Laughing the pain away

As most of you probably know, I broke my right ankle a week ago (March 24th, 2011) playing softball. I'll tell the story in an upcoming post. It's been an interesting experience and my spirits have been high during most of it–at least so far!

This is the first significant injury of my life. I broke a toe when I was around five years old and I remember that hurting a LOT more than this! But, I was also five years old. Adult pain tolerance < child pain tolerance.

I think it would be helpful for me to chronicle my journey back to health because it will:
1. Keep me entertained
2. Keep you entertained
3. Inform those who, like myself 8 days ago, had never broken a bone, and what it feels like throughout the healing process.

So, here we go!

I was searching online for forums about breaking your ankle and trying to find helpful hints. So far I haven't found anything significant. But this website was pretty funny to me! The contributers are all women who have broken their ankles (and more). Many of their injuries occurred playing softball or slipping on ice, so I'm glad to know that I'm not alone in my softball-injury-fiasco!

I'll be back soon with interesting posts about this process.