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.
Trek alumni from TV shows and movies will schmooze with passengers on the Norwegian Pearl cruise, including: -- Jonathan Frakes, who played Commander William T. Riker on the TV's Star Trek: The Next Generation and in motion pictures; -- Marina Sirtis, who played counselor Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation; -- singer and actor James Darren (yes, Moondoggie in the 1959 Gidget film) who appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for a few seasons.