of single malt...

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Dennis

damn sure did! as soon as you turned around to techno babble again I knocked a hole in the bottom of that flask.... see all the drunken mice that have crawled from Zelda's crown and are following you about?

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Playing with my new Acer netbook that I just got instead of waiting for the Archos 9. I'd never actually SEEN a netbook up ****techno babblebabblebabble
Oh...*blush* I also bought the rest of the Donna Andrew's Meg Langslow series at Barnes and Noble. In pbook. (Most of the titles aren't available in ebook, even at Amazon). I got to show off my EZ Reader and discuss the Nook. The store in DeKalb, IL says they won't have the Nook to sell from the store, but that they should be getting their store display "anytime", and they're all really excited.

see! almost missed the important book reading bit!

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Wow... bar hopping is just so dangerous these days.

Although a sprain should feel better in a week or so if you try to stay off it. Know anyone with a set of crutches. Happen to have an ace bandage around.... you can buy them at the corner pharmacy around here.

BOb

I am old enough for this to longer be embarassing... well mostly... I actually broke my ankle in bed... yes doing *bedroom gymnastics*... my "partner in crime" was one of the biggest damn MPs I have ever met. I couldn't go back into that emergency room EVER without the story spreading like wildfire before me

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Ice is always good..........do you have an ice bag? Or just a baggie with ice mixed with water wrapped in a towel.

Don't leave it on more than 15 minutes at a time tho.....Elevation is wonderful.

"RICE" my physical therapist always told me... R=rest I=ice C=(something really important and I have too much wine tonight to remember) E=elevation

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Thanks! I'm having fun with it so far. Can't wait to get calibre installed, LOL!

ahhhhh! ebook stuff again!

phenomshel · 11-08-2009, 12:52 AM

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ahhhhh! ebook stuff again!

You didn't *really* think I'd stay away from book talk for long, did you? I forgot to mention I also got an omnibus edition of the first three JoAnna Carl Chocolate mysteries. There...books and chocolate...everyone's happy!

dreams · 11-08-2009, 12:55 AM

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You didn't *really* think I'd stay away from book talk for long, did you? I forgot to mention I also got an omnibus edition of the first three JoAnna Carl Chocolate mysteries. There...books and chocolate...everyone's happy!

Wow! Books and chocolate! I just peeked back in and something good shows up.... I have to check these out..

kindlekitten · 11-08-2009, 01:03 AM

YAY! it's the lounge again!

phenomshel · 11-08-2009, 01:39 AM

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Wow! Books and chocolate! I just peeked back in and something good shows up.... I have to check these out..

They're good books..and include recipes for chocolate-y goodies!

Sparrow · 11-08-2009, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

no crutches that i know of nearby, although i am tempted to look into that option, because it really hurts to walk on it, even just in the house. although crutches might be more trouble than they are worth... and no bandage, i know i can get that at the pharmacy but tomorrow is sunday, the one at the end of my street (all the nearby ones, in fact) will be closed, and the one which is open on sundays is farther to walk, so i'll just keep to my ankle protector for now.

Ouch!

- Hope you're feeling better soon.

Are you sure you haven't broken something? I'd be off to my local Accident & Emergency if it was me.

FlorenceArt · 11-08-2009, 03:54 AM

Ouch, Zelda, I'm sorry to hear about your foot. I have only one piece of advice: please see a doctor if it still hurts tomorrow!

11-07-2009, 10:33 PM	#9271
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	[QUOTE=zelda_pinwheel;650929]currently i am whimpering to myself and grumbling because i managed to twist my ankle pretty badly earlier tonight, and it hurts. worse luck, apart from the normal hobbling around my appartment and hobbling to the grocery store i'll have to do, i've got appointments and meetings all over the damned city for at least the next two weeks, which is the opposite of what you're supposed to do in such cases (stay off it). " Owwie..........Hope its feeling better soon............

11-07-2009, 10:52 PM	#9276
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Ice is always good..........do you have an ice bag? Or just a baggie with ice mixed with water wrapped in a towel. Don't leave it on more than 15 minutes at a time tho.....Elevation is wonderful.

11-08-2009, 01:03 AM	#9282
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	YAY! it's the lounge again!

11-08-2009, 03:54 AM	#9285
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Ouch, Zelda, I'm sorry to hear about your foot. I have only one piece of advice: please see a doctor if it still hurts tomorrow!