2 weeks to a year: A sprained ankle swells initially because of the injury to the soft tissue and the blood/lymph vessels torn at the time of injury. It takes a while for it to resolve. Anywhere from 2 weeks to up to a year. If you have a tendency to have swollen ankles for other reasons it may persit forever.
Catching Up With The Traveler, Eric Menyuk. If the chips of fate had fallen differently, Eric Menyuk might have played Data for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation and in the four TNG big-screen adventures. Of course, Brent Spiner won the role, apparently just beating out Menyuk. Such is life. Such are careers in Hollywood.
Creating the Borg. One Star Trek: The Next Generation episode that would exert a major influence on the future of Star Trek was âQ Who?,â which was written by Maurice Hurley and marked the third appearance of the popular Q, played by John de Lancie. The episode also had the distinction of introducing Star Trekâs nastiest villains â the Borg.