Weekend ups and (literally) downs

[lnr]

Yesterday I spent the morning playing guitar hero then headed over to Ingi's in the afternoon for an evening of hanging out, eating tasty food, clothes swapping and singing along to musicals (Mamma Mia and Little Shop of Horrors). It was an excellent party, and we're thinking we might all do it again some time soon.

Today Mike and I headed out for a walk along the Shelford path towards Addenbrookes intending to go look at the obelisk at Nine Wells which a friend pointed out to me the other day (find one obscure obelisk in Cambridge, and another one turns up almost immediately!). Sadly we'd got about 3/4 of the way there when I stepped off the edge of the tarmac while looking for skylarks and twisted my ankle. Badly. It was clear after a couple of minutes that this was a real sprain, and we were going to have to postpone our walk. Only trouble was we were half a mile from the road. It took us quite a while to get back there, with Mike's very welcome support, and then a tenner for a taxi round the block to save walking the last 1/3 mile. Now I'm all lumpy and going purple but strapped up, keeping my leg elevated, and taking ibuprofen.

I feel very silly! I suspect I shall have to work from home tomorrow if at all. At least I can keep my leg up at the desk, with the help of one of the beanbags my sister gave us for Christmas. I can't help seeing the comic side of it, as well as the painful one.

Comments

[1ngi.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Oh you poor thing!

Sprains are apparently more painful than breaks - not that that will make you feel any better. Take the time to heal - don't go back to work this week, give it a chance.

All the best, get well soon.

PS. Glad you had a nice time - it was lovely to see you x

[lnr]

I'm still wondering how best to be sure it's sprained and not broken, it being nearly 15 years since I last sprained an ankle. Perhaps NHS direct will help.

Thanks for the words of encouragement!

[arnhem.livejournal.com]

My folk wisdom rule is "if you can move it by manual manipulation, it isn't broken, just sprained".

The other advice appears to be constant pain => more likely to be a break; reactive pain (ie to weight-bearing or manipulation) => much more likely to be a sprain.

[lnr]

Excellent, definitely sounding like a sprain :)

If I can't put my weight on it better in the morning I'll take it to the docs (somehow :) otherwise I'll just get Mike to pick me up a proper compression bandage from the chemists. I can put a bit of weight on it at the moment, and just about hobble about on it (though I prefer to crawl or hop).

I think I ought to keep it up higher than I can at my desk tomorrow though, so I shalln't try work from home unless I'm considerably better. Not having a laptop I can't work from bed or sofa.

And thanks.

[arnhem.livejournal.com]

Oh, and *ouch*, sympathy!

[keirf.livejournal.com]

I knew about an obelisk off Shelford Road, between London Road and the M11, but I didn't know about the Nine Wells one. You can see the former on Google Maps, and I think I can see a shadow of the latter.

Technically I think the metal sculpture outside the Grafton Centre would qualify as an obelisk too. I wonder if there are any more?

Oh, and ouch on the ankle!

[(Anonymous)]

we'll try again to see the 9 wells one another time when i'm not on crutches.

lnr (from the wii)

[damerell.livejournal.com]

But not logged in?

[lnr]

I don't recall my LJ password offhand, and wasn't going upstairs to look it up. I might change it to something a bit more memorable.

[damerell.livejournal.com]

Ah. LJ mysteriously unlogs me often enough that I don't have that problem.

[lnr]

Ah see normally when it does that I look it up in a sooper-sekrit file on chiark. But only having a web-browser on the wii I didn't have a handy chiark connection. I wonder if that java terminal thingy would run in the version of opera on the wii.

[uisgebeatha.livejournal.com]

Ouch, bad luck! Take it easy and get well soon!