Rumble, I'm sorry to hear about your ankle. I hope it heals sooner than the doc thinks it will.
When I was hit by the car 10 years ago, there was no sign of a fracture on the x-rays. ER would have sent me home, but the head of orthopedic surgery looked at my knee and said that there was definitely a fracture, as there was too much liquid around the knee for there to be anything else. Have you ever had liquid drained from an injury? Good god it hurts! Anyway, he booked me for an emergency MRI on that basis and it turned out there was a fracture of the tibial plateau (the top of the shinbone directly under the kneecap). It was going down through the top and that's why the x-rays didn't pick it up.
I hope something like that isn't going on with your ankle and that it really is a sprain. Comfrey is very good, and arnica gel will help with any bruising.
Hugs,
