Sounds Like I Fractured my Ankle........

FinanceDude · 04-15-2008, 10:05 AM

I was at the father-son basketball camp on Saturday. We were doing drills together, and when I was running suddenly my foot stopped and I kept going.

It swelled up instantly and I was out of commission. I went home and iced it, and went to the doctor on Sunday. They took X-rays, and gave me an AirBoot. It hurts but not unbearably.

Today they called me. They said they saw a fracture on the X-ray and they want to cast my ankle. Man, that sucks..............

Any info on how long I am looking at....I am thinking a couple months.............

simple girl · 04-15-2008, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by FinanceDude

I was at the father-son basketball camp on Saturday. We were doing drills together, and when I was running suddenly my foot stopped and I kept going.

It swelled up instantly and I was out of commission. I went home and iced it, and went to the doctor on Sunday. They took X-rays, and gave me an AirBoot. It hurts but not unbearably.

Today they called me. They said they saw a fracture on the X-ray and they want to cast my ankle. Man, that sucks..............

Any info on how long I am looking at....I am thinking a couple months.............

I would guess you'll be casted 6 to 8 weeks. Depending on how bad the fracture is, afterwards you might be placed in a walking boot for a while. You may or may not need therapy.

Sorry to hear about your injury! Being on crutches for a while is TOUGH. Not to mention...is it your right foot? Won't be able to drive if so...

Notmuchlonger · 04-15-2008, 10:22 AM

Sorry to hear about the foot. Careful watching what you eat since you cant do much exercise.

FinanceDude · 04-15-2008, 10:36 AM

It is my right foot, but I have been driving. Funny thing is, I have been able to put some weight on it, but only 20-25%..................

It sucks, I guess I am cancelling my golf dates for the time-being.........

simple girl · 04-15-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by FinanceDude

It is my right foot, but I have been driving. Funny thing is, I have been able to put some weight on it, but only 20-25%..................

It sucks, I guess I am cancelling my golf dates for the time-being.........

Definitely sucks. The doc likely will tell you you aren't supposed to drive after being casted (legal/liability thing...), just an FYI. That's what they told my friend who fractured her R ankle. Once you are in a cast you can't point/flex your foot, so you'd be trying to push on the gas via straightening out the knee...and the reaction time with trying to get to the brake...well, you can envision what I'm talking about!

Hopefully it is just a small fracture and maybe you won't be casted too long. My friend talked them into putting her into a walking brace a week or so earlier than they had predicted.

FinanceDude · 04-15-2008, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by simple girl

Definitely sucks. The doc likely will tell you you aren't supposed to drive after being casted (legal/liability thing...), just an FYI. That's what they told my friend who fractured her R ankle. Once you are in a cast you can't point/flex your foot, so you'd be trying to push on the gas via straightening out the knee...and the reaction time with trying to get to the brake...well, you can envision what I'm talking about!

I'll folow-up post what's going on after the doctor visit. I have been using my left foot to brake, kind of a throwback to my muscle car ownership days. Hey, that's the way the NASCAR guys drive.........

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Hopefully it is just a small fracture and maybe you won't be casted too long. My friend talked them into putting her into a walking brace a week or so earlier than they had predicted.

I am encouraged because:

a)I can put weight on it without the Aircast
b)I can put more weight on it with the Aircast
c)I think it would HURT BAD if there was a bad fracture.
d)There's no throbbing pain, just a steady one, and Advil does just fine with it.....
e)I can sleep at night with it elevated

brewer12345 · 04-15-2008, 10:56 AM

Sucks, dude. Hope you heal quickly.

There was no warning or pain before your ankle broke?

FinanceDude · 04-15-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by brewer12345

Sucks, dude. Hope you heal quickly.

There was no warning or pain before your ankle broke?

No, I was doing fine at the basketball camp, and then we did a "chase drill" where you pass the ball to your son and chase him to the basket.

