Bum (or Bummer) Ankle

[catsittingstill]

I felt perfectly fine this morning.  I went for a walk, no problems.  I worked on my music some, no problems.  I got up from lying on the floor trying to persuade Finale PrintMusic to play through some repeated music (several verses worth) for the mp3 recorder (which I couldn't do--PrintMusic won't play the repeats for some reason and I can't figure out why) and my ankle felt funny.  Kind of stiff and hurty.

I figured it was just that I'd held it in a funny position while I was wrestling with PrintMusic and ignored it, except that I put on my boots which should support the ankle better, and went in to work on the canoe.  I was planning to do as much carving on the end pieces as my wrists could handle, then put the last four ridge-parts on the forms.

But as I was clamping end pieces to the form and checking with a batten to see how deeply I had to carve, my ankle kept bothering me more and more.  Pretty soon I was limping.  Then I was limping worse.  I ended up giving up well before my wrists gave out, and coming inside to lie down on the couch with my ankle propped up, figuring it would get better soon.  Two hours later I asked Kip to bring me some Tylenol and my cane.  I've spent the remainder of the day inside, lying down or sitting with my feet up.  Kip went out and got me pizza.

I have put in some more time writing music in PrintMusic (but I still haven't solved the playing repeat problem.)  I found a note in You Stand Alone that had unaccountably disappeared and forced it to appear again and fixed it and put its lyric and its chord on.  I entered music for MayDaye and worked out a jig-ish sort of a thing to go with it.

But I really wanted to work on my BOAT dammit, and I can't do it until I can walk and stand without a cane.  And I don't have the faintest idea how I hurt my ankle; it feels positively twisted, but I would have remembered doing that.

Comments

[hofdave.livejournal.com]

Hope you have a very quick recovery.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm feeling noticeably better today.

[mdlbear]

Ugh! Get well soon!

I occasionally do something like that, too. It sometimes happens when my foot is at the wrong angle when I get into or out of the car, and it twists when I put weight on it.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Usually when I do something to my ankle I notice it at the time.

[billroper]

Ow! I occasionally have an ankle lock up when I've been sitting on it funny, but it sounds like this is nastier.

Take good care of it!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I've been making a point of sitting down and putting it up for 10 minutes every hour.

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Sympathy, and Feel Better Soon.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm feeling somewhat better today.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Eep. I hope it takes care of itself quickly.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It seems to be resolving.

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

Ooof! I tried four times to post, and it didn't take. Anyhow, sympathies. & try asprin instead of Tylenol, if you tolerate it--it's a better anti-inflammatory.

[suegypt.livejournal.com]

I just saw this. Have you ever had a blood clot in your leg or foot? Definitely consider it a possibility if this comes back, and if it is swollen. If you think it might be a blood clot, don't take a whole lot of aspirin or nsaids untill you see a doctor. Drink lots of water.