or its a horrible sprain. it looks disgusting. any ideas/suggestions


we gave it the RICE treatment but i dunno if we should go to the hospital or not

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 3:32 PM. Reason : .]

1/21/2008 3:32:24 PM

take him to the doctor

1/21/2008 3:32:38 PM

keep poking it

1/21/2008 3:33:17 PM

ouch, sounds like he might be on the shelf for 6-8

better get an MRI stat

1/21/2008 3:33:27 PM

Well if it looks horribly fucked up you should take him to the doctor.

1/21/2008 3:33:29 PM

take him to the doc, at least he'll get some pain killers

should get it xrayed just in case

(hope it is fractured, it will heal faster than a really bad sprain)

1/21/2008 3:34:03 PM

got insurance?

1/21/2008 3:34:04 PM

worthless without pics

1/21/2008 3:35:05 PM

I sprained my ankle while playing soccer in high school and I thought I was gonna die of pain. I can't imagine a broken ankle.

1/21/2008 3:35:26 PM

bad sprain or a tear is worse than a fracture

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 3:36 PM. Reason : pain wise as well as healing]

1/21/2008 3:35:56 PM

ive had a broken ankle and a sprained ankle. the sprained hurt worse.

1/21/2008 3:36:42 PM

if you like, i can prepare an herbal healing powder that should leave your roommate with full range of motion on the morrow

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 3:36 PM. Reason : ]

1/21/2008 3:36:42 PM

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"got insurance?"

i do

he doesnt

thats the problem

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 3:38 PM. Reason : .]

1/21/2008 3:38:17 PM

did he hear a pop ?


if not, its probably a tear or sprain




either way, take him to the doctor.

1/21/2008 3:38:32 PM

Quote :

"I sprained my ankle while playing soccer in high school and I thought I was gonna die of pain. I can't imagine a broken ankle. "

I broke my ankle a year ago



It wasn't all that painful until it started swelling badly about 2 hours later and I still hadn't had any pain killers.

1/21/2008 3:42:00 PM

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"i do he doesnt"

1/21/2008 3:42:59 PM

also hes already fractured the ankle in question 3 times

1/21/2008 3:43:29 PM

So he's one of those 50 million Americans Michael Moore was talking about.

1/21/2008 3:44:43 PM

what was he doing?

1/21/2008 3:44:48 PM

we were playin bball outside of the school

1/21/2008 3:46:16 PM

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[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 3:46 PM. Reason : x]

1/21/2008 3:46:32 PM

were there a coupla guys who were up to no good?

1/21/2008 3:46:52 PM

them dudes started makin trouble in the neighborhood

1/21/2008 3:47:13 PM

damn you must have a nasty crossover!!1

1/21/2008 3:47:30 PM

hope you didnt fight em

your mother might not appreciate that too much and might get scared

1/21/2008 3:47:58 PM

lol

1/21/2008 3:48:01 PM

Jay, just tell the doc that he is your domestic partner.....

1/21/2008 3:48:25 PM

haha holy shit im gonna go tell him that hahahaha

1/21/2008 3:50:20 PM

I fell down a flight of stairs when I was a kid and they thought I broke both my ankles they were swollen so bad. Turns out they were just sprained. Hopefully his is just a sprain if he doesn't have insurance.

1/21/2008 3:51:51 PM

he might make yall kiss to prove it

dont worry...the trick is to purse your lips like you're putting on chapstick, but make sure they're closed so the tounges dont touch

1/21/2008 3:52:56 PM

My worst recurring injury from age 18-24 was from a turned ankle that didn't break. It flexed the bone enough that a chip popped off of it and it tore the tendons in my ankle all to hell. It made for some seriously painful re-injuries which usually involved major swelling and the bottom of my foot turning black (from blood running down from my ankle area to my foot.)

An air cast actually made a huge difference both in treating injuries and preventing them. You might want to try to get one after the swelling goes down if you can find one that somebody isn't using anymore.

1/21/2008 3:56:59 PM

i'm guessing your roommate isn't a student? or else he could go to the health center and he'd be on his parents insurance. that is a tough break. i guess try to stay away from the ER if possible cause that seems like the most expensive thing you could do.

1/21/2008 4:19:46 PM

in that case, i'd just RICE is, and if it isnt better in a couple days get him over to the free clinic

1/21/2008 4:28:01 PM

i preface this by stating that i am not a physician and that the best option in this situation is to get your friend to the hospital

but

if he still has full range of motion, and, after a couple of hours or so, it's not supermassively swelling, it's probably not fractured. ice to control localized edema and tylenol for pain/edema.

i would still go get a film on it though, you never can be sure about ankles... plus if you fuck them up and then fuck them up while they're healing, you've usually fucked your ankle up for life.

1/21/2008 4:33:03 PM

that happened to me

well sort of..

sprained my left ankle 4 times in under 1 month because i wouldn't let it heal

now it rolls way too easily

1/21/2008 4:34:32 PM

at least go to an urgent care tomorrow



or if he has an ortho already

get an appt

1/21/2008 8:07:07 PM

pics or it didn't happen

1/21/2008 8:23:17 PM

Break his other ankle and see if it is comparable to the first. If the control (Broken Ankle) looks worse then the questioned one then its probably not broken.

1/21/2008 8:55:39 PM

My suitemate had a broken ankle freshmen year.

1/21/2008 9:59:07 PM

goddamn that pic brings back some painful memories


my ankle looked like that a few years ago

1/21/2008 10:02:18 PM

^^i had a terrible sprain, and it didn't bruise up that bad for over a week

that's another way to tell a break i guess

1/21/2008 10:10:28 PM

Another good reason to always have insurance. The only "good advice" is going to a doctor.

1/21/2008 11:11:39 PM