i just did a bit more research into compartment syndrome. this is a simple article on it from runners world. balls... i'm really hoping that it isn't that.
i would post a picture but it's just not for the squeamish, and that would include me. if you want to see what it looks like, click on this to see the results of a google image search on "compartment syndrome"
don't look if you don't want to see: skin cut open on both sides of the leg, quite a bit of tissue, and muscle, and blood, and in one picture, muscle pulled out of the leg and the bone.
i. really. hope. it's not that. deep breaths.
crikey
