Day 8 : Still no reprive

Swelling reduced a bit from my feet, but the ankle was still monstrous. I had travel to Toronto coming up in a few days and things were not looking good.

Doc suggests an MRI. He is not sure why the swelling hasn't been coming down. So we took an MRI.

PS - MRI room is freezing!

and this is what the findings looked like

deadly report! Going into the details,

1. complete tear of anterior talo-fibular ligament + Partial tear of tibio-fibular ligament

This is what i probably did

http://omurtlak.bloguez.com/omurtlak/page1106/?googleimage

this is what probably happened

http://www.footdoc.ca/www.FootDoc.ca/Website%20Ankle%

20Injuries%2025.htm

2. Bone contusion caused by the ligament tear resulted in a hairline fracture

Probably something like the image below. Unbelievable what the cascading effects can be.

http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp09017.htm

3. Lateral ankle hematoma

hematoma is a fancy word which means 'localized collection of blood'

And thats the reason why the swelling won't just go.

The big question -

Did me working the first few days after injury cause the bone contusion and hematoma or was the hematoma the reason swelling won't just go down?

No idea! But its always better to take rest and avoid taking a chance.