on second thought...

over the past nine days, i convinced myself that my ankle is indeed NOT broken.  yes, my foot is every color of the rainbow and yes, it is swollen such that there is no discernable difference between my calf and ankle (i can check "have a cankle" off my bucket list), but in my mind, broken ankles are supposed to be painful.  really painful. like, requiring more than ibuprofen a few times a day painful.  mr. orthopedist said crutches for 3-4 weeks, but i was ready to be off of them after one.  and i'm not being "tough" and i don't have some superhumanly high pain tolerance, it just honest to goodness has not been the level of discomfort i expected.

until today.

damn, this hurts.  

maybe it is broken after all.