Why your boss knowing that you skate sucks/ sprained ankles

[sexualhelon]

So I'm definitely not embarrassed and pretty open about the fact that I skate and my boss knows that I skate but she's an older lady and I don't think she fully grasps the concept of how someone who's 22 can still go out and skate everyday. Where I'm going with this is that I sprained my ankle fucking horribly the other day, first time ever spraining an ankle actually, and I had to call into work today and tell my boss I couldn't come in due to it. She seemed cool with it but I got the vibe that in her head she was like "oh god I hired this skater guy who's going to get hurt all the time." Eh it doesn't really matter though....sucks I can't go work and make some money for the next few days though. But hey, check out this ankle....does it just look like a horrible sprain and I should just ice it and stay off of it or worth a trip to the doctor? FYI I don't have health insurance so a trip to the doc is something I'd rather not do unless it seems absolutely necessary.

shit's like a baseball.

[H8R part 4]

what do you do for living? 

[drunk]

rice

[sexualhelon]

Went to school for marketing/graphic design but haven't really settled into a "real" job yet. Just working at a coffee shop right now.

[Inbred Jed]

Amputate it and install a peg leg. From what I gather from the internets, pirates are very hot right now. You'll be swimming in the poontang in no time.

[H8R part 4]

if you were a laborer of some sort i could understand calling in but working at a coffee shop?, you can't be serious. 
my advice is to remove the tampon, wash the sand out your vagina and man the fuck up.  sorry, i'm insensitive.
 
 

[Inbred Jed]

if you were a laborer of some sort i could understand calling in but working at a coffee shop?, you can't be serious. 
my advice is to remove the tampon, wash the sand out your vagina and man the fuck up.  sorry, i'm insensitive.
 
 

Your lack of empathy pretty much gives you away as an android. If you turn yourself in now maybe you can make a plea to be sent back to Mars.

[TheFreshSC]

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if you were a laborer of some sort i could understand calling in but working at a coffee shop?, you can't be serious. 
my advice is to remove the tampon, wash the sand out your vagina and man the fuck up.  sorry, i'm insensitive.
 
 

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Your lack of empathy pretty much gives you away as an android. If you turn yourself in now maybe you can make a plea to be sent back to Mars.

Sorry, you can't repeat a karma action without waiting 24 hours.

[sexualhelon]

if you were a laborer of some sort i could understand calling in but working at a coffee shop?, you can't be serious. 
my advice is to remove the tampon, wash the sand out your vagina and man the fuck up.  sorry, i'm insensitive.
 
 

Well, I know I said call in but I actually went in there. It's more like a half coffee shop/ half restaurant so I do quite the bit of running around. They just said they couldn't have me hobbling around in there and possibly falling....because this is America goddammit and everyone's afraid of liability issues. See, if this was a desk job I'd be all up in there right now...chillin at my desk doin some paperwork'n'shit.

[everypennyfedcar]

I have to say it: that doesn't look that bad.
Wrap a tensor bandage around that.

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[skate_bored]

you guys are joking right? that looks like it hurts really fucking bad!!! hope it heals up dude. jack off a bunch and get drunk. i discovered that jacking off can make you feel better no matter what, especially right when you cum...even if you have the worst hangover ever theres that 8-10 second window of euphoria. getting drunk has a very similar effect

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

It looks bad, but the thing about going to a doctor is that they will do 2-3 things:
1) x-ray it to check if its broken (its usually not)
2) Tell you to Rest Ice Compress and Elevate it (RICE), slowly work it out by writing your name in the air with you big toe, and don't put too much stress on it until well after it seems healed
3) Maybe prescribe some vicodin, but having no insurance, that too will cost you, and honestly, vicodin ain't even that great of a high and leaves you constipated as a motherfucker, just go with extra large doses of Ibuprofen (which he also may prescribe horse pills of for swelling) and some weed and you'll be in better shape then vicodin can do.

Basically, wait it out. The big check you can do at home is to put pressure on the side of your shin, if that hurts, you may have broken something, and also pay close attention to how the bone on the outside of your foot (which eventually connects to the pinky toe) feels. Those two spots are where a lot of ankle breaks from sprains occur.

Otherwise, good luck and godspeed!

[daddy]

It looks bad, but the thing about going to a doctor is that they will do 2-3 things:
1) x-ray it to check if its broken (its usually not)
2) Tell you to Rest Ice Compress and Elevate it (RICE), slowly work it out by writing your name in the air with you big toe, and don't put too much stress on it until well after it seems healed
3) Maybe prescribe some vicodin, but having no insurance, that too will cost you, and honestly, vicodin ain't even that great of a high and leaves you constipated as a motherfucker, just go with extra large doses of Ibuprofen (which he also may prescribe horse pills of for swelling) and some weed and you'll be in better shape then vicodin can do.

