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[Moderator]

Thank you ma'am. Bad ankle from an injury back in 1999. One who knows his ankle is weak should not step off the carport at a full stride walk onto the grass while taking the trash out AND...while wearing house slippers that offer no ankle support whatsoever. One should also remember his age while doing so and that he doesn't heal as fast as he once did. I'm such an idiot sometimes I need charts and graphs to demonstrate it. At first I thought someone had shot me because the "POP" sound was loud enough to qualify as a small caliber rifle shot...lol, but then I just realized it was my ankle turning over....final score was two fractures on the left side of my ankle. My son was very supportive and only laughed intermittently while I was picking out a cane to help me walk around for a few weeks while it heals..lol

Ouch!!! I do know what you're talking about with the pop. I didn't break my ankle but my weak spots are my knees. Heard that pop when I slipped off icy stairs and landed with my knee under me at a 90 degree angle and in the process did enough damage to have to have ACL and meniscus repair afterward. Thought the pop might have been my imagination but the doc at the ER asked me if I'd heard it. That was the second (and hopefully last) time I had to have surgery on that knee--hope you'll be able to say the same for your ankle.

 

[ghost19]

Ouch!! Healing vibes!

I fell down my stairs a few weeks back, not really fell down them so much as for some reason thought I was at the bottom when I was still 3 steps up, so fell at the bottom when I lost my balance after taking a 3-stair stride. The noise my ankle made (I also have weak ankles from previous accidents/clumsiness) when I landed, yikes. Didn't break it though, thank goodness.

Take care of yourself and stay off of it! Listen to your doctor's orders!

LOL, not laughing at you, just sounds like exactly the sort of thing I would do. This makes the fourth or fifth time I've rolled my ankle while stepping off my own carport into the grass. You would think at some point I'd get tired of doing this. First time I've actually fractured anything, that I know of. Most of the time I don't even go to the doctor, not much they can do anyway on a sprain, but this time...3 days later and the swelling had not gone down and it was starting to turn all kinds of interesting colors, not to mention that every time I took a step I wanted to scream..lol Glad I went to the doc now, but I usually HATE going to the doctor for anything.

 

[no bounce no play]

Thank you ma'am. Bad ankle from an injury back in 1999. One who knows his ankle is weak should not step off the carport at a full stride walk onto the grass while taking the trash out AND...while wearing house slippers that offer no ankle support whatsoever. One should also remember his age while doing so and that he doesn't heal as fast as he once did. I'm such an idiot sometimes I need charts and graphs to demonstrate it. At first I thought someone had shot me because the "POP" sound was loud enough to qualify as a small caliber rifle shot...lol, but then I just realized it was my ankle turning over....final score was two fractures on the left side of my ankle. My son was very supportive and only laughed intermittently while I was picking out a cane to help me walk around for a few weeks while it heals..lol

Oh Ghost There are easier and less painful ways to make reading time Here's a reminder chart for your refridgerator

 

[ghost19]

Ouch!!! I do know what you're talking about with the pop. I didn't break my ankle but my weak spots are my knees. Heard that pop when I slipped off icy stairs and landed with my knee under me at a 90 degree angle and in the process did enough damage to have to have ACL and meniscus repair afterward. Thought the pop might have been my imagination but the doc at the ER asked me if I'd heard it. That was the second (and hopefully last) time I had to have surgery on that knee--hope you'll be able to say the same for your ankle.

Thank you ma'am. I've needed to have surgery on it for the better part of two decades now but I have just never gotten around to it. I wear high top shoes or boots that I keep laced very tightly and that usually does the trick. It's the darn house sandals that did me in. I had that 1 second of realization as I watched my left foot come down onto the grass where I knew it was going to give so I tensed up which made it all that much worse....

 

[ghost19]

Oh Ghost There are easier and less painful ways to make reading time Here's a reminder chart for your refridgerator

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That first pic on the left looks familiar....similar to my X-rays yesterday..lol
Didn't mean to hijack the thread everyone. Thanks for the thoughts though. Much obliged.

 

[skimom2]

Finally getting out of my reading slump. My newly broken ankle/foot gives me an opportunity to sit still for a while. Started "The Hunt For Red October" by Tom Clancy for the upteenth time. Still a great book after all these years.

That one and Patriot Games are my favorites of his

 

[Out of Order]

That first pic on the left looks familiar....similar to my X-rays yesterday..lol
Didn't mean to hijack the thread everyone. Thanks for the thoughts though. Much obliged.

Sorry to hear this ghost, wishing you a speedy recovery. Let me know if you need any liquid distilled painkiller.......

 

[ghost19]

Sorry to hear this ghost, wishing you a speedy recovery. Let me know if you need any liquid distilled painkiller.......

Much appreciated sir. My ankle fracture thanks you

 

[GNTLGNT]

LOL, not laughing at you, just sounds like exactly the sort of thing I would do. This makes the fourth or fifth time I've rolled my ankle while stepping off my own carport into the grass. You would think at some point I'd get tired of doing this. First time I've actually fractured anything, that I know of. Most of the time I don't even go to the doctor, not much they can do anyway on a sprain, but this time...3 days later and the swelling had not gone down and it was starting to turn all kinds of interesting colors, not to mention that every time I took a step I wanted to scream..lol Glad I went to the doc now, but I usually HATE going to the doctor for anything.

 

[ghost19]

Yep, I'm feeling this one pretty well...and by well, I mean it sucks.

 

[shookme]

Trying to read Good Omens by Pratchett & Gaiman. It's good. Just stuck in a reading slump. Summertime and kids are keeping me busy.

I've got The Fireman and The City of Mirrors waiting for me which I'm dying to read. Time to get crackin'.

 

[Dana Jean]

Trying to read Good Omens by Pratchett & Gaiman. It's good. Just stuck in a reading slump. Summertime and kids are keeping me busy.

I've got The Fireman and The City of Mirrors waiting for me which I'm dying to read. Time to get crackin'.

I think a lot of people are really feeling this reading slump. I've seen many people mention it, including myself.

 

[kingricefan]

Finally getting out of my reading slump. My newly broken ankle/foot gives me an opportunity to sit still for a while. Started "The Hunt For Red October" by Tom Clancy for the upteenth time. Still a great book after all these years.

Take as much time as you can to let it heal up this time.

 

[skimom2]

Jonathan Unleashed (Meg Rosoff). Pretty funny so far.

 

[staropeace]

https://www.amazon.ca/Bones-You-Debbie-Howells/dp/1617737666

 

[MadamMack]

Sad, though.

It is . . .is great writing but it's breaking my heart . . .it's thick. It's weighing on me hard. But, I love it . . .beautiful writing.

 

[MadamMack]

It is . . .is great writing but it's breaking my heart . . .it's thick. It's weighing on me hard. But, I love it . . .beautiful writing.

I kinda know her life . . .

 

[Narvic]

Started The Fireman last night. It's sucked me in right from the first page.....

Very good characters in Fireman.

 

[Narvic]

Reading "Dark Screams" which are short story collections. Would rather be in a good long book though.

 

[carrie's younger brother]

I think a lot of people are really feeling this reading slump. I've seen many people mention it, including myself.

All except Kurben and skimom2. They seem to start & finish a new book every other day!

I am DEFINITELY in this slump and have been for months. I took me forever to finish The Fireman. Currently reading End of Watch and while I am enjoying it, I can't seem to read more than a chapter or two at a time.