Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2009 1 Comment »
I am sneaking up on 44 weeks post op. This weekend will be my 1 yr anniversary of the initial injury and first surgery. The second surgery was in July of ’08. That will be a more important anniversary.
I am walking about a mile a day. I work out with weights 3 days a week. The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 9th, 2008 4 Comments »
The most important thing to know about me at this time is I am a re-rupture. To catch everyone up: my original injury occurred when I dropped a bottle on the kitchen floor and a piece of the glass severed my Achilles tendon. I was taken out of the boot, having been NWB for 7 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2008 4 Comments »
I am at week 16 and my calf muscle is coming back but still puny. At the end of the day my ankle is swollen to about twice the size of the good one. For those of you that are ahead of me on this road, when does the ankle no longer swell? And when [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 4th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s been 15 weeks since surgery. Feels like 15 years. I had hoped to be doing better at this point but then again I need to be grateful that I have made the progress I have made. Patience is not my virtue. I am a re-rupture so I know what going back to square one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
Feet are so underrated and so taken for granted. I am at 11 weeks now and am in two shoes for almost 2 weeks. My foot feels very stiff and, of course, hurts.
The physical therapist used a patch that has a small battery and she connects it to a small gizmo that sends stinging [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Well, I fought the fear and am in 2 shoes. I decided to take the plunge at my last physical therapy appointment. I can sit at my desk and do ROM exercises now that I am in shoes — and in a achillotrain. A fine looking sock - so sexy.
The movement, I believe, is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
When I saw the doctor yesterday (8 weeks 2 days post op) he said that I am to take the last wedge out this Sunday and the following Sunday ditch the boot for an “airtrainer” - or something like that and go to two shoes. The “trainer” is a compression sock with a wedge at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
At 8 weeks since surgery, I am at long last walking in the boot. Walking like Frankenstein at a wedding but walking. So much freedom to have use of my hands. I have been to PT 3 times and the last time she used a cold laser treatment. I haven’t been in pain but after [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Actually he put me back in the boot last week. I am glad to be able to shower with my foot in the shower. Oh the little things that we used take for granted. I am afraid of moving the time table too fast. He said they usually have people in a boot and “walking [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2008 12 Comments »
I am doing a good job of putting a happy face. People tell me I sound good. I also hear “You’re young you’ll be fine..” But I am not young. Until I can walk I an not sure that I will ever walk again. I haven’t walked in almost 3 months - due in part to [...]
