This is more of a vent, but will try not to drip feed!
At the beginning of June I suffered an ankle injury whilst playing netball. I literally jumped up and came down on the outside of my ankle. Really unlucky and a hazard of the game! I felt it 'pop' and when I tried to get back up I couldn't stand on it. I went off and iced it. I then (in my wisdom) thought I'd just twisted it, so strapped it up and went back on for the last quarter.
After the game it was really hurting, and resulted in me going to a&e. I had 2 lots of x-rays, as the nurse wasn't sure if there was anything to see or not. In the end she decided (didn't see a doctor) that it was just a sprain and put a small splint on it. I was advised to move and get back to normal as quick as possible.
After 2 weeks on crutches not being able to weight bear, I started physio through the netball club. The physio said due to the pain I was still in and the swelling, I'd suffered a 3rd degree sprain which is full ligament rupture. We did massage and exercises accordingly for weeks.
6 weeks ago I was still in a lot of pain (still taking painkillers) and walking for longer than a minute was incredibly painful! I went back to the GP who referred me to the hospital.
2 weeks later I was seen by orthopaedics (SHO) who looked at my x-rays from before and said that it was definitely my ligaments and I would need surgery. He then told me to wait for an MRI scan to confirm which ligaments were damaged.
I waited 3 more weeks for an MRI (that was super quick as the GP had asked for it be expedited), and then had to go back today (2 weeks post MRI) for the results.
Today I see a consultant Orthopaedic surgeon, who asks me: 'How is your ankle?' I replied 'Still quite sore actually'. He replied 'I'm not surprised, you have quite a nasty fracture there' and proceeded to show me on the MRI. Now this was not what I was expecting, I was waiting to be told it was ligaments! He then said because I've been walking on it (as advised!) it hadn't had a chance to properly heal. He even showed me where the fracture was on the initial x-rays too, and couldn't understand how it was missed!
I'm now in plaster, and have to wait another 6 weeks before I go back to the fracture clinic for yet another x-ray to see if it's healed.
Because the fracture wasn't spotted, my recovery and return to sport has been delayed by months.
AIBU to be a little pissed off and feel a bit let down? I'm not NHS bashing, I know how hard the staff work, it's just frustrating that they missed my broken ankle!!