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I stepped off the door step of my neighbor (tenant in apartment 1, same building). I felt pain in my left ankle so I shifted my balance to my right leg, stepped in a hidden hole then I heard a snap and fell to the ground. I yelled out; "I broke it", as I fell. I called my fiancรฉ at work to come take me to the ER. My right ankle was X-rayed and I was treated for my pain. When the X-rays were ready, the doctor informed me that my right ankle was broken in 3 places, and ordered for it to be splinted. I got me crutches, and prescribed pain medication for me, then I was released, given care and follow up instructions. On 9/15/2015 at 8am, I followed up with the doctor as per emergency room instructions. The doctor informed me that my right ankle was broke in 3 almost 4 places, and I needed surgery to repair the break. He ordered for a more stable splint to be put on my ankle, prescribed pain medication for me, and scheduled my surgery on 9/17/2015 at 9:30 am. When the doctor consulted with me after my surgery, he informed me that in order to repair my ankle, it was necessary to use 10 screws and an eyelet plate. He screwed 2 approximately 3" long screws, upward through the ankle into the tibia, to repair my inner ankle. To repair my outer ankle, he screwed 8 approximately 1" long screws and an eyelet plate, into the fibula bone just above the outer ankle to align and mend the 2 breaks in it, and splinted it. I followed up with the doctor on 10/1/2015. New X-rays were taken, the splint and stitches were removed, and I was fitted with a walking boot/air cast. I was instructed to be non-weight bearing in the boot, and to only remove the boot to shower, and to preform gentle range of motion exercises 3-4 times daily.