[hattycat]

ME! hahaha :lol:
I went to lanzarote last week, the day before i was due to fly home (wed 18feb) I slipped down a slope and twisted my ankle. Thought it was just a sprain, iced it and strapped it. Well it still wasnt getting any better yesterday so I decided to get it checked....I broke my ankle :blush: oh dear, now i'm in plaster and doing my best to hop around, but those casts are heavy
Can't believe i was hobbling around for a week on a broken ankle!
Trust me !:lol::rotfl:

 

[Katharine]

Oh dear Vikki that sounds painful!

I broke my ankle (guess what, falling off a horse) when I was 14 and it was a guy in a car who saw me hobbling back along the road (to catch the horse) who stopped and said "your ankle is broken, you really shouldn't be walking on it" :rotfl: He gave me a lift and the horse had gone home to eat grass.

Hope it mends well, bit of a drag to have to hobble a heavy cast around,

Katharine

 

[Joandublin]

(((((((Vikki)))))))

You poor thing :hugbetter: What a darn nuisance and ever so painful. Just goes to show the kind of pain threshold we Lupies can develop though, eh?

I hope you didnt do any more damage by hobbling around on it. You are one strong cookie!

Lots of gentle hugs and I hope that you have the date in your diary for the de-casting They are very heavy things alright :hugbetter:

Luv n stuff
Joan:rose:

 

[lazylegs]

Hi Vikki,

I hope you ankle mends quickly. Whatever you do don't use a pencil or rule to take care of the itching from the cast. If you have to use something a back scratcher is long enough not to get lost inside. Use the handle end, not the claw. However you could still irritate the area enough and get an infection you would not even know about.

Take care,
Lazylegs

 

[Clare.T]

I am sorry Vikki ! :hehe: Good thing you didn't slip at the start of the holiday,
I suppose. I have heard of people even being told they had sprained an ankle by the hospital only to discover weeks later that it really was broken.

Wishing you speedy healing!
Love
Clare

 

[hattycat]

it's alright, more annoying than anything, I'm meant to be going to a friend's this weekend who's away at uni. Arms are flaring up now from hopping on crutches :\ never mind, i go to the fracture clinic next week, hopefully i wont be in plaster for too long

 

[Lily]

Never let it be said that some lupies don't have a very high pain threshold (((((((((Vikki))))))))))

Hope you have lots of chocolates to help out, and some good DVD's!

Feel better soon :hug:

love
Lily

 

[LolaLola]

Hello Hatty cat, Sorry to hear about the ankle. I can imagine how tiring the plaster must be.

Just glad you had the sense to get it checked out .
Have a good weekend.
x Lola

 

[hattycat]

woop woop i've gotten rid of the plaster it was so annoying. They've given me a splint which i can remove to have a bath only one problem, the inside is neoprene and i'm allergic to it, nice itchy rash for me

 

[Lily]

:thumbs: What a relief that must be Vikki :woohoo: What a pain about the splint though is there nothing they can do that would put a lining inside it to at least keep it off direct contact with your skin?

love
Lily

 

[onetay]

vikki,
You poor dear, did it not hurt that much? I hope you feel better soon and never break another thing. Let us know how you are getting along.

 

[hattycat]

they tried putting a lining inside it but that made it unstable so just a case of putting up with the itchingyness

 

[Lily]

Awwwwwwwww Well I hope the weeks fly by and you are rid of it soon Vikki :hug:

love
Lily

 

[lazylegs]

Hi Vikki,

How about wearing knee high socks or thin leggings? You could even try wrapping it first in an elastic bandage or gauze. Really anything to create a buffer could possibly help.

Take care,
Lazylegs