Today, I was sitting down to do my homework when I severely sprained my ankle. I live on the third floor and can’t walk far without severe pain, and I'm broke, so a compression bandage is out of the question. I can’t wait until the first of the month when I get paid again. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after slipping on my stairs and spraining my ankle, I got a brace and crutches at urgent care. When I went to get into my car, my crutch slipped on some paper and I fell. I crawled back into urgent care, only to learn that my sprained ankle is now broken in 2 places. FML
Today, I was home alone in my apartment. I tripped over my dresser and fell and sprained my ankle. As I was laying there in agonizing pain, my downstairs neighbor shouted at me to shut up. FML
Today, it's been a year since completely breaking a ligament in my ankle. Since then, my feet have gotten increasingly sensitive, walking or standing for longer than ten minutes feels like I'm being stabbed, and lasts long after I sit down. I work retail and they consistently forget to give me my breaks. FML
Today, my legs were really sore from working out yesterday, so it hurt going down the stairs at work. To avoid the pain, l ignored how stupid I looked and limped down the staircase. When I finally got to the bottom, I hopped off the last step. And twisted my ankle. FML
Today, I got up early to go to the gym before work. As I was walking to my car, I slipped on a patch of what appeared to be a patch of wet moss and fell, spraining my ankle. Not only did I have to miss my workout, but I had to call in sick to work and spend the day at home, hobbling around with a swollen ankle. FML
Today, I seized at the bottom of the stairs and broke a rib. I don't have enough money to pay the bill. I don't know what to do. FML
Today, I sprained my ankle while playing soccer. I still have to walk home. In the rain. FML
Today, I realized thanks to two injuries I have that I can't do two routines my doctor wants me to do. I strained something in my right hip so squatting causes me pain. Jogging is also out of the question because my right foot healed wrong when I sprained it, and requires pricey foot surgery to fix. FML
Today, three days into my vacation, I ended up spraining not one, but BOTH of my ankles. Now my entire vacation will be spent healing. FML
Today, I fell down the stairs, breaking my foot and tendons. It was the first time I had ever broken anything, and the doctor said that it's the most complicated break he'd ever seen. It's too complicated to operate. Now I'm stuck in a wheelchair for god knows how long. FML
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RichardPencil 32
A swollen ankle is the least of your problems. Maybe you should work on perfecting the death-defying art of sitting down without severe personal injury. I'm sure there are safe sitting coaches who will come to your place and show you the esoteric craft of chair-using.
giffinator6 5
I also recently got a 3rd degree sprain on my ankle, it was the size of a baseball. 4 weeks in and I am still struggling to stand on my foot for more then 2 hours at work, and have to continue to wear my splint. I'm off of my crutches though! remember to elevate and ice your foot, when you feel comfortable to move it some, write the ABC's with your ankle. I'm sorry about your injury
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giffinator6 5
I also recently got a 3rd degree sprain on my ankle, it was the size of a baseball. 4 weeks in and I am still struggling to stand on my foot for more then 2 hours at work, and have to continue to wear my splint. I'm off of my crutches though! remember to elevate and ice your foot, when you feel comfortable to move it some, write the ABC's with your ankle. I'm sorry about your injury
J_Free_Woods 29
I got it sitting in my nice luxurious office chair. I’ve been doing everything but compress.
RichardPencil 32
A swollen ankle is the least of your problems. Maybe you should work on perfecting the death-defying art of sitting down without severe personal injury. I'm sure there are safe sitting coaches who will come to your place and show you the esoteric craft of chair-using.