Broken

It is official, my ankle is broken. I finally gave in and had x-rays done today. It wasn't healing fast enough and I wasn't able to wiggle my toes anymore so I got nervous. Two nurses walked past my x-rays before the doctor came in to talk to me about them. One said "Oh it hurts just to look at that," the other said "Wow, that's a bad break." Needless to say I was instantly in tears.

I am supposed to go see an orthopedist tomorrow, or as soon as they can get me in. Apparently I cracked my fibula in half, that's the bone on the outside of your ankle in case you're not an anatomy expert. I had to look it up. In the picture below I drew a red line where the break is. They sent me home with the x-ray so I was just checking it out and it's a clear break. Kinda crazy actually. I've never broken a bone, even as a gymnast, cheerleader, general klutz... The doctor I saw tonight said that this sort of break could require surgary, could require a pin. That scares the beejeezus out of me.



Thankfully I now have pain meds so I can at least get a decent nights sleep.

I don't know how long I'll be off work, hoping not much. I talked to my boss tonight and I think we have a game plan to temporarily move my office to a ground floor location. That will make life so much easier. I'm incredibly thankful that they are being so supportive. I know plenty of employers who would not be.

So that's the scoop today! RE consult tomorrow, and possible Ortho consult too! Fun stuff!

Oh and since I'll be stuck for a while I'm going to need ooodles and ooodles of book recomendations! So please post them for me!