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.
The show was cancelled after one season, but the role had drawn the attention of the science-fiction community. In 1997, Ryan was cast to play Seven of Nine, a Borg drone freed from the collective on the science fiction series Star Trek: Voyager. The role drew her instant fame and her tight-fitting uniform made her a sci-fi sex symbol. Seven of Nine quickly became the focal character of a disproportionate number of episodes.