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Old 05-24-2006, 06:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Medical Advice please (about an ankle)

I got hit 7 days ago by a bad throw from 3rd to 1st when I was coaching first base. Since then I have coached 2 games, taught 5 days of school and directed on my band concert. It hurts pretty bad and I have a little limp.

Today a doctor was at school and asked me why I was limping and I told him the story. He looked at my ankle and said it looked pretty bad and I should have X-rays done.

Yes, it hurts worse now than a week ago, but if it is broken would I have been able to walk on it for a week? If I haven't gone in for X-rays by now, what's the use? I leave on a trip in 10-days and I don't want to have a cast or a brace. If I take pain killers (or drink Mai Tais) I'm just fine with the pain.

What would you do? Is there a reason I should go in if I have been able to stand the pain this long?
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