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redfiona99(Content warning: mention of injury and a couple of gross details)
It's still been remarkably painless although it's now a lot more sensitive to swelling, which means I occasionally take ten minutes out of work to prop it up still it stops tingling.
The swelling itself has also gone down, even last thing at night. There was a period of about 5 days where the rest of the leg was fine but the area around the break (or at least where I assume the break was) was swollen and it looked horrid but now, especially first thing in the morning, the leg looks pretty normal. Except the toes are still bruise-blue and I'm going to have to explain "I just bruise easily and for a long time" when the doctor sees them.
The most painful thing is still the muscle injury at the top of my leg (caused by moving awkwardly one morning in the moonboot). It got that bad that going to sleep was tricky (because the position that hurts it is laying down). It got to the point where, because my leg wasn't so swollen, I decided to stop elevating it on a pillow while sleeping because that was agony. Then I whinged to a colleague and J suggested a hot water bottle. J is a genius whose advice has meant decent sleep for 4 out of the last 5 days. (I think it is just a muscle injury not a ligament because it's easing off)
Other than that, yeah, mostly just bored. And plotting a few escape days at the start of November. Looking forward to the doctor's appointment next Thursday. It's the first time I'll have been out since two Thursdays ago which is a decision mostly based on my own cowardice and Dr. Google putting the fear of God into me due to lack of info from the actual doctors.
Very grateful for the ridiculous amount of sport that's been on TV.
My overall view is still, "it could be a lot worse".
It's still been remarkably painless although it's now a lot more sensitive to swelling, which means I occasionally take ten minutes out of work to prop it up still it stops tingling.
The swelling itself has also gone down, even last thing at night. There was a period of about 5 days where the rest of the leg was fine but the area around the break (or at least where I assume the break was) was swollen and it looked horrid but now, especially first thing in the morning, the leg looks pretty normal. Except the toes are still bruise-blue and I'm going to have to explain "I just bruise easily and for a long time" when the doctor sees them.
The most painful thing is still the muscle injury at the top of my leg (caused by moving awkwardly one morning in the moonboot). It got that bad that going to sleep was tricky (because the position that hurts it is laying down). It got to the point where, because my leg wasn't so swollen, I decided to stop elevating it on a pillow while sleeping because that was agony. Then I whinged to a colleague and J suggested a hot water bottle. J is a genius whose advice has meant decent sleep for 4 out of the last 5 days. (I think it is just a muscle injury not a ligament because it's easing off)
Other than that, yeah, mostly just bored. And plotting a few escape days at the start of November. Looking forward to the doctor's appointment next Thursday. It's the first time I'll have been out since two Thursdays ago which is a decision mostly based on my own cowardice and Dr. Google putting the fear of God into me due to lack of info from the actual doctors.
Very grateful for the ridiculous amount of sport that's been on TV.
My overall view is still, "it could be a lot worse".
