Ligament injury in the knee.

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It looks like I'll be home for at least a couple of days, resting up my injured knee. I guess it wasn't enough to have fractured bones 3 times in the last 18 months, I had to go and sprain ligaments now. This morning there was black ice outside, and I didn't even know it. I went to take Jazz for a walk since he couldn't go out in the backyard. We didn't make it out far enough for him to do his business. I slipped on the black ice and fell on my right hip, but my left leg went flying the wrong direction, probably behind me, and that's when the ligaments were sprained. I felt pain in my hip as well, but that hasn't bothered me as much as my knee. I knew I was in trouble, so I managed to get my phone out of my pocket(never leave home without it!) and called my roommate to help me. I was glad he was home, otherwise I would have been in big trouble. He grabbed Jazz's leash and let him off of it, then got me up off the ground. He walked me to the middle of the road where there was no ice and walked after Jazz. I got home and sat on the couch and just put my leg up. I was not going anywhere for the time being. I called my boss and left her a message about what had happened, so she knew I probably wouldn't be working today because of this. I sat there for another hour or so, looking up ligament injuries, trying to figure out which one I would have damaged. When I read about it, I knew which one I had gotten. The pain wasn't getting any better and my knee was starting to swell and get cold, so I made a call to the health line. I was told to go to the hospital immediately. And that's exactly what I did. I wasn't surprised about what I was told, but I was surprised at how many people were there because they fell on ice like I did. But most who fell fractured something, so I was lucky in that case. I sprained the LCL and possibly nicked the meniscus ligament as well, but there was no fracture to the fibula head, which the dr. was worried about. That was a good sign for sure. The thought of having to wear a full leg cast for the rest of winter was not looking like a good thing at all. I had an appointment booked for the fracture clinic, they had to book it for tomorrow morning, which is going to be a tricky trip for me. I have to get up the hill to the bus stop without falling, and I know it's going to be extremely slick in the morning when I go. I need to make sure that I don't fall again. Hopefully a few days of rest will help me. I was supposed to deliver a fridge on Friday, and now I'm not sure if I'll be able to do so now. I hope I still can. It doesn't look like the ligaments are torn, if they were, I'd need surgery and I wouldn't want to go through that, so I'm praying that I don't get told that when I go. Here's hoping.