bcmooney’s AchillesBlog

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Sorry for the long gap in posts…10 mos. after surgery and back to full workouts, left calf still about 2″ smaller than right, but definitely coming back. Tendon feels tighter that right one but no pain or discomfort, it all comes back with time.

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Hi BC Mooney, I can’t agree more, you just start thinking that you have not made any progress in ages, then suddenly it happens! Great to hear how well you are doing!

I hope you’ll post again soon. Big thanks for the good info.

Thanks to micha1, appreciate all the exchanges on here, really helps…I worry about everything too.

I had some burning there too at your stage which worried me, well, everything worries me to be honest, but i’m 13+ weeks now and it settled a couple of weeks ago, still sore when I “overdo it”, but no burning. So difficult to guage. Gradually you’ll get many more up days than down days…..result!

If you haven’t had any major mishaps, I’m guessing you just over did it. Obvious as it seems, incremental seems the wisest path although if you don’t over do it a little, you will not know your limits (gleaned from something Norm wrote here, somewhere.) Hang in there and rest up. Hopefully someone surgical and further along will chime in.

Thanks to Kellygirl…I don’t mind the ups and downs so much as I stress that I am going to move backwards…for example, been having some burning in the tendon and everything I read seems to be not good relative to this symptom. Had my Physical Therapist take a look today and she just thinks I may have over did it a bit, quite a bit of swelling too. I hate to keep going back to my Ortho. but worried I could have re-injured, but have not really been doing much outside walking and PT…no falls, nothing out of ordinary and I am now 11 weeks post surgery…ugh!

I seem to read a lot about the ups and downs. Don’t be too hard on your self.

All I can say thus far is there are up days and down days, and your body will tell you when enough is too much…today was one of those days for me.

Sounds like you have a plan! You are in two shoes at this point? Keep us posted on your progress. It sounds like if anyone can get back calf symmetry, it will be you. Any tips you can offer down the road would be greatly appreciated Best of luck!

Got infected because no consideration was given to the fact I have pets and they did not dress the incision would line after they removed the cast. The incision really dried out and cracked after the case and there we went…

How did you get infected at 6 weeks? Was the wound not completely healed by then?

Well saw the Dr. and he took me out of the boot, back into 2 shoes, pretty tight and some pain in the heel. Start PT tomorrow…

Thanks for the comments, looks like I will be able to see the ortho. on Monday, fingers crossed.

@kellygirl, thinking standing back flip not a good idea either.

Sad stuff, and good luck. Check all your antibiotics and make sure they’re not in the quinolone family, which is known to attack ATs. It IS possible to rerupture in a cast or boot, mostly if something — usually fear of falling — causes your brain to tell your calf muscle to pull super-hard on your AT. In a serious trip or slip, it’s hard not to. Very rarely, severe calf-muscle spasms can also damage a healing AT.

Sorry to hear that you are in pain. I’m not an expert but it seems like as long as your leg is immobilized in the boot that it cannot rupture. I’m sure some one will correct me if I’m wrong but they are designed to immobilize the AT.

I’m non-op so I haven’t experience with the wound. The pain might be due to the inflammation from the infection. I hope that you are able to find relief and that you can move up your appointment for peace of mind. I’m sure some one more knowledgeable will chime in.

Welcome aboard! LOL–re: the round off. I think you should change it to a standing back flip

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