Comments on: My second surgery was a week ago http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/ Just another Achillesblog.com weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: joel http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/#comment-9 joel Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:48:32 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/?p=3#comment-9 Hang in there. I tore my left 8 years ago, and tore my right last month. Talk about bad deja vu. Thought I had the worst luck in the world until I saw the guy on this site who tore both, simultaneously. Remind yourself things could always be worse, and that you WILL recover. Tony Snow died the day I tore my right. Need I say more? Hang in there. I tore my left 8 years ago, and tore my right last month. Talk about bad deja vu.

Thought I had the worst luck in the world until I saw the guy on this site who tore both, simultaneously. Remind yourself things could always be worse, and that you WILL recover. Tony Snow died the day I tore my right. Need I say more?

]]> By: sanfrantourguide http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/#comment-8 sanfrantourguide Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:33:28 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/?p=3#comment-8 WEnt for my 2nd post-op appt today, ready to change to a new cast angle. I was shocked to learn that at 5 weeks, they want me in two-shoes FWB. I have been FWB in the fiberglass cast for three weeks, but this seems so sudden I was shocked. I asked about a boot - the surgeon said it would not be necessary, it's much more difficult, hotter and heavier. BUt what about security for the tendon? I was thinking to get my own boot! Because I hadn't even thought to bring a shoe, they could not start me on two-=shoes, so I will go on Tuesday with a sportshoe and two inserts from Longs. Good Lord! No way I want to go through this with a second operation! Mary WEnt for my 2nd post-op appt today, ready to change to a new cast angle. I was shocked to learn that at 5 weeks, they want me in two-shoes FWB. I have been FWB in the fiberglass cast for three weeks, but this seems so sudden I was shocked.

I asked about a boot - the surgeon said it would not be necessary, it’s much more difficult, hotter and heavier. BUt what about security for the tendon?

I was thinking to get my own boot!

Because I hadn’t even thought to bring a shoe, they could not start me on two-=shoes, so I will go on Tuesday with a sportshoe and two inserts from Longs.

Good Lord!

No way I want to go through this with a second operation!

Mary

]]> By: matt68 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/#comment-7 matt68 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:48:07 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/?p=3#comment-7 My second surgery was 15 days ago. Yes it sucks. It has been hard to maintain the postive outlook of the first time, but we will make it. Hell, in the time it took me to type this, we all healed a little more. Hang in there. Matt My second surgery was 15 days ago. Yes it sucks. It has been hard to maintain the postive outlook of the first time, but we will make it. Hell, in the time it took me to type this, we all healed a little more. Hang in there. Matt

]]> By: paigefifi1 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/#comment-6 paigefifi1 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:18:31 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/?p=3#comment-6 I got a wheelchair and it has helped me be mobile, and reduces the risk of a rerupture dramatically. think about it. i've been using my wheelchair since June. I got a wheelchair and it has helped me be mobile, and reduces the risk of a rerupture dramatically. think about it. i’ve been using my wheelchair since June.

]]> By: sheila http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/#comment-5 sheila Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:19:08 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/?p=3#comment-5 I remember reading about your rerupture in front of the microwave and I have used that story with others to explain to friends how fragile this injury is in the recovery phase. It is striking how varied the injuries are and the recovery stories. I'm so sorry you are having the difficulty you are having, but as frustrated as you are - you still have a bit of humor about it - crime scene tape, indeed. :) Thank you for coming and sharing your experience. It sucks that it is you that it is happening to, but your sharing it may have helped others avoid it because they slowed down. In the meantime, enjoy the time. Do some of the less physical things that you never had time for. Reading, writing, movies, convert all those photo albums to CDs or DVDs! :) Hang in there. And stay in touch here. You have a lot of people pulling for you. I remember reading about your rerupture in front of the microwave and I have used that story with others to explain to friends how fragile this injury is in the recovery phase. It is striking how varied the injuries are and the recovery stories. I’m so sorry you are having the difficulty you are having, but as frustrated as you are - you still have a bit of humor about it - crime scene tape, indeed. :)

Thank you for coming and sharing your experience. It sucks that it is you that it is happening to, but your sharing it may have helped others avoid it because they slowed down.

In the meantime, enjoy the time. Do some of the less physical things that you never had time for. Reading, writing, movies, convert all those photo albums to CDs or DVDs! :)

Hang in there. And stay in touch here. You have a lot of people pulling for you.

]]> By: withnail http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/#comment-4 withnail Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:41:10 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/?p=3#comment-4 Wow, you are unlucky. I am really sorry to hear about your misfortune and wish you well in recovering again. Read, keep busy, eat healthy and this will pass in time. Wow, you are unlucky. I am really sorry to hear about your misfortune and wish you well in recovering again. Read, keep busy, eat healthy and this will pass in time.

]]> By: craig http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/#comment-3 craig Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:44:49 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/?p=3#comment-3 Hang in there, cat. While I've told myself that I can't imagine how #$@%'y it would be to go through the experience twice, I also realize that I would make it through. So will you. Listen to your doctor, be smart about what you do, and, soon (ok, soon if you consider another year from now soon) you will be back to your old self. Craig Hang in there, cat.

While I’ve told myself that I can’t imagine how #$@%’y it would be to go through the experience twice, I also realize that I would make it through. So will you. Listen to your doctor, be smart about what you do, and, soon (ok, soon if you consider another year from now soon) you will be back to your old self.

Craig

]]> By: sanfrantourguide http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/2008/07/29/my-second-surgery-was-a-week-ago/#comment-2 sanfrantourguide Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:06:22 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/catnboot/?p=3#comment-2 Wow! You are really in a long, sad story there. I want to say only, although I cannot help feeling sorry for myself, it helps me to hear exactly what is happening to others. For example, I want to be absolutely sure that I do not go FWB with no protection too soon; a post like yours tells us not to be impatient, take no unnecessary risks. Of course, you followed doctor's orders, but all of us should be very careful. As for the kitchen, that side of the story makes you unique here! You should write a story for the New Yorker or Atlantic Monthly about the dangers of the home. "Most accidents happen in the home" would be a good title! Something to while the time away: don't just watch movies and read books, review them! www.epinions.com is a great website where you can read what others think of a film or book, then you can give feedback; when you write your own reviews, they respond to you, plus you are paid a penny a read. EArned $80 so far! Mary Wow! You are really in a long, sad story there. I want to say only, although I cannot help feeling sorry for myself, it helps me to hear exactly what is happening to others. For example, I want to be absolutely sure that I do not go FWB with no protection too soon; a post like yours tells us not to be impatient, take no unnecessary risks.

Of course, you followed doctor’s orders, but all of us should be very careful.

As for the kitchen, that side of the story makes you unique here! You should write a story for the New Yorker or Atlantic Monthly about the dangers of the home. “Most accidents happen in the home” would be a good title!

Something to while the time away: don’t just watch movies and read books, review them!

http://www.epinions.com is a great website where you can read what others think of a film or book, then you can give feedback; when you write your own reviews, they respond to you, plus you are paid a penny a read. EArned $80 so far!

Mary

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