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My video update from year 1:

It has been 1 year since my rupture! I made it and am recovered - YAY! For some strange reason I was looking forward to this date, just to mentally close this chapter of my life. This is a crazy and taxing injury, but it is not the end of [...]

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Since today I am exactly 1 month away from 1 year anniversary of my achilles rupture and next month’s post will be the last one this year, I thought I would update on my leg’s progress so far.

ACHILLES STATUS AT MONTH 10 and 11
In the last 2 months, I must admit, I have not been [...]

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Yay! I made it to month 6. It’s official - it’s been 1/2 a year since my rupture. I cannot believe that I survived and doing pretty well. Here is what’s been happening in the last month.

RUNNING
So, in the last month I continued progressing in “Back to Running Program”. I am now in stage 5, [...]

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I cannot believe it’s been 5 months already! Time definitely passes by so much faster now than in the first weeks. I guess there is less uncertainty now and much more work on muscles to get back to normal. This injury is for sure a true test of patience, as it takes such a long [...]

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This has been really cool month as far as strength of the calf, but it was not without challenges.

WALKING
Walking is becoming easier. Most of the time I do not have a limp anymore. I still wake up with a very stiff leg and cannot walk normally until I warm it up, so I do foot [...]

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Well, what a week it has been! I think everyone that had something new and major happen to their body knows what I mean. The worst part for me during week 1 was the stress of the decision whether to operate or go with the non-operative route.

Thursday and Friday after my Wednesday night rupture were [...]

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