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grrrrr … this ankle

Filed under: General — beverly at 8:40 am on Wednesday, June 15, 2005

My ankle persists in driving me nuts. This sore spot appears after I run or walk for anymore than 25 minutes. Yesterday, I powercleaned the house for a couple of hours, and it did the same. Strange and annoying.

So … I made a doctor’s appointment. That’s certainly not my favorite thing to do, but I feel like I have to get this thing checked out. I feel like I’m not progressing like I want to be, because I’m babying this thing.

We have a really busy weekend planned, with my husband’s provincial mine rescue competition right here in our area this year. He is the team captain, and this time of year is quite stressful for him. He walks around with this huge sense of purpose on his face … it’s making me quite uneasy, actually. Tonight we have a team BBQ, and my kids are staying with a sitter. We’re usually spoiled with family taking care of our kids, or swapping kids with other friends, etc. … so I’m really interested to see how the kids do. Derek is very accident-prone, so I’m hoping that none of his antics scar her from babysitting again. Let’s be real, I’m truly just praying that no one ends up in ER.

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Comment by mark

Wednesday June 15, 2005 @ 9:46 am

Bev, can you provide some detail around your ankle thing?

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Comment by Jack

Thursday June 16, 2005 @ 12:05 am

” I?m truly just praying that no one ends up in ER” – Gosh talk about stress! Good luck!

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Comment by susan

Thursday June 16, 2005 @ 6:39 am

Bev, I was convinced I had an ankle issue last year, but it was shin splints. I started doing this stretch where I take my foot behind me…thus the toes lie flat on the ground giving the front of the ankle a good stretch. It helps. Injuries are such a pain, but patience is the key. I’ve learned….but it’s no fun. Sorry.

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Comment by frolicking filly

Thursday June 16, 2005 @ 9:41 pm

Hey girl, take care of that,,and have fun at the BBQ
Heather

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Comment by AB

Friday June 17, 2005 @ 5:23 am

I think random pains are the worst. At least when you trip over something and break your ankle, you know what caused it and you know not to do it again. But when something hurts just from walking or running, how do you get around that? Good luck! Hopefully the doctor will have good news for you.

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Comment by kirsten

Friday June 17, 2005 @ 11:37 am

Hope that you get this figured out! Good luck with the ankle. kirsten

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Comment by Jon in Michigan

Tuesday June 21, 2005 @ 11:24 am

So what did the MD say? I was reading about “compartment syndrome” and wondered if it was that.

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Comment by BD

Wednesday June 22, 2005 @ 9:47 am

Congrats to your husband and his team for doing so well at the competition.

Glad the sitter(s) worked out. Good sitters are worth gold!

Hope your ankle gets better soon. Walking is not so bad but running is more fun. I usually substitute rowing on the Concept II when I can’t run, which does happen from time to time. It’s frustrating to not be able to get out there but rowing keeps me in shape and focused. It’s actually a better whole body workout for me.

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