Day 17 Post OP - My first two days in my boot
First of all I’d like to thank everyone who has took the time to reply to my last post regarding the boot.
My first two days have been quite different. On the first day i was so scared to even put my foot to the ground let alone put any weight on it. I tried several times to do it but kept stopping. On the evening i took the boot off foe the first time since i had been fitted. It was a bit of a effort to get all the Velcro straps off and then the foot out. I took the inner sock fitting as well and it felt great to have fresh hair on my leg. Even though it is nearly 4 week since ATR my calf muscle had completed wasted.
I went to bed that night and did not sleep to well. I had a burning/sting sensation at my lower calf. I think it was a combination of me being out of the boot too long and also having the Velcro straps to tight. I loosened the straps of in the night and did go back to sleep but it woke me again early morning.
Now yesterday i did put my foot to the floor and did walk on the boot lightly and slowly around the downstairs of the house, mainly to the kitchen and back. It did hurt slightly but not around the achilles more of the out ankle. I took boot off again but only for on hour today and managed to get my toes wiggling a bit but my big toe is not to free at the moment. I left the boot a little looser and slept much better that night.
Today has been good. I have walked with a little heel to toe movement and slight WB but my crutches doing the most work. Again the pain is in the outer ankle and not in the achilles so i know my heel inserts are doing their job. I took the boot off again for an hour and got my full movement back in my toes, to the point where i can now curl them up. I l noticed dry skin on my leg so lightly massaged moisturiser into then and also did a little light massage on my calf with no pain. I light rubbed the swollen ankle as well. I then sat for 30 minutes moving my foot side to side and getting some little movement back in my ankle. I was surprised to how quick it came back. When i eventually put the boot back on my ankle are felt so much better and it felt more comfortable when i did slight heel to toe walking after. I am really pleased with the little progress in my ankle today and will start icing the selling the weekend to try and help my ankle movement ease even more.
Going to bed now an hoping for a good nights sleep.
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Dazf -
Glad to see that you’re making progress! For me the swelling is not in my ankle but my foot. And my achilles tendon does feel tight but the more I stretch it the better it feels. I have also been doing everything in the confide of the boot because I don’t want to risk re-rupturing the AT. However, I think I’m going to take my foot out and ice it once a while. But things are getting better each day. Wish the best to you in your recovery!
Hi there,
I’m 16 post op. I’m back in shoes and feeling ALMOST normal again. I still have swelling around my ankle and where they repaired my achilles. I’m told swelling can be present from 6 months to a year. Swelling does seem to be going down as time passes.
I have some tightness in the achilles area, but that seems to be minimal. Infact, I’m 16 weeks post op today.
Keep on heaing!!!
Glen