[injury, no blood] Well, I think I fucked up.

We had to do laundry desperately today, and as I was taking one of the baskets down I missed a step because I couldn’t see my feet and fell.

I didn’t think it was that bad, and I’m the only one who can do this, so I...got up and carried the other basket down to the car, into and out of the laundromat, and back up the stairs

It hurt, but not too badly to walk on

Then I lay down for a bit, and when I got up...it hurt a LOT to put weight on.

I’m currently elevating and icing it, but I’m terribly afraid I managed to break a foot bone or something and make it worse by going on as if nothing had happened

Oh no. D:

And THAT frightens me because it’s supposed to snow AGAIN tonight, and I’m the only one who can shovel and salt those very steps so my dad can get to his office without falling and hurting himself (again)

And there’s nothing I can do except rest it and ice it and pray it doesn’t need medical attention

Hilariously, I landed on my foot and my shin, and while my foot is swollen a bit and I can feel it in my shin, I don’t have a visible bruise

Bind it up, keep it elevated, keep it iced, take something anti inflammatory and stay off it

Speaking as somebody who has broken a foot bone before, I'm gonna say it's unlikely.

Definitely do your RICE, but when I broke my foot it was immediately very painful, and after sleep it was still very painful, showed livid red bruising, and even light touches to the skin were unbearable

I don't think I could have managed stairs at any point

Oh, that is good to know!

:3 ymmv and I am not a doctor but yeah I think the odds are in favor of a painful sprain rather than a break

That seems much more likely, I was just worriting

I have weak ankles and have had some BAD sprains and those'll definitely ruin your week, but there was really no comparison

oh yeah legit! foot/leg injuries are always big scary, especially when somebody depends on you being capable of standing up

My dad came up and when I described it he was like, “ohhhh, that one. I know all about that injury”

My dad, despite being a nerd, has enough jock tendencies to have experienced every lower body injury known to man

Gonna agree that it sounds more like a sprain-resting and elevating should help.

Problem: when you have short legs you end up resting weight on your feet when you sit at e.g. your computer

Currently in the armchair while my dad gets an ace bandage to wrap it with