I took about 3 steps, my foot stopped for no reason, and my ankle buckled. Later that day when I got home, I noticed a big wad of gum on the heel of the shoe I was wearing. Whether that was the culprit or not I don't know......

Moemg · 04-15-2008, 11:11 AM

Sorry to hear about your accident . Depending on how long you have to be on crutches I would go to Good will and buy a walker for at home use . Crutches get to be a pain pretty quickly .

FinanceDude · 04-15-2008, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Moemg

Sorry to hear about your accident . Depending on how long you have to be on crutches I would go to Good will and buy a walker for at home use . Crutches get to be a pain pretty quickly .

There is one bright spot. The crutches I used when I had my motorcycle accident almost 20 years ago are still around, so I saved a little money..........

NotReady4Purple · 04-16-2008, 03:59 PM

There's an alternative to crutches. It's a wheeled cart that you kneel on and steer like a bicycle. You should be able to rent these at your local pharmacy and/or medical supplies place.

To see what one looks like Google Turning Leg Caddy.

Achiever51 · 04-16-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by NotReady4Purple

There's an alternative to crutches. It's a wheeled cart that you kneel on and steer like a bicycle. You should be able to rent these at your local pharmacy and/or medical supplies place.

To see what one looks like Google Turning Leg Caddy.

I could not adjust to using crutches when I broke my ankle and foot several years ago, so I had my DH bring my home office desk chair downstairs and I used it like the wheeled cart to get around the house!

Hope your injury is a minor break. Unfortunately, ever since mine, I can pretty accurately predict changes in the weather by the level of stiffness in my ankle.

lazygood4nothinbum · 04-16-2008, 08:04 PM

next time you'll take sore feet as an omen.

seems to be working its way north. might i suggest you start wearing a cup.

HFWR · 04-16-2008, 08:12 PM

It protects the family jewels, AND it gives you a nice bulge...

Arc · 04-16-2008, 08:28 PM

FD - on 3/1 I did break my ankle - so I feel for you. On 4/15 I gave back my crutches and boot I was wearing. So 6 weeks is the deal. It was my left ankle so I was able to drive. I'm still limping around but ankle getting stronger everyday. I should be good for Over 40 baseball starting in July. Thanks to caring wife it went fast - even lost a few pounds. Good lucki

FinanceDude · 04-16-2008, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Arc

FD - on 3/1 I did break my ankle - so I feel for you. On 4/15 I gave back my crutches and boot I was wearing. So 6 weeks is the deal. It was my left ankle so I was able to drive. I'm still limping around but ankle getting stronger everyday. I should be good for Over 40 baseball starting in July. Thanks to caring wife it went fast - even lost a few pounds. Good lucki

I will know by the 28th if it's surgery or just boot and then rehab.............

MikeD · 04-17-2008, 10:38 AM

I have been wearing an Aircast Walking Brace since 1991 for a diabetes related ankle problem called a Charcot Joint. I have to wear it forever. It's like it's not even there anymore. I am glad it's on my left foot rather than my "gas pedal" foot.

I have the light grey kind in the attached pic.

Mike D.

FinanceDude · 04-17-2008, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeD

I have been wearing an Aircast Walking Brace since 1991 for a diabetes related ankle problem called a Charcot Joint. I have to wear it forever. It's like it's not even there anymore. I am glad it's on my left foot rather than my "gas pedal" foot.

I have the light grey kind in the attached pic.

Mike D.

That's the same one I am using..........

Man,17 years with that thing on.......

I guess my 6 weeks or so I will have it on is nothing compared to that..........

samclem · 04-17-2008, 11:35 AM

FD,
I think it's time to analyze this whole thing a bit more. There you were, just participating in this sponsored event as you were instructed, and your ankle got broken!! You are the victim! Did the sponsors of the event do anything to mitigate this risk-maybe instruct the participants in proper foot placement, weight-shifting during changes in acceleration, etc? Was the warm-up sufficient (evidently NOT!). Okay, now this has happened--who will make you whole? Medical expenses, lost work time, pain and suffering. Get thee to a lawyer, pronto! Thar's gold in them thar hills!

