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Oh, My Foot

Lauren

Yesterday I ran into the basement to grab some clothes from the laundry room, missed the last step and rolled my ankle. This makes the third injury on this foot and ankle in as many years.

The casualties: two torn ligaments, a severely wounded pride, and the erosion of my confident, upright walk into a one-legged bunny hop.

On the other hand, I received painkillers, many points and laughs from friends, a concerned kiss from Ethan, and a post-op velcro shoe.

6 thoughts on Oh, My Foot

  1. a likely story. no, i think it’s pretty obvious to everyone that this is little more than a thinly veiled excuse to indulge in incessant one-leg bunny hopping.

    you know, Ms. Lauren, the first step in dealing with a problem is admitting you have one. so, tell us: when did you first get hooked on one-leg bunny hopping? and be honest. we’re here to help.

    😉

  3. You know, I did that once, Lauren. I addition to a torn ligament, I broke my 5th metatarsal.

    But this happened when I fell down some stairs at a bar when I, ahem, indulged a bit too much. My students and the faculty were quite amused by the story, which I could not avoid telling them because of the obvious orthopedic boot on my foot for six weeks.

  4. I’ve had a life-long problem with one ankle that makes it vey prone to twists and sprains, so you have all of my sympathy!! I don’t know what it is about that sort of pain that just makes it seems worse than other types of injuries. Eurgh.

    BTW, did your doc advise the one-legged bunny hop? I’ve always been told that the best thing to do is walk on it as normally as possible, with support to keep it from rolling to the sides–but maybe my injuries have never been as severe as yours now.

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