Ouch

[telophase]

I sprained my foot at 2:30AM thanks to a cat. I was in the bathroom, she
was in front of me, I attempted to step over her, she bolted right where my
foot was going down, and in an effort to not kill her, somehow my foot
ended up hitting the floor the wrong way.

I spent most of the rest of the night between drowsing and dreaming that I
was telling Toby about it and lying awake going AUGH THIS HURTS

No it didn’t occur to me to ice it.

The health care system our doc works in has after-hours clinics so we went
there this morning. Coincidentally our doc was there today, which was quite
nice. Got my foot x-rayed to rule out a break, got a scrip for a painkiller
to take at night. As I have some flat, stuff sandals she didn’t prescribe a
surgical shoe, on the basis that it usually makes people’s knee hurt
because it’s not the same thickness as the shoe on the other foot.

And of course I hobbled around the grocery store as we were waiting for the
pharmacy to fill the prescription, but that means now a pork shoulder is
roasting so we can eat off that for the next few days.

Toby is off at Target getting some bath mats that are light colored and
won’t hide the cat at night. Not that it would have helped last night, but
she likes to sleep on them at night and we’ve both accidentally kicked her
while shuffling into the bathroom in the dark.

Ah well.

Comments

[yhlee]

Oh no! Feel better soon.

[telophase]

Thanks! I went ahead and took one of my painkillers as it was hurting quite a bit, and I've been watching the art course videos, but I think I'm going to take a nap before I start thumbnailing. XD

[movingfinger]

Ow

That's pretty... stubborn of Nefer, to persist in lying where she's been kicked before! She showed you though! Ha ha! (Does picking up the bathmat work, or does she just lie there anyway? And what is it with bathmats---all my cats have loved them too. Special feets smells?)

Hope it feels better soon! Gentle massage can help keep it from stiffening up too much.

[telophase]

If we pick up the bathmats she won't lie there, but it wouldn't help with situations like night before last, because when you're, er, otherwise occupied in the bathroom she likes to sit between your feet. If we shut the door completely (a) the loud CLICK as the doors close wakes up the other person and (b) she'll sit outside the door and yell until we let her in.

Our new rule now is to ALWAYS shuffle instead of trying to step over her.

Sora hates bathmats, by the way! I think it's something to do with the texture, but I'm not sure--as a kitten he'd fight the bathmats, and my oldest one still has holes in the bottom from where he tried to disembowel it. Nowadays he just walks around it or jumps over it as necessary. He'll walk on them only if there's no other way, and does it as quickly as possible.

[movingfinger]

That is incredibly cute and incredibly annoying! Special Alone Time for Nefer! Cats, man. Cats.

It is unfortunate that the bathmats vanquished Sora in the long run and traumatized him.

[jenett]

Oh no!

I have the small black cat of doom, who is very easy to trip over in the dark (being, you know, black) and who also does not make any noise as a rule. Fortunately, she has learned to mostly stay out from under my feet at night (and instead sprawl and take over more of the bed I was just in...) but I live in fear of something like that.

I hope the pain eases off soon!

[telophase]

Thanks! Both our cats are grey and black tabbies, so quite well camouflaged. You'd think they'd learn that the giants they live with are big and clumsy, but nooooo!

[thomasyan]

Sympathies!

Hm, I wonder if glow-in-the-dark mats are an untapped market....

[telophase]

Thanks!

[selenite0]

Ouch. That's unpleasant. I hope you have a quick recovery.

(I've had enough sprains that I've started wearing combat boots full time for support. Maybe I need to start doing that in the house.)

[telophase]

Thank you!

[viridian5]

Ow! I hope you feel less pain soon. Did the doctor suggest rest, ice, compression, and elevation? (With how often I roll my ankles, RICE is a way of life for me.)

[telophase]

Thanks! And yeah--I spent some time yesterday with an icepack, and will probably do so today as well.

[lilysea]

Ow!

Hope you feel better soon!

I have some topical cream suggestions from my physiotherapist if you would like them: let me know, I don't wanna be unsolicited advicey at you.

[telophase]

Thanks! And sure, go ahead. :)

[lilysea]

1. Reduces bruising/swelling

Hirudoid cream
https://hirudoid.com.au/hirudoid.com.au/index.html

2. Reduces pain/inflammation

Voltaren Gel - there are also cheaper generics, look for diclofenac gel. The only advantage of the brand name type is that the tubes are easier to squeeze (soft plastic tubes instead of metal tubes.)

DO NOT LET CATS LICK VOLTAREN GEL.

https://www.voltaren.com.au/products/voltaren-emulgel/

[telophase]

Thanks!

[loligo]

It is an absolute miracle that no one in my family has been injured the same way (KNOCK ON WOOD). (Andy's dog did knock him over and break his arm when he was a kid, but we're not talking dogs here.)

Hope it improves soon!

[telophase]

Thanks! I think this is the worst I've been injured by a cat so far--previously, the record was held by my mom's former cat who was sitting on my shoulder as a kitten, got fascinated by the movement of my eyelashes, and scratched my eye. I ended up with a topical antibiotic and seeing double out of that eye for a few days.

[elistaire]

I hope you are able to heal quickly!

So many times I've had to step awkwardly to avoid stepping on a cat or a dog...it's a wonder we aren't all hobbling around all the time.

[telophase]

Thanks!

I read an AskReddit thread some time back that wanted healthcare pros to explain what was dangerous about everyday things that nobody thought about, and several of them chimed in that tripping over household pets brought a lot of people in to the ER< especially the elderly. I totally believe it.