It has been an entire year since this incident and I still walk with a slight limp, can't stand on my tippy toes and can't run normally (I tried at soccer practice the other day and looked like a wounded rhino). Hopefully now that we have insurance (as of last Tuesday, woohoo) I'll be able to see a specialist and figure what damage I really did to myself and if it's fixable.
This injury has made me think twice about a lot of things and has definitely made me appreciate how amazing the human body is and yet how vulnerable it is too. I'm damaged goods now, and that makes me sad. I often hark back to my nongimpy days and think how foolish I was for not appreciating what I could do then.
**Do you have any permanent injuries?
What do you wish you could still do?
The word cankle is hilarious right?**
What do you wish you could still do?
The word cankle is hilarious right?**
16 comments:
Jill! Try Yoga. I had bad ankles just like you & some of the smae pains you describe (tippy toe and rotating the ankle hurt & felt stiff). Yoga has totally changed that for me! I am limber and strong again.
---Amy from TX
I fell down my stairs, 2 separate times in October of 2008. You can still see the remnants of the bruise on my right shin, my right ankle is still swollen and every so often my knee twitches.
We pay for our own insurance and I know I should have had an MRI to check to see if I torn my meniscus, which we think I did, but there is no way we can afford it, even with my husband's medical contacts. So, I still walk up and down the stairs one step at a time and it all hurts if I overdo it.
I totally agree with Amy from TX though. Yoga is amazing. I need to do more of it.
that is crappy-
but better than a bad marriage!!!
I was worried for a second there--- feew!
I hope you are having the best ever time limping around denver today ;)
Oh my. I never saw that post. So sorry. But I totally understand. I tried to do a cartwheel a few years ago and had to lay down to recover. Getting old, it's such a bummer. Especially because I still feel so young inside, well, at least until I try to do a cartwheel!
I tried a cartwheel too and felt old and stupid! I was actually scared to reach for the ground and then when I finally did- well, let's just put cartwheel on the list of things I wish I could still do.
Why do so many people like Yoga?!? I haven't tried it, but I don't know- I have to admit I have a mental prejudice.
This isn't a happy anniversary! Hopefully you can get an answer or two when you see a dr. I know that Kristi's husband isn't an ortho dr...but maybe he has some thoughts about this? Ha! At least a try...?
I jumped in the pool the other day and did some lame somersault (not on purpose) and had issues with a pain in my ear for 2 weeks! What is that about? Like not inside my ear - but I couldn't touch the outside of my ear. I chaulk it up to being old and falling apart slowly...
I wish I could ....run and not have my uterus fall out. I know. I didn't say bladder, my bladder is fine, thanks you. I just think that I might just loose my uterus - so this is my excuse for not running... However, I don't need my uterus anymore - so perhaps I just need to get going with running? Hmm, I need to rethink this... ha!
ok...I'm taking too much space. Ha!
and yes, cankle is a fantastic word! :-)
I herniated a disc in college by, get this, laughing too hard. i have never been the same, despite several kinds of therapy. "damaged goods." that really describes it for me. it currently has me sitting up past midnight, fueling my insomnia...
Oh man. I can't believe it's been a year since that happened! So sad that you are still feeling the effects.
This is all ringing so true to me right now. I totally feel like damaged goods and like I am falling apart before my time.
I wish I could still kneel without thinking twice. Jump and run. Dance. Take the stairs without having to put each foot on each step. Maybe someday?
I broke my ankle in high school and it hurts still - especially after I have walked alot. Thats been 15 years ago so i hope you don't have everlasting pain too...
I wish I could still play the piano- or a cartwheel might be fun too! I might could still do one but I am not willing to try that of fear that my clumsy self will not recover.
I am not sure that I had ever heard the word cankle before you used it!
I'm sorry you are still feeling the effects of your water somersault dive thing-a-ma-jig. Ugh!
I broke two bones in my left foot in college and then later had bunion surgery on the same foot, I still have to humor it from time to time.
I'm not super confident with physical stuff now because I am more aware of my own fragility than I was when I was younger.
I'm not super confident with physical stuff now because I am more aware of my own fragility than I was when I was younger.
I'm not super confident with physical stuff now because I am more aware of my own fragility than I was when I was younger.
I'm not super confident with physical stuff now because I am more aware of my own fragility than I was when I was younger.
Bwa-ha-ha!! Look at me, I can click the publish button (over and over!)
yeah, this just stinks. i have my fingers crossed that rehabbing is still a possibility.
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