foot pain

i have a bad sprain, either a grade 2 or 3 (can't tell until the swelling goes down and it really doesn't matter cuz the only difference in treatment is the grade 3 hurts more and takes longer to heal)... grade 2 is a partial tear in the ligaments holding the ankle and foot together and a grade 3 is a complete tear, the latter needing more support (cast/boot) for longer... there are also a couple of bone chips off the bottom tip of the tibia... same treatment, immobilize... of course rich people and pro athletes would have had surgery already and be rehabed in a couple of weeks... i hope to be not much longer than that cuz i am too stubborn to sit for long and i want to get back to playing softball and running, but realistically i may be wearing this expensive boot for a few weeks (everybody says longer, i say wait and see)...

as modern medicine goes, i had a pa look at it and the xrays and he didn't see the fracture and didn't consider it a serious injury because i played on the rest of the game and then another game... so my foolishly high tolerance for pain is what he based his diagnosis on... i made an appointment with the actual doctor for next time, but unfortunately that is two weeks away... the wrong diagnosis doesn't change the treatment either, for us poor folk, that is...

sucks and hurts a lot, but sucks more... i have five softball teams scrambling for a pitcher now and i lose the time and at this current body age, that sucks sucks sucks more... stupid new reebok sneaker and a wet surface caused it, but then, i chose to put that sneaker on and run recklessly on the wet surface...

sucks sucks sucks...

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