Good morning Susanne C :)
 

Thank you, Debi, it sounds like you have been having a hard time too. I thought I knew how easy it was to get badly hurt without realizing it when I got a staph infection in my foot six years ago- that led to the neurologist and the diagnosis. I guess I really still didn't get it. I would walk out in the yard to get the mail barefoot on the broken hickory nuts and twigs without thinking, or stand in the snow barefoot to watch the kids play because it really doesn't bother me.

I am being diligent to stay off it. I did get an aircast like the clinic doctor suggested. My husband has been ruthless in guarding me but he is on a business trip for three days so I have to be good and let the clutter pile up.

I think I am better. The swelling has gone down. It frustrates me that I don't "feel" anything. How can I know if it is getting better? I want to walk on it until it hurts just so I know it is still sprained. Dumb. The numbness crept up on me so gradually over so many years that I have never minded it but I do mind having an injury and having no idea whether it is better or not and how bad it really is. The twinges and pains I do get aren't all that different from the usual pains in both legs. I would sound like a lunatic if I tried to explain the difference. I have always needed hard tests results to feel "entitled" to be sick or disabled. Even though I have the tests to prove that I don't have any feeling, I don't have proof of how bad this sprain is, and it is driving me crazy in the way these things do. It is very hard to stay put, but I do want to recover as much as possible before the trip.

Monday morning I decided to be SuperDad annd carry my daughter downstairs. Everything was fine until the last step I took. It was a four in one step. It is probably hindsight coloring in detail, but I could swear the theme song to The Greatest American Hero played the whole chorus before I landed.

I felt a few things on impact, none of which I'd call pain. My daughter was not even worried, let alone hurt. There is some swelling and color change on the outside. I have been taking Ibuprophen and an ACE bandage as I have noticed some minimal stability issues.

So I empathize, fractionally, but literally. I hope today is better.

I am sorry to hear this, and hope that you are better soon. One of the biggest problems with PN is that the lack of feeling makes it impossible to judge the severity of an injury. I know the ankle is unstable when I put weight on it, but the pain is minimal unless I overdo it,
It must be so hard to have young children with this.

I just saw my physician- lowest of the low grade from appearances. I figured as much. There is some throbbing as the day wears on, but the swelling is under control and my stability is slightly better at best, the same at worst.

I can't imagine this being easy any way you slice it. I'm just really thankful I made changes to my life that mitigate larger issues (eating better and less, moving more) that I did. An understanding wife and daughter don't hurt my scenario. The boy? He believes in the Hulk.

I hope you are feeling better, Susanne.

Jon