With all due respect, lyonaria, if you yourself have had a sprained ankle before, it surprises me that you would assume that it's a "minor" inconvenience to anyone. That is ridiculous to me and I find it hard to believe you've had a sprained ankle before. You literally are supposed to stay off of it for at least a full week for even the most mild cases, which mine wasn't.
So let's break this down.
Sprained ankle + can't walk *ANY* long distances for 6 weeks + no car + foreigner = SOL
And my British friends know all of this. I'm not coming here to say "poor me." But if it were me and this happened to one of my friends, foreign or not, you can bet your bum I'd be there by their side. But that's me. Also, 3 housemates knew this was the situation as well. Not one offered to see if I needed anything - not ONCE.
I'm getting annoyed at the last 2 responses. In defense of my British friends? Trust me, they definitely knew how bad it was. They knew that I can't walk anywhere. They saw pictures of it. They knew I couldn't get around. I already said what my parent has to say about this - and basically he disagreed with everything the NHS doctor told me. Really, all of that is besides the point and *SOME* of the replies are just feeling annoying at this point. I come from a medical family and a third degree sprained ankle is painful, will continue to be painful during the healing process, and takes time to heal. It doesn't take one week. I wouldn't go back to the NHS unless I absolutely had to. They gave me the wrong information and bad advice. If I had taken their advice, my ankle would be inflamed and further away from healing right now. And a patient shouldn't be being told to walk from room to room and down a long hallway on a newly sprained ankle -- PERIOD. Anyway, this wasn't even the point of my original post. Some of you could use a little compassion before replying to a post like this. It would have helped and made me feel a little better instead of the argumentative and condescending replies. I appreciate the ones that were nice and tried to make feel less alone.
I dont even know what a NINo is. What is the point of saying this at the end of your post anyway?