04-15-2008, 10:05 AM	#1
FinanceDude Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,455	Sounds Like I Fractured my Ankle........ I was at the father-son basketball camp on Saturday. We were doing drills together, and when I was running suddenly my foot stopped and I kept going. It swelled up instantly and I was out of commission. I went home and iced it, and went to the doctor on Sunday. They took X-rays, and gave me an AirBoot. It hurts but not unbearably. Today they called me. They said they saw a fracture on the X-ray and they want to cast my ankle. Man, that sucks.............. Any info on how long I am looking at....I am thinking a couple months............. __________________ Consult with your own advisor or representative. My thoughts should not be construed as investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results (love that one).......:) President Obama, please know that I will continue to cling to my guns and religion........:)

04-15-2008, 10:22 AM	#3
Notmuchlonger Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,021	Sorry to hear about the foot. Careful watching what you eat since you cant do much exercise. __________________ Call the troops out in a hurry. This is what we've waited for. This is it boys, this is war.

04-15-2008, 10:36 AM	#4
FinanceDude Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,455	It is my right foot, but I have been driving. Funny thing is, I have been able to put some weight on it, but only 20-25%.................. It sucks, I guess I am cancelling my golf dates for the time-being......... __________________ Consult with your own advisor or representative. My thoughts should not be construed as investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results (love that one).......:) President Obama, please know that I will continue to cling to my guns and religion........:)

04-15-2008, 10:56 AM	#7
brewer12345 Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 9,255	Sucks, dude. Hope you heal quickly. There was no warning or pain before your ankle broke? __________________ “When you realize that you are one of the rare few who observe moral principles in their relationships with others, there is a temptation to sink into amorality, not out of conviction or pleasure but simply to avoid further pain, because there is no greater suffering than being an angel in hell, whereas a devil feels at home wherever he goes.” – Martin Page, How I Became Stupid

04-16-2008, 08:04 PM	#13
lazygood4nothinbum Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,796	next time you'll take sore feet as an omen. seems to be working its way north. might i suggest you start wearing a cup. __________________ "off with their heads"~~dr. joseph-ignace guillotin "life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages."~~mark twain - letter to edward kimmitt 1901

04-15-2008, 11:11 AM	#9
Moemg Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sarasota,fl. Posts: 3,101	Sorry to hear about your accident . Depending on how long you have to be on crutches I would go to Good will and buy a walker for at home use . Crutches get to be a pain pretty quickly .

04-16-2008, 03:59 PM	#11
NotReady4Purple Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 61	There's an alternative to crutches. It's a wheeled cart that you kneel on and steer like a bicycle. You should be able to rent these at your local pharmacy and/or medical supplies place. To see what one looks like Google Turning Leg Caddy.

04-16-2008, 08:12 PM	#14
HFWR Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 5,440	It protects the family jewels, AND it gives you a nice bulge... __________________ Have Fun When Retired Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense...

04-16-2008, 08:28 PM	#15
Arc Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 370	FD - on 3/1 I did break my ankle - so I feel for you. On 4/15 I gave back my crutches and boot I was wearing. So 6 weeks is the deal. It was my left ankle so I was able to drive. I'm still limping around but ankle getting stronger everyday. I should be good for Over 40 baseball starting in July. Thanks to caring wife it went fast - even lost a few pounds. Good lucki

04-17-2008, 11:35 AM	#19
samclem Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,035	FD, I think it's time to analyze this whole thing a bit more. There you were, just participating in this sponsored event as you were instructed, and your ankle got broken!! You are the victim! Did the sponsors of the event do anything to mitigate this risk-maybe instruct the participants in proper foot placement, weight-shifting during changes in acceleration, etc? Was the warm-up sufficient (evidently NOT!). Okay, now this has happened--who will make you whole? Medical expenses, lost work time, pain and suffering. Get thee to a lawyer, pronto! Thar's gold in them thar hills! __________________ "Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite." - R. Heinlein