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August 19, 2008 at 3:26 am
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BKK = Bangkok’s new airport; a cart with wheels that carries baggage/luggage in the check-in area, being pushed by a small and slim young Chineese girl (she couldnt have had proper control), with at least 150lbs (~65 kilos) of aforementioned luggage on it, slammed into me from behind. There was a metal piece right at the height of my (you guessed it) Achilles. Not super painful, but definitely blood spillage and i felt that something was awry.
The next day it was declared ruptured and I was able to have surgery that day. All this has led me here.
annieh wrote @ August 19th, 2008 at 3:56 am
Welcome to our site, you will need the advice, humour and encouragement that everyone on here gives to each other.
It is amazing the different ways people are injured but yours is a good one!!! I was just walking when it happened to me.
Keep checking this site, any questions, check on the side bar, Dennis usually puts interesting questions and answers on there. If in doubt, ask, somebody will come up with an answer from experiencing a similar problem.
Good luck with your progress
Annie
jshap wrote @ August 19th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Wow. That is some story. Good luck and speedy recovery.
sheila wrote @ August 19th, 2008 at 7:21 am
As others have said - you have a “great”(?) story there! it is interesting how varied our paths are in getting here and even how varied they are in treatment. Stick around. This is a fabulous site and there are lots of great people here. Keep us posted and as much as possible, enjoy your down time. It sounds impossible, I know, but you will appreciate it as you get through it. Welcome!
karen1 wrote @ September 9th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
sorry to hear about your incident at BKK airport, just out of interest where did you have your operation ? and how are you recovering now. I live in Thailand and ruptured my achilles 14 weeks ago i am in physio now, it was a very nasty break and healing process has been very long and drawn out.
hi karen - my surgery was at Bumrungrad - how about you? I was very pleased with almost everything (communication skills could be alot better and the pysio department did not gain my trust that they knew what they were doing). I am recovering fairly well - the last transition in my boot from 7.5 to 0 degrees caused a little adjustment in walking, but after a week its much better. Hope you are hanging in there - recovered enough to get back to Takraw yet?
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