Not Again!

I'm hurt...again. I've have some little injuries all summer but this time I'm really hurt and I'll be off the ice for bit. This sucks!

On Sunday evening I was messing around with some floor jumps at home. I wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary. I practice floor jumps at home all the time. I usually start with the easiest jumps and work my way up to the harder ones. I did one waltz jump and it was okay so I did another. When I landed the second one, I came down on my landing leg a goofy way and I heard an audible "pop" in my right calf and then I was on the floor unable to get up. I was home alone at the time since my husband was at work so I had to crawl to my phone and text him about it. I wasn't able to put any weight on my right leg and the pain was increasing. When he finally got home, I told him I wanted to just wait until Monday morning to go to the orthopedist instead of going to the ER that night. I figured they would just send me to the ortho anyway so let's just skip the ER (and the copay) and go right to the people who can actually help me. Luckily, I still have my crutches, boot, and scooter from when I broke my leg two years ago so I can at least be mobile.

So, on Monday afternoon, I went to the ortho's office and saw the same doctor who fixed my leg a couple of years ago. It's no surprise that he remembered me. In fact, I think they all know me now. I was just there four weeks ago for the hand surgery. Ugh. Embarrassing. They did an x-ray to make sure there were no broken bones but, from what I was describing to them, they initially thought I ruptured my Achilles. X-rays came back fine so they started poking and prodding my right ankle/calf. They pressed my Achilles and my foot moved on its own so they determined that it wasn't an Achilles injury (thankfully, because that would have required surgery). However, it looks like I tore a calf muscle so they put a wedge in my boot and ordered me to stay off the ice for at least 6 weeks. Damn.

I'm just...I have no words right now. I spent the whole summer battling some kind of pain and now this. I finally had a really good lesson on Saturday and I did well at my competition the week before that. I was really starting to feel like I turned the corner on all this bad luck I've been having.

I went to the rink yesterday to tell my coach in person what the diagnosis was (but mostly I just wanted to be at the rink). It feels like home to me. I love the smell and I could watch people skate all day and never tire of it. All I wanted was to get on the ice with them and work on stuff. Sigh.

So, I may not update as frequently as I usually do because there really won't be anything to update about. I just have to sit around and wait for this to heal. It might be a nice little break and maybe I really do need to just sit around and not push myself for a while. I've made comebacks before, I'll make one again. As far as my new boots/blades go, I asked them to just keep them aside for me. I'll be back to get them but I can't fit my stupid foot in them now so I'll need to wait a couple of months in order to try them on and get blades mounted and such. That's another disappointment.