Week 13, Another Wedding……Scarey
Scar gone bad
Went to Doctor 14/10/09 and he was happy enough with scar said it may be friction from socks and stretching, after doing so much in gym etc when it hadn’t been getting so much use for so long. Just have to use antiseptic cream for next 3/4 days and come back if no improvement, am much relieved.
15/10/09 back with physio and he didn’t like look of scar but agreed with doc. he did some work on the leg causing pain as usual, diggin’ his elbows in along the calf ‘argh’ People in his waiting room must be petrified by the time it’s their turn Lol He did the acupuncture needle in the tendon again and it was fine till he moved it a bit, near lifted me straight off the bed with the sting of it, don’t know what he hit but it hurt.
Got a call from my husband and would you believe it………….my sister in law was on her way to hospital in an ambulance with suspected achilles tendon rupture, she had been at circuit training when she heard the POP and went to the ground thinking she had been victim of an attempted assassination Ha Ha Ha, Ouch. He called later to say she was awaiting surgery, confirmed tendon rupture, WTF you never hear of it then two women in one family so soon ???????????????????????????????????????
16/10/09 a dreaded wedding 
I love dancing and now I know how dangerous it is :( Had a great day and minded the leg till about 10:30pm, couldn’t resist getting up for a bit of a wiggle, seeing as my husbands band was playing for an hour (singer is the groom) got on well so I hardly sat down for the rest of the night 
did lots of walking too, still got a limp most of the time but getting less and less, yippee.
Got a call from the bro in law looking for hints, poor divil did her right leg so she is really scuppard for driving. Told him about wet and crutches - not friends, get spare fennells (crutch rubbers) try borrow shower chair, how to get to use two hands in kitchen/anywhere ie stool/chair under knee of bad leg to relieve pressure off good leg. I also warned him to get used to doing all the work but he reckons he has been fore warned by my hubbie
17/10/09 Went up to the big smoke for the night, walking, walking, walking, don’t think I’ve walked so much since forever but kept going slowly but surely, could feel back of leg tiring but hey am happy out!!!
October 18th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Wow, your sister-in-law, too! We will extend a warm welcome in the community when she logs in… i am sure you will be happy to give her your crutches!
Hope your scar will improve soon.
October 19th, 2009 at 3:34 am
good to see ur limp is lessening.. what is your AT/Ankle flexibility like on good leg compared to bad leg?
my scar cracked open a few days after I too the cast off and started stretching, i had to get rid of scab that was still there after 6 weeks in case and re heal it using bepanthen and bandaids..
October 21st, 2009 at 3:03 am
This is really unrelated to ATR but I meant to mention it before when I first read your story about injuring yourself at a wedding. A good friend of mine who loves to dance,especially after a few cocktails, hit the floor for some signature moves at a wedding a few years ago and was really feeling it so he went for some crazy combination move (he has names for them). Anyway he has tried to describe it to me several times, that is, describe what he wanted to do versus what he did, which was to throw his head down while jumping up and he managed to hit his face on his knee, promptly breaking his own nose then landing awkwardly and almost rupturing a disc. Needless to say he’s still after it on the floor, but he leaves the nose breaker move back at home.