Three weeks ago I slipped while going up the stairs at home. I banged my right leg hard just below the knee. There wasn't much pain, but the leg bruised all the way down the front of my shin. My knee now makes horrible crunching noises when I climb stairs (I think it's called crepitus).
A week later, I spent a day shopping with DS15 in London and was on my feet for about seven hours. That evening I noticed the inside of my ankle was swollen and bruised. I was not aware of having injured my foot at all.
I went to the doctor, who said the ankle bruising and swelling would not be anything to do with the knee injury the week before. He said I must have injured my ankle without realising it, and had bruised too easily. He sent me for a blood test to ensure I have enough platelets in my blood and that it's clotting properly or something.
The blood test result is back and there is no problem with my blood. In the meantime, though the bruising is gone, the swelling (which did go down a bit for a while) is worse, and is on both sides of my ankle now. I also still have the crunching knee noises (which the doctor said would probably pass) and slight aching and tenderness on the left side of my shin.
I have made another appointment with the doctor for Wednesday, but I just wondered if anyone has any ideas as to what the problem might be? I like to go the doctor armed with information if I can 
Thanks
Honey
