I am in ####### pain!!!

Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by REDD, Nov 11, 2010.

  1. REDD

    REDD The Legend

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    What shall I do?

    Ok, a few months ago something happened to my right ankle. What happened I have no #### clue. But since then I have been having issues... Somedays the pain is so #### unbearable that it is difficult for me to move. Then somedays I feel fine with no pain what so ever...

    It all depends on how active I am, I guess. When I was home a couple weeks ago I got out of bed & collaspes under the shear pain. I thought about going to the ER at that time but decided against it.... It would be kinda of embarrassing for me to go to the ER for just a simple ####### sprain. So I bought an ankle brace instead & have been wearinmg it religiously.

    Now all week this week has been great. No pain & i even stopped wearing my brace. Until yesterday, I went into NYC and knew I was going to be doing a lot of walking. So as a precaution, I wore the ankle brace. After a few hours the pain set in....

    Now today I can barely move cause of the pain. I can barely get in & out of the truck & I'm sure it was comical to see me tarping this load.

    Now I don't really want to go to an ER for something as simple as a sprain. But what if it's worse then a sprain? A torn ligement? A fracture?

    But then again I also don't want to be comfined to my truck either!
     
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  3. gdyupgal

    gdyupgal Medium Load Member

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    Go get it checked..better to know either way and take care of it the way it is supposed to be taken care of..you don't want to make it worse..:)
     
  4. Les2

    Les2 Road Train Member

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    If you stop by the house we can just cut it off...:biggrin_2555:
     
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  5. Flying Finn

    Flying Finn Heavy Load Member

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    Depending on what you did it could be a torn tendon, a fractured tibia or fibula.

    Where does the pain start? What kind of pain? I turned my talus and sheared the fibula off at a 45* angle about 1/2 way up the shin. I can tell you the pain I start to get is right in the centre of the ankle and it is a sharp pain. Like stabbing daggers into the joint and twisting.
     
  6. MackDaddyMark

    MackDaddyMark Medium Load Member

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    Id say go get it checked out..dont want turn something simple into something major.. That would suck. Rather b out the rig for 4-5hrs in an ER than 2-4 weeks cuz something got really effd up by not going to a doc in the first place!


    if ya r still in the nyc tri state may i suggest the meadowlands hospital im seacucus off of rt 3 plenty of parking for a rig there as that portion of seacacus is a bunch of warehouses. dont kno the exact adress but its on meadowlands parkway in seqcacus nj
     
  7. Lowbed

    Lowbed Light Load Member

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    Do you have Medicare or does the visit to ER come out of your pocket?
     
  8. canuck in da truck

    canuck in da truck Road Train Member

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    probabely just getting old and wearing out--but a good idea to get it checked out regardless
     
  9. Working Class Patriot

    Working Class Patriot Road Train Member

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    35 is old?........:biggrin_25524:

    #####....what does that make me?.....:biggrin_2555:
    What does that make Native?......:biggrin_25521:
     
  10. Les2

    Les2 Road Train Member

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    Antiques?

    You know if Redd was a horse we'd just shoot him...:biggrin_2559:
     
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  11. canuck in da truck

    canuck in da truck Road Train Member

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    i would love to see 35 again--i am catching up to WCP in age
    sometimes a bruise to the bone can take a long time to heal--i had one in about march--took until august before i could walk good all of the time(that was the end of my hockey days)
     
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