1 day of therapy finally scheduled!
My therapy was approved. Unfortunately I’m unable to go to the center where my doctor’s office is located. It’s not in the network. Insurance can be a frustrating to say the least, but I’m happy that I am able to go on to the next step in my recovery. My first appointment is Monday. I’m not sure what to expect, but I’m looking forward to moving on. I also returned to the gym today, just for light upper body work and core work. I miss my sweaty, tough cardio sessions and heavy weights, but I’m sure I’ll get back and now that therapy is getting underway, it will be sooner than later 
The boot and the swelling!
So now that I am home and in bed with my foot elevated, I can finally start blogging about this strange, and still one month later shocking experience that is my torn Achilles Tendon experience. Right now the swelling is kinda mystifying me. Today was my first day back to work after a month off. I am in a boot, which I was so happy to be in after a month in casts, but tonight even as I write this post, my foot looks like a fat sausage! I didn’t experience swelling like this in the cast (at least I don’t think I did or I couldn’t see it like I can now). Anyway, I’m wondering if I need to contact my doctor or is this normal. I asked him if I would need to keep it elevated all day and he said no. I think he might be wrong!
At any rate, I was so happy to be back at work. It’s a bit taxing with my drive and having to get into the building and up to my floor. I used my crutches for the walk from the parking lot to our office suite. Does anyone else use their crutches along with their boot? I think I was under the impression that the boot would be the solution to all my problems, but I’m finding I still need my crutches for long walks.
Oh about me and my injury:
I’m 44 years old, pretty active (work out 5-6 day per week jogging, weights, kickboxing, yoga, and just about any type of adventure workout). On 12/15 at a work holiday party, I was fowling which is just like bowling except you throw a football instead of rolling a bowling ball to knock down pins. I threw the football and knocked down eight pins. I jumped up to celebrate my accomplishment, and when I came down on the concrete floor, I felt like someone had hit me in the back of my ankle with a bat with a brick attached to it. I yelled “who hit me?!” and then fell to the floor. My coworkers later told me there was no one near me. I’d heard a similar story from my brother when he tore his Achilles a few years ago so I suspected, but wanted to deny that’s what it was. After a trip to urgent care, and an orthopedic surgeon the next day, it was confirmed. I had surgery two days before Christmas. My first post-op visit was on 12/29, where I had a hard cast put on in place of the big, giant post surgical one. I was in that cast for one week, and then went back to see the doctor on 1/4. He placed me in another hard cast for two weeks. I saw him again on 1/18 and my cast and staples were finally removed, and I am now in a boot. I was off work for exactly one month following surgery and fully non weight bearing for two weeks, and PWB for the final two before being in my boot. I am hoping to start therapy soon. Since my injury happened at a work function, workman’s comp insurance is covering my treatment and everything has to be approved prior to it happening.
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I will take more time to share about me and my injury, but since its my first day back at work (I’m exactly one month post-op today) I don’t want to take too much time away from my work. I will just say how happy I am this blog exists and to know I’m not alone on this road to recovery!
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