2 weeks post surgery - doc visit (8/17/10)

Went fishing Sunday. My buddy Kevin was kind enough to carry everything to the boat, and carry it back to the car. My friend have been great, even stopping by to hang out and watch movies, or play the PS2 I borrowed from my brother inlaw. I can’t thank them enough. [...]

Days Post Surgery

The day after surgery my pain never went below a 5-6….a lot of throbbing…and I didn’t feel like the Vicodin did much. It says to take every 4-6 hours. It takes about 30min to feel it…and then it felt not terrible (see: but not good) for about an 1 1/2….then the last two [...]

Surgery

This was my first surgery….so I’ll be honest, I was a little spooked. I got to the office and they told me to put on the robe…had to take shirt off, but could keep the shorts on (no butt shots for anyone) My nurse was cool, and talked quite a bit, which kinda [...]

First Doc visit

I ruptured my achilles on 7/26, called on 7/27 and got an appt. with my orthopedist on 7/29. As long as my leg was elevated…and I wasn’t moving around, it really didn’t hurt much while I waited for the first doc visit.
First doc visit it took the doc all of about less [...]

How it happened

My rupture occurred on 7/26. I was playing second base on my softball team. A ball was hit my way and took a bad hop about 3-4 feet in front of me. I jumped to make sure I wouldn’t take the ball off my face, and at least try to knock it [...]

Tendinitis leads to rupture

You can read more in my second post, but I was dealing with tendinitis before my rupture, and pretty sure that was my precursor.  I am now a firm believer in the power of proper footwear.