cankle

terralyn · 06-08-2012, 11:04 PM

I'm a big girl.. not gonna lie.

But all my life I had decent legs and slender ankles. Who'd have thought I'd end up with a cankle?! Not two but one cankle.... the horror.

Gotta laugh right?

Fattieratties · 06-09-2012, 12:47 AM

I'm in the same boat, the uni-cankle club. I guess we have to find humor in some of the things we go through our it'll drive us nuts. Kept smiling, it helps.

kathy d · 06-09-2012, 09:34 AM

Hi My cankle friends!
You guys always make me laugh. That is why I love you all so much. I have the opposite dilemma. I have always had thin legs and barely any ankles haha. My thin legs got worse after years of severe atrophy and last year I actually wore shorts out (first time in several years) in July since it was really hot out and I thought my skin sensitivity would be better (wrong). Oh did I mention I have not been in the sun for seven years??? So being "cankle-less" and having thin real white legs my family had a field day on me. I was happy I was able to go to a party after what I had been through but the jokes got on my nerves. People don't realize just what we go through in order to survive each day. I would come back with a smart answer like "Well I don't want to get any wrinkles in the sun" and I would laugh and move on. I have learned to pray alot and laugh alot...it is the only thing that gets us through each day. And now that I God healed me recently I am walking more and my muscles are doing well and I hope to get in the sun more now (with sunscreen of course). Hang in there and keep up your great humor!
kathy d

terralyn · 06-09-2012, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Fattieratties

I'm in the same boat, the uni-cankle club. I guess we have to find humor in some of the things we go through our it'll drive us nuts. Kept smiling, it helps.

The uni cankle club... love it!

terralyn · 06-09-2012, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by kathy d

Hi My cankle friends!
You guys always make me laugh. That is why I love you all so much. I have the opposite dilemma. I have always had thin legs and barely any ankles haha. My thin legs got worse after years of severe atrophy and last year I actually wore shorts out (first time in several years) in July since it was really hot out and I thought my skin sensitivity would be better (wrong). Oh did I mention I have not been in the sun for seven years??? So being "cankle-less" and having thin real white legs my family had a field day on me. I was happy I was able to go to a party after what I had been through but the jokes got on my nerves. People don't realize just what we go through in order to survive each day. I would come back with a smart answer like "Well I don't want to get any wrinkles in the sun" and I would laugh and move on. I have learned to pray alot and laugh alot...it is the only thing that gets us through each day. And now that I God healed me recently I am walking more and my muscles are doing well and I hope to get in the sun more now (with sunscreen of course). Hang in there and keep up your great humor!
kathy d

That's right! Gotta laugh!

painman2009 · 06-09-2012, 03:44 PM

oye.. my whole life I've had chicken legs..even up to 1.5 years ago.. with RSD the leg.rght one.. got smaller due to atrophy...now i have cankle on both legs...soo odd to see my leg and foot linked together... its all from swelling.. I actually tried to find the muscles in my calfs.. nope all swelling.. have you ever thought to try squeezing a lll of the liquid out of the leg, food ,ankle.. I was this stupid and aside from the weeks of pain it caused and the immense pain i put myself through i found out that if you poke the swelled areas it leaves an indent in the shape of your finger or hand.. if it didn't hurt so much I would have found my new past time....(((((duhhhh on me)))..now may I join the cankle club please

terralyn · 06-10-2012, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by painman2009

oye.. my whole life I've had chicken legs..even up to 1.5 years ago.. with RSD the leg.rght one.. got smaller due to atrophy...now i have cankle on both legs...soo odd to see my leg and foot linked together... its all from swelling.. I actually tried to find the muscles in my calfs.. nope all swelling.. have you ever thought to try squeezing a lll of the liquid out of the leg, food ,ankle.. I was this stupid and aside from the weeks of pain it caused and the immense pain i put myself through i found out that if you poke the swelled areas it leaves an indent in the shape of your finger or hand.. if it didn't hurt so much I would have found my new past time....(((((duhhhh on me)))..now may I join the cankle club please

Welcome to cajole club! I hereby make you an honorary member!