A swollen ankle and a very tired girl!

So, my ankle’s finally swollen up and is looking pretty bruised, and my knees are still sore so I can’t wear any trousers at all basically! On top of that somehow in my fall I seem to have rubbed the back of my foot, which is now also red and sore so I’m also very limited in the footwear department! So whatever the weather, I’m in shorts, skirts and flip flops!
My ankle, annoyingly, is now not at all painful. It hurt the day I did it, caused a slight limp and stiffness yesterday, and is now absolutely fine. I’m guessing the fact it’s still swollen means its still healing so I shouldn’t run on it, but it’s pretty frustrating that I feel FINE and could probably get through a short, gentle run (if that’s possible with my spare tyres!) without it FEELING like I’m doing any damage, and I don’t feel like I can sit around even feeling sorry for myself without the pain! So I’m left feeling mentally and physically fine but biologically (sort of) I can’t DO anything!
So I’m resting, icing, compressing and elevating as all good websites tell me to do. I’m seeing the nurse tomorrow so I might ask her when she thinks I can run on it. It’s pretty confusing having an ankle that feels fine but looks agonising! Normally when I feel poorly I’m sat there wishing I LOOKED more ill so people would give me more sympathy. Now it’s like the other way round.
I was meant to be working this week too but called up and cancelled when I fell, thinking it’d be unfair on them to leave it and see how I feel in a few days knowing how difficult staffing can be sometimes. Now I’m also sat thinking I could have worked and earned some cash anyway. But no, I know I need to rest it, and it’s kind of nice to know that I have the final week of the summer holidays before going back to working at school, even though I know I’ll end up using it to prepare for the first week back, it does seem like a luxury unexpectedly having that time.
So that’s that really. Quite a long blog considering I have no actual running to report on! But even still, part of being a runner is coping with injuries and time off, so I guess it’s important to share this part of my running with you guys too. Got my 10k race on 22nd September. God knows when the last time I ran 10k and I know I won’t be in my best shape yet but I’m still determined to get there and get through it. Any new readers who want to support me I’ll put a link back up once I’m running again, I’m raising money for Cancer Research, and this is my one race in 2012 when I ask for donations (I do a lot of charity runs throughout the year for the personal challenge but only ask for sponsorship in one of them). I won’t put it up until I am running again just in case but if you’re desperate to donate you’ll find a link if you scroll back far enough
So that’ll do for now happy running (soooo jealous of any of you who can!) x