twists of fate, ankles, necks

while riding my bike home from work yesterday my handlebar got a bit too close to a very inconspicuous bright orange plastic fence and with a skid and a boom, next thing i know both my palms are on the ground, bracing my face inches from the cement. fierce pain in my ankle and the fear that my leg was broken took over as i half sat up and saw my leg pinned at a funny angle beneath the bike. moving it just a little bit told me it wasn't and on the second attempt was able to lift my bike up and slide my injured leg out. the major damage was i twisted my ankle and developed an egg of inflammation beneath my outer ankle bone. i bruised my knee up and tweaked it but it isn't taking center stage away from the ankle. the other minor actors are one scuffed up palm and one deeply bruised palm. there are some other scrapes and bruises, but the director is a tough one to impress and so they are not making the bill. the inflammatory egg is the one to pay attention to because eventually he will die, and you will applaud when he does because he's a nasty beast. the cards are stacked against him from the beginning because the director emphasizes the roles of ice and elevation and their character development is played out strongly. while i was still on the ground, i immediately thought about the backpacking trip on schedule for next week. will i still go? should i call my friend right away and tell her we may have to postpone or should i wait and see how bad it is? come to find out, she is suffering from twisting her neck as of this morning. we both get twisted joints within 12 hours of each other. and we are both losing a day's wage. my meager livelihood (sp?) depends on me being able to get up and down from sitting on the floor easily and often carrying twenty pounds or so. and realistically this happens like twenty times an hour. i can't even swing my own body weight easily right now, much less a child too. hopefully it will heal fast. i am using my dad's highly suspect wonder remedy - DMSO, a major anti-inflammatory used on horses. give a shout if you want some Grace...