Ankle Injuries

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Woman, age 46 and guessing bout 209 lbs
Works for Little Caesars.

July 30th, I fell at work, slipped on something as i was loading pizza's on a rack, my right leg went side ways - towards my left leg, my foot turned some how or another and i came crashing down on my foot.. I sat on floor rubbing my foot for a bout five minutes, the manager helped me up and i went outside for bout 15 min - didn't hurt no more so i continued my shift and contineud rest of the week, just mild pain - like what you feel after being on your feet for a while , didn't give any more thought to it.

Wednesday , week after the fall i went to work - pain was alittle more but again i didn't give it that much thought, it was thursday though that sent up the red flag so i asked manager if it was too late for me to file, friday came and i barely made it 3 hrs before i had to leave - thus incompleting my 6 hr shift. Saturday i took off, and by this time I had the okay to see a dr. I figured I'd go in on monday to the dr.. sunday i worked but i sat down as often as i could - we wasn't busy. Monday .. don't mention worker's comp or the insurance for the business - no dr will bother with you, not even your own. So I ended up in ER .


Well other than swelling - which for me is hard to tell cause I also have Edema, there was no discoloration that I could see. I have poor circulation in both feet/legs - not sure if that has anything to with it or not and I'm diabetic.

They did X-rays and dr came in and told me I had a class II sprain - torn liagments, mine is the inside ankle /foot part. But he wasn't ruling out a Hairline fracture either he said considering how i fell , it was a high probable but not all hairlines will show up on an X-ray.

I have to work - i can't take off because of my ankle and dr said if i could get my brace and foot in a shoe, go for it..well i do ~L~ i started back to work Thurs. Pain meds i'm on is Darvocet , i normally take Ultracet for Chronic pain, but it takes 2 what 1 Darvocet does . I'm in a brace for up to 8 weeks.



Question..
how was i able to work/walk all that time and then 2nd week start hurting like a ... bleep ?