No advice I'm afraid, wouldn't have a clue, but I am in a similar situation with being injured and unable to play football, and its horrible so I feel for you. I think I'm just going to have to give up altogether now unfortunately.
A couple of years ago I hurt my ankle quite badly - I'd just turned up for the weekly 5-a-side with colleagues, hadn't even put my bag down when I went to kick the football, a colleague went to kick it in the opposite direction, and my ankle went. I ended up going straight home, couldn't put much weight on it for weeks, and couldn't crouch without it hurting like mad for months.
After that it seemed to twist really easily, but never really that bad, I'd generally be able to run it off and carry on with the match. However, about 6 or 7 weeks ago I did it in really badly. I'd played outfield for just under 2 hours, then decided to go in goal for the last 10 minutes as I was shattered. Went down to save a shot, ball hit my ankle quite hard, I stood up and fell straight back down again (I did divert the ball out for a corner though
). I couldn't walk on it at all, and had to hop around the edge of the pitch holding onto the barriers. Driving home was difficult as I could hardly push the clutch in. Although some days its fine now, others I just can't put any weight on it barely. Turning it very slightly hurts.
I went to the doctors a couple of weeks ago and she said it was still slightly swollen, but was just tendon/ligament damage. I asked whether I should put an ankle support on but she said she wouldn't bother.
How long does ligament / tendon damage take to clear up normally, and is there anything I should be doing to help it (apart from resting it)?
(sorry to hijack the thread).
EDIT: having just read another post I realise I might have missed out something quite important. When driving my ankle often locks (or even when just sitting on the sofa) - I go to straighten it (for example to release the clutch) and it gets stuck before seeming to crack (which is quite painful). I keep thinking it feels like bone damage, but I'm not sure I'd be walking on it if it were.