Does this bandage make me look fat?

So when I woke up this morning, my left ankle was tender, though not swollen ... the pain had started a few weeks ago and had been intermitent.

Last month I had played in a three-game softball tournament and had stopped a grounder with my foot. Not a problem. I shook it off and continued to play, I meean, we were battling for the post championship!

After finishing the tourney, I iced it, wrapped it and wore flip flops for a few days it had never bruised, but remained tender when I put preassure on the side, not necessarily when I walked on it.

I hadn't played ball since. I was asked to play last night for my old team since some of them were away for work-relatd training or something. That's what led to this morning's tenderness.

At about 11 a.m. I decided to call the Family Clinic and see if I could get an appointment. They said they had an opening for 2 p.m. today.

After x-rays and inspection, it was determined that I didn't have a fracture or break, but I did injure the tendon or had a sprain, which I'd been walking on for three weeks.

So now, I have to have it wrapped for four weeks, no heels, no running (but I can still work out on the elliptical, thankfully!) and I have to take Motrin three times a day for six weeks. UGH! I was so looking forward to that panicked working out that we wives do in the few weeks before our Soldiers come home on "mid-tour leave." Sigh, I'll have to figure something out, 'cause we're going to Vegas!!!

Until our next cup of tea ...