I’m still in the boot at 10 weeks. My next ortho appointment isn’t for 4 weeks. Looking at the stats on http://achillesblog.com/atrpt.php, that puts the doctor at the heavily conservative end for switching to two shoes. I called my doctors office for their thoughts on getting more aggressive. The holiday week is not the easiest time to get ahold of a surgeon. I may get an earlier appointment, may not. We’ll see next week.
Should I just liberate myself? That is the question of the week. The only reason I haven’t ditched the boot on my own is that this time period (6-14 weeks) seems to be exactly when re-ruptures occur.
Is anyone else holding onto the boot past 10 weeks?
Progress:
- I can walk around fine with boot. I can actually manage a 2-3 mile per hour stride in the boot for almost a half mile. That hurts, though. I’ve done as much as a mile with the help of one crutch.
- I do get pretty awful heel pain if I walk around too much (20-30 minutes brisk walking) It goes away rapidly.
- Doing my PT exercises rigorously.
- I’m at 10 degrees past neutral.
- I rarely wear the boot unless I need to walk somewhere. Actually I sometimes don’t wear the boot inside at all.
- I can balance 40 seconds on my bad right foot, a couple hours on my good left foot
Off topic
Played Frisbee with my 4 year old tonight - something I haven’t been able to do in months. We’ve been playing Frisbee since he was 2 and a half - the disk is actually easier than a ball. In the shameless bragging department, he rode his bike to the park without training wheels. I can’t quite run or lunge to catch his wild throws, but it worked out just fine. Occasionally the frisbee came close enough for me to catch. 15 minutes icing the heel and calf afterwords, but entirely worth it!