<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="boomana" data-cid="548907" data-time="1354229661"><p>It is pretty. <img data-cke-saved-src="http://pub.head-case.org//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png" src="http://pub.head-case.org//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png" class="bbc_emoticon" title=":)" /><br /><br />The good news is that's it's not broken, nor have I done any significant new damage, even though I still can put no weight on it without screaming pain. The cast is to completely immobilize it to "cool it down," and revist in two weeks. I asked the wtf with the pain if I'd not done new damage, and he took out a highlighter on this section of my MRI report:<br /><br />Severe ankle joint osteoarthritis with complete loss of cartilage along the bulk of the tibial plafond as well as essentially complete loss of cartilage along the medial talar dome. There is marked bony hypertrophy along the syndesmosis, worse on the tibila side and there is evidence of prior ORIF of the distal fibula. This is clearly chronic. Large subcortical cysts are forming on both sides of hte markedly degenerated tibiotalar joint. Chronic moderate posterior subtalar joint osteroarthristis. Osteoarthristis of the third tarsometatarsal joint, also likely chronice. Mild pre-Archilles bursitis. This could be an acute finding.<br /><br />I have to look up what most of that means, but I don't really care. Truth is I'm thrilled. It's just my regular old messed up ankle that I love. Apparently falling eight feet onto whatever that report is talking about needs to be avoided, but I'll be fine. It may take two weeks. It may take two months. I'll be back to normal, and that's all tha matters.</p></blockquote>arghhh the fracture just has screwed up the tiny balance on that joint, so the chronic damage now has decided to ache. Possibly pain will go away once you can start PT. Sorry Vicki, get well soon.