| I would go in. Two stories:
1) Many years ago I took a fall while skiing. I fell forward and "across" my right foot. The bindings did not release but my foot was able to "twist" inside the boot. I ripped the daylights out of the top/outer ligaments in my right foot. X-rays showed that the bones weren't broken. It still took a full year before I could walk up and down stairs without feeling pain.
2) Two weeks ago our symphony's 1st violist took a step backwards... ill advised. He fell off the stage (a 4 foot drop) and landed on his left foot. Damage proved to be: tibia broken in 3 places (all near the ankle). Ankle dislocated. Ligaments ripped all to heck and gone. He'll be over a year before he's fully recovered and that is with full rehab etc. He's now got more metal in his ankle/tibia than you can shake an airport detector at.
The ankle is an extremely complex joint that is (relatively) easy to "ignore". If you don't want to be SERIOUSLY hampered later in life, get it looked at NOW before you do secondary damage from which there might be no chance of full recovery.
(And what's wrong with having a cast or a brace on a trip? You'll get excellent customer service, the best seat, lots of leg-room, solicitous babes looking after your every whim, even someone to carry your case of batons!) |