I broke my ankle and now I must spend my summer on the sofa 😭

Food and TV!

Get well soon!

Have a wank.

Repeat, repeat, repeat....

Learning new things and only revealing the results is a good start in todays at all costs meritocracy. I hate to dox myself but I’ve been there, except it was my heel bone that got cracked. Like 2 days before a very very important job meeting, it got broken and I’m still cringing for just showing up in that condition. It was with mainly American people, so they were most likely thinking that I was doing at least 50 things wrong by showing up, yet the British people singled me out and started driving me around in a cart. I was thankful but the whole time thinking that I destroyed my future by showing up. The couch is the most harm free option for keeping your job. There is a difference between an excuse and a reason, but it isn’t common knowledge and it’s politically neutral so therefore ignored.

Smoke copious amounts of pot.

uh, get crutches and stay active?

Silly, r14.

Try not to get FAT!

Oh! I’m forgot to add “,silly!” at the end.

Whatever. This place is so full of posters that Jane only been here for 3 years but will lecture you on “how we do things on DL” that that reference will go right over their heads anyway.

[quote]Smoke copious amounts of pot.

I think R3 has that covered.

r3, I'm sorry you went through all that. I'm a teacher so fortunately, I don't have to worry about my job. I am trying to keep to a schedule, but I am very bored. I have a knee scooter, but I am very clumsy, which is how I got into this situation in the first place!

I know a girl who broke her ankle and spent her summer on the sofa. AND THEN SHE DIED!

Get a pair of binoculars and watch what's going on in the apartment building across the alley.

Nude ass up and have an anonymous free for all, all summer long. Come and get it boys, I can't run away!

See R4

Cheetos and jerking off.

r15 talk about dick cheese.

Since you'll need to keep your foot elevated, get a sling. Then post a sign outside your door that says "Open for Business".

At least go to a seaside town and sit on a sofa there so you can see the ocean and catch a breeze. Don't wallow in your own filth all summer. Get moving in a wheelchair if you must. At least you can park anywhere you want when your friends drive you to get ice cream.

I broke my soul.

I broke my ankle and now I must spend my summer on the sofa. How should I spend my time?

Consider your inevitable future, fatso.

If you have cute feet offer your toes online to foot fetishists.

Get a good pair of binoculars and start spying on your neighbors.

jerking off

R22 is not R12.

R23 is not R2.

This will not be your Celebrated Summer.

Hire escorts/rent boys. Go full couch caftan queen and once you're healed transform into fitness/gym queen.

[quote]How should I spend my time?

Trying to shake your doctor down for some Ozempic so you can lose all the weight you're about to gain 😶

How did you break your ankle, OP?

I bet it was freaky sex, r28.

For you, OP.

Don’t be such a baby OP. I broke my ankle and was out of commission for about a week, and that was recovering from surgery. It wasn’t pleasant but I didn’t stay holed up home alone for the three months I was in a non-weight bearing plaster cast.

Crutches are a great upper body workout. If you have stairs, go up and down on your ass. Get yourself one of these scooters. You also could use a raised toilet seat with handles and a shower chair with handles. I would cover my cast in a kitchen garbage bag and tape it off with masking tape to keep it dry in the shower.

So there are casts that allow you to walk around? Could you go upstairs in it? I have a temporary cast on right now because I couldn't get in to see an orthopedic specialist until Monday. I have a scooter and I've been scooting around my boyfriend's house all week. Crutches are like torture for me -- I've got massive bruises from where I used them. I'm a woman and NOT FAT and don't plan on getting fat!

I actually miss the winter/spring I broke my ankle and had to have surgery and physical therapy. It was painful, briefly, then nothing but relaxation: just me hanging out in bed and on the couch. Pop over to the physical therapist for some gossip and a super light workout on the ankle. Back to the couch. And since it took a while to heal, I could use it as an excuse to get out of doing stuff I didn’t want to do after I was walking again. I didn’t gain any weight because I was really mindful of calories from the start and just cut back.

You can imagine how much I loved COVID lockdowns…sigh

r32/OP, I was in a non-weight bearing, temporary cast for 3 months. It came up to my knee.That means you can't walk on it. I had it changed about every week - 10 days, whenever I saw the orthopedist. When it came off for good, I was in a walking cast with crutches, a big Frankenstein like thing but it could come off to shower (seated) and for sleeping. A variety of braces after 2 months of that. All in, it was about a six - eight month recovery, plus months of physical therapy. I had a compound fracture that required hardware to repair (some has since been removed in a second surgery, the rest is still holding my bones together) and damaged tendons and ligaments.

I scooted upstairs backward on my butt. I had a second pair of crutches so I had a pair at the bottom of the stairs and also the top. The scooter was great for getting around and was quite the conversation starter.

You are not using the crutches correctly. They shouldn't actually touch your armpits unless you are standing and resting on them. Lower them, there should be the height setting on the sides of the crutches, you may want to even go to the setting below your height.

And, yes, you probably are going to get so fat if you lay around on the couch all summer.

Oh wow, it sounds like your injury was really bad! I scooted backwards up the stairs myself to get into my apartment the other day. I don't think I could do that daily, so I'm staying at my boyfriend's. I had my crutches adjusted, but I still am having problems using them. I am very clumsy-- which is how I injured myself (I missed a step down). The scooter is a lifesaver. Thanks for all your advice, r34! 💖

The internet is for porn.

Find a nearby nude resort.

I am back with an update! I have lost FOUR POUNDS since I've been confined to my sofa. Jealous?

You need to hire male masseurs to stop by each day - opt for erotic massage.

How did you get an accurate weight with one leg in a cast?

See if you can get a walking cast or switch to a walking cast once sufficient healing has occurred.

Rewatching Melrose Place

[quote] See if you can get a walking cast or switch to a walking cast once sufficient healing has occurred.

I have a boot that I can take off when I'm at home. No cast! But I can't drive with it.

[quote] Rewatching Melrose Place

On DL's advice, I am watching MILF Manor.

sorry OP. I'm laid up from mercury poisoning myself.