To call in sick?

@iminpain I have no idea why your innocuous thread has attracted some very unpleasant posters.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Why are you still reading/posting on it, then? What an arrogant post.

@OutOfTheOtherSideyou sound like you require a little emotional intelligence.

Falling is a really shock to your system and a cry is good to release it.
I did too.
This thread is such a perfect example of how ugly and nasty people can be.
I'm so blessed not to have people like this in my circle.
One of my buddies fell recently and was walking about on it for a few weeks thinking it was a bad sprain, an xray told her it was a break.
We have all gathered around her bringing lunch and fussing generally as decent friends do.

Your foot could feel very tight and especially sore in the morning.
You really need to rest it as much as possible.
You poor pet.

I hope you're feeling a bit better today OP. Can't believe you got so many nasty replies. I've had loads of injuries over the years - breaks and sprains. I would consider I have a high pain threshold but when I had an avulsion fracture on my ankle I was in agony. My ankle was massive and black. I was put in a boot for 4 weeks, 2 weeks after still to wear it if I went out. I also attended the fracture clinic afterwards. It might be considered a minor injury because it heals well but it's not minor from a pain perspective. I was offered heavy duty Painkillers/anti inflammatories for first week. It's a fecking sprain and a break in one, on your little ankle joint that carries your entire body weight - how could it Not be massively painful. Hugs OP.

I rolled my ankle playing netball. Heard the crack. Went to a&e - the nurse practitioner said it was a sprain to rehab it as much as possible to get back to playing (was also told x-ray would be reviewed by a consultant)

3 weeks later, still unable to really put my foot down. Went to GP - GP referred me to Hospital.

5 weeks later went to hospital appointment, where the consultant asked me how it was. I replied with 'it still really hurts and I struggle to put weight on it' He then replied 'I'm not surprised, you've got a nasty displaced fracture'

At that point I was plastered, and then required reconstruction surgery to fix it. I now have arthritis in my ankle.

You need to get clarity OP. I would be going back to the GP and getting an answer and proper treatment. They can and do make mistakes at a&e.

Doesn't that rather obviously depend on what does at their desk? 🤨

I had an avulsion fracture of my heel. They said it was a sprain then called me two days later to say it was a fracture. No treatment, no boot or anything. It was very bruised, swollen and painful but I managed to walk by dragging the foot. I ended up having physio after as it’s painful and tbh it’s never been right since. Hope you feel better soon.

read the thread, or at least OPs posts

Hope you feel better soon OP and get to the bottom of whether it’s a sprain or fracture. Some real nasty women on mumsnet in recent years, such a shame its gone so downhill on here. Maybe MN need to start issuing warnings and then ban IP addresses.

Go to work and seek painkillers from first aid cupboard. Do your best to work for the day.
You need to reconnect. If you think you need an xray etc... organise from work and take the rest of day off.
But I am stoic and born last century.

Why don't you have a day off from being a bit of a bellend

You can slightly overlap hydrocolloidal/blister plasters to cover a bigger area.
They sell it on a roll now, it's great, I rarely use old fashioned plasters anymore.

I've had lifelong ankle and knee problems from a badly treated sprained ankle (swollen to double the size) in my early teens. Don't underestimate this.

It's her ankle that's poorly, not her fingers! I managed to be on Mumsnet while I was off work with Covid for a week. I felt dreadful but I could still read and type.

Could I see your medical credentials please?
A serious sprained ankle takes significantly longer to heal and is more painful than a broken ankle.

Adrenaline often masks pain of other injuries so quite possible the wrist or elbow had injuries.

Hope you are ok OP. I fell a year ago abd my knee ligaments are still dodgy.

Have you got a colloid plaster? They are game changers. You put one on and don’t need to take it off for at least five days and it encourages healing. They are like blister plasters for cuts.

edited to add, I see somebody else has also given you that advice!

Depends on how old she is.
as I got older I don’t bounce back form falls in same way. I get a hefty dose of shock and pain is way worse

also I fell twice within 3 years, at work itself. Whilst travelling abroad. I was in my 50s. I struggled around work, then finally went to hospital. Both times I’d broken bones- an ankle and then later my elbow. I didn’t even bloody know, just knew it jolly well hurt and thought I couldn’t be woss, or “absolutely ridiculous “ so soldiered on stupidly.

sometimes people don’t realise straightaway, I never have when I’ve broken bones. Once it took 6 weeks for medics to X-ray a supposed strain to find I’d broken metatarsals, and needed a full boot, foot has been twisted since.

If she’s in a lot of pain, then a sensible work place will make sure she gets checked over by first aider, and if in any doubt a run to hospital.

Get well soon. I know the feeling. I am crying about this too. What made it worse at a&e yesterday was I told them I was allergic to ibuprofen and on my prescription was Brufen so I asked the secretary to double check. Not uk but it should have been in my patient file. Changed the painkiller but only because I questioned it.

Oh man! I saw your post when it first popped up and came back to check you were okay! Poor you! That’s awful! I hate how inconsistent the care can be in the uk! I’ve since moved countries and can choose which GP is my specific doctor and I’ve picked one who is competent and really useful!

I would go see your GP too! Can you fill in one of those online appointment things and provide a picture? If it looks sore they might be more likely to book you in. Hope you feel better soon!

What is it with people like you who are posting such unkind comments? Do you get some sort of pleasure from being nasty and down right ridiculous? Just out of interest what would be your threshold for taking sick leave, a severed limb, uncontrolled bleeding, projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea. I have been staggered by the nastiness on this thread, i've had a sprained ankle, I was in a great deal of pain, immobile for several days and had a weakened ankle for a few years. Hope it never happens to you

I contacted PALS after a recent stay in hospital as my discharge notes were incorrect. They had put the pain I presented with to A&E as lower abdomen when it was upper abdomen and that I was asthmatic. I am not asthmatic, patient in the next bed was. I got my discharge notes corrected.

I found it a bit concerning that they'd made these errors but cannot fault A&E or the hospital I was transferred to for their care of me otherwise.