conniep’s AchillesBlog

I was back at the gym 1.5 weeks after my surgery doing my upper body and abs….plus with cast or boot as weight for leg lifts…one leg pushups are awesome for core work.

I think it helped tremendously both mentally and physically. At least while AT leg was wasting away the rest wasn’t and my quad didn’t suffer nearly as bad as it could have since I was NWB for 6 wks and it was two more after that before I could do any decent leg work

hang in there Connie it does get better

Thanks, Gail. Actually, I am in Sacramento, California, USA. It has been a week, the staples are out, and I am hoping for a boot in 1 1/2 weeks! The doc said I am healing really well! I see the end of the road.

Can you do upper body exercises? I asked my doc and he gave me the okay as long as I don’t bear any weight on the recovering leg. I get restless just sitting and laying around so it’s nice that I can at least do pushups, pullups, abs etc.

gee connie why have you had so much casts? i read above that your on your 4th one.

hi there.
i nkow that me and you are not in the same situation due to difference in build up to surgery (i did not rupture my AT) but i had surgery to lengthen mine which was a few inch short.
But i had surgery, NWB for 3weeks, Cast removed and PAPER STITCHES removed and then a FWB cast fitted.
My wounds healed very well and didnt require any cleaning when stitches were removed (may have been different if proper stitches were used) but thankfully it was Steri-strips (Paper ones) that were used so they just sit on the skin so pulled off no problems.
Still trying to upload pictures to my profile which you may have a look at.

First off…welcome. you have had quite a timeof it. I can’t imagine being hooked up to the IV and waiting all day & night just to be bumped off to another day. Was this in the UK..(set up the widget that will give us a little more info on place and time)
After being on this site for a while you will see that everyone has a different journey but we are a group united! To me that does seem like a long time to keep stitches in. Mine came out in two weeks. It took the site about another 10 days to heal enough to swim.
The miserable part is something most of us share. Frustration from not doing your normal activities and learning how just to get by. 6 1/2 weeks in a cast seems a bit long too but again it is all according to your doc’s protocol. There are some great studies on this site that you can print to take to your doc, that’s what I did. I also directed him to the vacocast boot which is featured on this site and am happy I did.
Use this site for info and for a place to vent your frustrations. You WILL get through it but there will be some dark days. Go back and read some posts from other people. That really helped me to see