A long, long time ago, in my younger days
I fell rollerbladding and sprained my ankle very very badly... I was also told that it would take a good 2-6 weeks to heal. I was told to take it easy exercising and only do what I could without pain, for the first 2 weeks I did nothing but ice the area for 20 minutes then heat for 20 minutes then ice again a few times/day till the swelling went down, I was also advised to rotate my ankle regularly so that there would no scar tissue forming...I was really, really bad my sprain was navy blue, I kid you not, it was bad, I didn't go see the doctor either
I know that I should have now, but at the time I could still walk on the ankle so I figured I'd just go the home remedy trail unless it got worse. It never got worse, just progressively better...
I hope this helps you... keep us posted on your progress...