I've gotten some stuff done today: did some reading and responding for an online course I'm taking, answered numerous student emails (many from the same student, who emails me several times a day, and his questions never contain enough information to allow me to actually answer them), and worked on some job applications.

All that and a souvenir wine glass! To be honest, I love my souvenir wine glasses, I have been known to go to stuff just for those.

Although I seem to have misplaced a bag with a bottle of wine and a box of chocolate, alas. How I did that walking home without stopping I don't know, but the bag, it is not here.

I never heard of not taking NSAIDS right away, Juliebird. Because the inflamation serves a purpose in healing, is that the idea? RICE is all I know.

chickpeas, cauliflower, ricotta , sunflower seed, lemon juice, honey, garlic, onion, parsley, white pepper,salt, maybe a little mozzerella. Maybe a few shells to absorb liquid though there are enough carbs in the chickpeas. Sound good? Tomatoes and other forms of pepper or chiles not an option due to allergies on part of one person eating.

Because the inflamation serves a purpose in healing

-t, yeah, that's what I read in one article, but closed the tab and can't find it again. Not sure how to go about researching that, as I'm getting homeopathic results instead (like I was researching how to avoid taking NSAIDS period).

IDK, I can kinda see that, but the swelling is rough on the soft tissues and if you are elevating and immobilizing I think you are doing what the inflammation might accomplish anyway?

Wine and chocolates were at the booth where I bought them, and they remembered me and had held on to the bag, hooray! Also took the opportunity to get a plate of ribs, yum.

That sounds delish, Typo.

any quick tips for the first 24 hours beyond RICE? I also just read that I should wait that long to take any NSAIDS so that my body's* natural processes can do their thing with the inflammation.

Your body's gonna do what it's gonna do anyway; why not help it out? And, it's easier to stop pain from starting than to end it once it takes hold! 600 mgs ibuprofen twice a day, with 500 mgs tylenol if you need it. This is less than a prescription dose of either, and you can take the two together. I take this concoction fairly often for my back.

As -t says, part of the damage from a sprain comes from inflammation, so my approach is to take NSAIDs from the start and even double up on them. Tylenol is not anti-inflammatory, and you don't want to take Tylenol and percoset, because that doubles your Tylenol. For a sprain, I think it's ice and elevation until the swelling goes down significantly. Did they put on any kind of splint or bandage?

I feel like you need something that's some other color, Typo. Spinach, maybe?

You can take 800 mg of ibuprofen every 6-8 hours. I don't recommend doing it for weeks and months, but in the first few days after an injury? Do it. Drugs help your body out, yo.

Ooh, yeah, add a handful at the last minute so it's stays nice and bright green, just a splash of color and flavor. Or grated carrots, that would be pretty.

Or stick with the sophisticated white-on-white dish, that's kinda now, I hear.

You can take 800 mg of ibuprofen every 6-8 hours. I don't recommend doing it for weeks and months, but in the first few days after an injury? Do it. Drugs help your body out, yo.

That juxtaposed with this:

Ooh, yeah, add a handful at the last minute so it's stays nice and bright green, just a splash of color and flavor. Or grated carrots, that would be pretty.

Has me crying with laughter.