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Well it finaly happened. I broke my ankle. 
I was walking out of my apt building on wed. When my right foot decides it wants to investigate the depth of a utility access or what looks like the plumming system in my building. Which just happens to be smack dab in the center of the walkway and right in front of the door. Exactly where i was stepping. So my right foot finds it. As I was looking left (the direction i really wanted to go cuz thats where my car was) Myright ankle rolls out right into the hole. The rest of me wants to go left. So i fall left and here a snap as i hit the ground. In pain. Thinking eh maybs its just a bad srain the snap was a ligament being stressed. Or like the sound your knuckles make when you crack them. So I lay there for a few minutes. Nobody seems to be walking by. Odd for a wed morning in my complex. Anyway. I proceed to get up gingerly in case it is broken. I can put some wait on it. So i figure I'll go to work andsee how it feels later. Well I work all day on it. (my current position at work lets me sit down most of the day) So i was off it for the most part. It starts to get excrutiating in the after noon. Almost to the point of tears. I start to think Hmm maybe it is broken. So i drive myself to the hospital. (now mind you this is my right ankle) To see if it is indeed broken. Well they take x-rays and sure enough. The fibula is broken right at the ankle bone. Which also explains why theres a really sensative lump on the outside of my leg. Well the nurse finly wraps up my ankle in a soft half cast. To which i cant put any pressure on. Cus it will move. This has been fun. I can seem to get down the technique of carrying food and walking on crutches at the same time. So i may lose a few pounds. Not a bad thing cusi gained back a few of the pounds i had lost when i was in the warehouse. Talking shower is a whole new experiance. Using the curtain rod, shower head, and walls and support to balance myself and turn around etc. While my right leg is in a plastic garbage bag to keep it dry. Have you ever tried taking a shower while only being able to use one leg to stand on? Well it's an experience. Not knowing if the next move you make is gonna sned you plummeting to the tub floor. Or worse yet out the tub onto the bathroom floor. All my muscles are hurting from being over worked with trying to support myself properly when i sit , try to stand, and from the crutches. I called the property mgr yesturday and told her what happened. She says she'll make out an incedant report. But needs me to bring my hospital paper work to her so she can verify etc... I guess for the insurance purposes. But she also says she cant cover the access pipe. And all she can do is put flags around it or something. Thats funny cus it has been covered for years. Then the cover got removed and now its exposed and hasbeen for several months. She refuses to cover it. Maybe she'll change her mind after law suit. Of both the complex and the insurance compny for allowing a trip hazzard like that to exsist. I've been talking with a legal assistant friend of mine on the right way go about gettin things right for a suit. So i'll keep ya posted. Oh im out of work too. Cus i cant drive. And i wont get a full cast till monday. Hopefully i'll be able to drive when i get the cast. But i'll have to see what happens. This sucks. I so dont want to miss work. I need the money.Altho with a law suit i could win a bunch. With medical bills. Maybe therapy, Missed time from work. The insurance compan and the complex for neglajence. Etc.. Ok i need another vicadin. and some food.
Gil
I was walking out of my apt building on wed. When my right foot decides it wants to investigate the depth of a utility access or what looks like the plumming system in my building. Which just happens to be smack dab in the center of the walkway and right in front of the door. Exactly where i was stepping. So my right foot finds it. As I was looking left (the direction i really wanted to go cuz thats where my car was) Myright ankle rolls out right into the hole. The rest of me wants to go left. So i fall left and here a snap as i hit the ground. In pain. Thinking eh maybs its just a bad srain the snap was a ligament being stressed. Or like the sound your knuckles make when you crack them. So I lay there for a few minutes. Nobody seems to be walking by. Odd for a wed morning in my complex. Anyway. I proceed to get up gingerly in case it is broken. I can put some wait on it. So i figure I'll go to work andsee how it feels later. Well I work all day on it. (my current position at work lets me sit down most of the day) So i was off it for the most part. It starts to get excrutiating in the after noon. Almost to the point of tears. I start to think Hmm maybe it is broken. So i drive myself to the hospital. (now mind you this is my right ankle) To see if it is indeed broken. Well they take x-rays and sure enough. The fibula is broken right at the ankle bone. Which also explains why theres a really sensative lump on the outside of my leg. Well the nurse finly wraps up my ankle in a soft half cast. To which i cant put any pressure on. Cus it will move. This has been fun. I can seem to get down the technique of carrying food and walking on crutches at the same time. So i may lose a few pounds. Not a bad thing cusi gained back a few of the pounds i had lost when i was in the warehouse. Talking shower is a whole new experiance. Using the curtain rod, shower head, and walls and support to balance myself and turn around etc. While my right leg is in a plastic garbage bag to keep it dry. Have you ever tried taking a shower while only being able to use one leg to stand on? Well it's an experience. Not knowing if the next move you make is gonna sned you plummeting to the tub floor. Or worse yet out the tub onto the bathroom floor. All my muscles are hurting from being over worked with trying to support myself properly when i sit , try to stand, and from the crutches. I called the property mgr yesturday and told her what happened. She says she'll make out an incedant report. But needs me to bring my hospital paper work to her so she can verify etc... I guess for the insurance purposes. But she also says she cant cover the access pipe. And all she can do is put flags around it or something. Thats funny cus it has been covered for years. Then the cover got removed and now its exposed and hasbeen for several months. She refuses to cover it. Maybe she'll change her mind after law suit. Of both the complex and the insurance compny for allowing a trip hazzard like that to exsist. I've been talking with a legal assistant friend of mine on the right way go about gettin things right for a suit. So i'll keep ya posted. Oh im out of work too. Cus i cant drive. And i wont get a full cast till monday. Hopefully i'll be able to drive when i get the cast. But i'll have to see what happens. This sucks. I so dont want to miss work. I need the money.Altho with a law suit i could win a bunch. With medical bills. Maybe therapy, Missed time from work. The insurance compan and the complex for neglajence. Etc.. Ok i need another vicadin. and some food. Gil
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