The Boot!

Hello Friends!

Well! Sorry it has been so long since an update. I have been rather busy. Not much new to report other than my health. As most of you know I was the lucky recipient of a severe high ankle sprain last March, thanks to Buddy the Dog. Back then I was treated with an aircast (the boot) and instructed to use crutches. Unfortunately, this was around the same time as our teen production for our theatre company. So due to how mobile I had to be and how much the crutches and aircast were slowing me down I decided to ditch everything a little earlier and just deal with the pain. Then of course that lead me straight into another production that I was in and still just working through the pain. Which, brings us to a couple of weeks ago. Through all of this, my ankle (the left one) has never fully heeled. It has unfortunately remained swollen, slightly discolored and caused me tons of pain. During this whole time, I have favored that ankle by taking it as easy as I could and putting more pressure on my other one (the right one).

So, about two weeks ago I started noticing a pain in the right one that each day became worse. Finally, this last weekend I couldn't take it anymore and went to an orthopedic on Monday. This proved to be a horrible experience, the Dr. and his staff were horrible and I was NOT happy. He did order an MRI for me for both ankles and prescribed a pain medication for me which caused other problems, namely a horrible case of nausea! I had the MRI done on Thursday, stopped the meds and made an appointment with a new orthopedic for Monday. In the meantime, the boot that was originally used for the left ankle is now being used on the right and the pain in both ankles is horrible. So...I will be sure to let you all know what happens next week. Whatever happens, I just want it resolved. That's all for now. PEACE OUT!