Basically, wait it out. The big check you can do at home is to put pressure on the side of your shin, if that hurts, you may have broken something, and also pay close attention to how the bone on the outside of your foot (which eventually connects to the pinky toe) feels. Those two spots are where a lot of ankle breaks from sprains occur.

Otherwise, good luck and godspeed!

after a week or so of intense wrapping and icing, if it still hurts while your immobile, something is probably torn or broken but until then just find a sketchy friend or somebody in your apartment complex to sell you vicodin or percocet.

[maggot brain]

its just one sprained ankle man the fuck up and get to walk

[Bobbito]

that sucks. I used to have to stand around bagging groceries and then collect shopping carts in the cold on a sprained ankle. Amputating would be tight though it'd e like this

[grimcity]

For over the counter pain killers, take ibuprofen because it's also an anti inflammatory and it won't fuck your liver up like aspirin will if you decide to have some booze.

As far as bosses and injuries, I'm 35 and I've been at my state agency for about 8 years now... if I come to work with a scratch people assume I did it skating, nobody really cares though. Been sprained a couple of times, but luckily I sit most of the day. When I worked food service it was fucking hard. Walking on it does it no good, do the RICE as mentioned and only walk if you have to. Ace bandages are good for compression, but if you have to go to work with the injury, buy an athletic sport brace with some rigidity... like the stiff plastic kind or the canvas ones with the rows of metal grommets inside the material.

Fucking hate ankles.

[MyUserName]

Fucking hate ankles.

[Goblinshark]

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Fucking hate ankles.

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[layzieyez]

It's been months since I sprained mine and it is still fucked.  And I work in a hospital.  They're probably going to cut me open to fix it.  I'll see after the MRI in a couple of weeks.  Pretty sure I tore something.

[BFKskateboards]

i sprained mine in early may and just as it was starting to return to normal i sprained it again

this was right when it happened

this was a couple weeks later

its been about a month and a half since that last pic and its still swollen

[few123456789]

I feel your pain, so to speak.  I've broken both my ankles to the point that I have to wear an aircast-thingy when I skate.

In any event, I'm also limited right now on the things I skate.  Not because I'm embarrassed, but I can't be hobbling around on crutches.  I have a job to do.  Is what it is.  Part of being grown up. 

It sucks.  But reality sucks sometimes. 

[TheFreshSC]

i haven't had an ankle injury since the 7th grade. it's my knees/back/feet that get all sorts of fucked up

[Commercial D]

Find some of this you pussy-ass bitch:

[sexualhelon]

Haha thanks for the replies you guys...well aside from the really mean ones. But yeah, it's crazy; 22 years of skating and doing random shit and I've never fucked up anything aside from a wrist until now. I twisted it and had a minor sprain 2 weeks ago and then just totally fucked it up the day I took that pic. But check it out....here's a pic on day 3 1/2. I've pretty much decided I'm gonna get this thing checked out monday.

[H8R part 4]

Haha thanks for the replies you guys...well aside from the really mean ones. But yeah, it's crazy; 22 years of skating and doing random shit and I've never fucked up anything aside from a wrist until now. I twisted it and had a minor sprain 2 weeks ago and then just totally fucked it up the day I took that pic. But check it out....here's a pic on day 3 1/2. I've pretty much decided I'm gonna get this thing checked out monday.

go to an acupuncturist, its way cheaper than a visit to the hospital(around $50ish depending).
they'll drain the blood to relieve the swelling, put a couple of needles in you and give you shock therapy(i don'treally know what to call it) and put foot under a heat lamp for about 30 minutes or so. 
you'll limp in but i guarantee you'll walk out.  i swear by it.     

[Star Whores Episode I: The Fellatio Menace]

i sprained my ankle today and I start work tomorrow. i shall hide my limp

[BFKskateboards]

ive been skating for only 5-6 years and ive gotten hurt more than people who have skated for like 20 years proabably. i dont even skate dangerous shit that often.

[sexualhelon]

So, ended up being as bad a sprain as you can get. Had to take a week off work and got acupuncture on that bitch - fucking worked wonders, Thanks to the guy who recommended it. I love you. My toes and everything ended up turning purple. Still not all the way better, may take up to 2 months, but at least I can go back to work. Sucked paying the doctor bill and having to take a week off. I now know the agony of ankle injuries and to all gents who encounter them, may a squadron of beautiful vaginas find their way to your penis during recovery.