Well that was a fun evening. St Louis had an ice storm last night into this morning, and when I stepped out the door to go to work, I landed on my butt. Drug my butt back into the house, called work and went back to bed. When I got up this afternoon the leg didn't feel any better than it did after I hit the ground, and so I debated going to have some look at it and by the time I got around to it all the urgent care places has closed and so I ended up at the ER.
Diagnosis: broken fibula. God.
I am glad and not glad at the same time that I don't have a dog right now.
Gosh, I hope it's something that heals quickly.
Ugh. Iโm sorry!
Oh, no! I'm so sorry.
We had our ice storm last week, and I was adamant about not going out the first few days. Then poured used coffee grounds in a path from door to car, for a bit of traction, so I could buy sand and salt.
I was so hypercareful because I had my first broken leg a handful of years ago, and it was an experience I DON'T want to repeat.
Hope your doc doesn't wait a week to set it like mine did. Maneuvering stairs? ACK!!! May your arrangement be better.
@BlueStateBabe The back patio looked *wet*. It was a sheet of clear ice.
This is my second broken fibula. I broke the other one in 2001 right after Memorial Day.
THe kicker here is that I live in a townhouse, so I have steps.
This really sucks.
You have my full sympathies.
At the time I broke mine, there was no downstairs bathroom. So I had to crawl up the stairs. BUT I had terrible CMC arthritis in my hands, so each time I'd push myself up, my hands would try to give out.
Same thing for the crutches I was to use before the leg was set. My hands couldn't do it.
So miserable. That's why I'm over cautious now.
Hopefully, you've a bathroom downstairs!
@BlueStateBabe I do, but I am able to navigate the steps. Slowly.
I can't get into see the ortho until NEXT WEDNESDAY. I am very very not happy about this.
I ache from my shoulders to my ankles.
Did I mention that it's still raining? I could drive, because it was my left leg, but now I have to go to an ortho and pray that they don't immobilize my knee. The knee and the ankle don't hurt at all, it's just the calf. If they immobilize my knee I won't be able to drive and if I can't drive I can't work.