So the past 2 days, I've been getting this headache all day, coupled with nausea. I try to go to sleep at nights and I have even more trouble than usual, because of this headache and nausea. I even wake up with them! I thought I'd be able to sleep them off. What is wrong?!

I think I just have nothing to do. Too much computer and TV and lying around. Either that, or the unsteadiness from moving around in crutches, thus the nausea. Haha. Oh well, only speculations.

Yesterday was my long awaited appointment with the sports clinic at CGH. My doc is my Dad's cousin, small world eh. And then I had my first physio session, and it becomes an even smaller world, my physiotherapist was my old neighbour!

Anyway, here's what I've learnt about my right ankle. I tore all 3 ligaments, and suffered bone impact on the inner part of the ankle too. The doc also told me 2 scary things. 1) I've been trying to walk the past 2 days, putting weight on my foot and all, BUT he said that since my ligaments are torn, there's nothing holding the 2 bones together, and if I put weight on my foot the bones will shift apart. If that happens, I would need to undergo surgery to put a screw in my leg holding those 2 bones together. Imagine my horror! 2) My inner ankle was bruised so bad, and hurts so much because of bone impact. When I fell, the 2 bones banged against each other and are 'injured', if the pain still persists in 3 months, that means I chipped or fractured the joints there and need a surgery to remove the bone fragments.

Well, hearing all that from the doc, the physiotherapist didn't bother mincing her words too. She just gave it to me as it is. Pressing and examining my ankle (that really hurt!), she just let out this loud "pffff" and said "yours is bad". *Sulks*

If I want to go back to badminton, I can do it in 3 months, IF I work hard enough during physio. Then I'd have to tape my ankle, and then wear an ankle guard. I'm thinking, since I have to tape my ankle from now on, I might as well go back to taping my knees too. But this nagging feeling tells me I won't be able to play badminton or Muay Thai for at least 6 months. :(

OH. There's this talus & tibia check, for the ankle to see if the talus moves away from the tibia, and if it does that means the ligaments are torn. The doc did that for my left (the foot which I thought was fine) and he went "Woah. This is also gone". So I have a torn ligament in my foot which I totally depend on now. Arghhhh!

I'd never thought a sprain could get this bad ...

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