I ruptured (fully tore) my achilles tendon in my left ankle while playing basketball on Feb. 8th 2008. This happened about 3 games into the night, and I thought I’d warmed up enough and had stretched a bit as well. The problem is that I have had achilles tendonitis for several years, and it looks like it caught up to me finally.
After the surgery, (bed-ridden with a laptop) I googled to find other people who are recovering from their achilles injury as well, and I discovered numerous blogs and forums.
It’s been helpful reading about other people’s experiences with achilles tendon rupture (ATR), especially those further along on the road to recovery. They’ve all been supportive and willing to share their experiences.
It’s strangely comforting to know that there are others just like me who are also making sure to keep their leg elevated, using a shower chair, and limping around in crutches.
I decided that AchillesBlog would be useful for people who are temporarily side-lined by this injury. It helps you stay positive when you can see that full recovery is possible in the end.
You can share your ATR stories here. You can create your own blog and keep track of your recovery progress.
My AchillesBlog is: http://achillesblog.com/dennis
You can create your own here.
I’ve also been gathering and posting a list of external blogs and forums related to achilles injury, as well as other useful resources. If you find valuable information that you would like to share, please email (admin[#A0TT&achillesblog .com) them, and I’ll add to the list.
Dennis
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11 responses so far ↓
1 Bridget
// Feb 23, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Dennis,
Nice work with the web page. Congratulations. It is awesome that you found something that you are so excited about.
2 skigirl
// Jun 1, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Dennis,
I have just had surgery on my achilles to have nodules removed and the fluid build up. I fortunately did not have a tendon rupture, but am definitely struggling with the injury and the boredom. I wanted to get it fixed before next ski season so that I can ski without pain. I am wonderin if it is okay for a blog here or not really appropriate?
Michelle
3 dennis
// Jun 2, 2008 at 11:24 pm
skigirl -
You are more than welcome to start a blog here. Welcome, and I wish you speedy recovery. Looking forward to reading your story, and keep us posted.
4 hobblit
// Jul 5, 2008 at 12:33 am
Thank you for all your work Dennis. Helps a lot as I had no idea what an ATR injury was prior to my own incident and this website.
When someone makes a comment, it appears on your blog and you get emailed. Where should I respond? If I respond on the blog does the other person receive a comment back. I know if I respond by email it won’t show up on the blog. Thanks, sorry, new to blogging.
Kevin
5 dennis
// Jul 5, 2008 at 2:31 am
hobblit -
No problem. Glad that you’ve found the site helpful.
If you like, you can change your settings on your blog so that you don’t receive emails when people comment on your pages.
It’s really up to you on how to respond, but I think it’s better to respond to the person on the same page as where the person commented. This way, it keeps the conversation in one place for you to refer back to, if you ever need to..
If you respond on the blog, the other person doesn’t receive a comment back as e-mail (unless you’ve responed on their blog, and they’ve not turned-off the e-mail notification), but it’s typically better to respond on the blog, instead of via e-mail.. unless you want to send a private message.
I hope that made sense.
6 despina
// Nov 8, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Dennis,
This is a wonderful site - so much great information and a fantastic forum.
Nice work. Thanks so much.
Cheers,
Despina
7 dennis
// Nov 9, 2008 at 5:40 pm
despina - thanks, I am glad that you are finding the site helpful. Good luck, and looking forward to reading more about your recovery.
8 Pattie
// Nov 18, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Dennis: thanks for the great blog!!!! I ruptured my left achilles about 3 weeks ago. I thought it was a sprain. I did wonder why I couldn’t walk. Had surgery last Monday, a week. How long do I have to stay in this cast? I want a wheelchair-bike because theses crutches are hard. I don’t have great upper body strength. Anyway, I ‘m so glad you are doing well. We have to take care of our precious achilles, eh? Especially you being an athlete. I’m 48, a mom with a dog. But I need to move!!!! Take care. You are now my hero in the recovery world.
Peace.
9 Pattie
// Nov 18, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Dennis:
I can’t create a blog. What does “append” mean?
10 dennis
// Nov 18, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Pattie: “append” means to “add to”.
For example: if you have a word “clinton” and you want to append to that the current year, it would be: “clinton2008″
Now if you want to append the current month to that, it would be: “clinton2008november”
I hope this helps. We have to do this to stop the spammers.
11 SFCat
// Jan 7, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Yay! Wish this was around in 2007 when I ruptured my left one but glad it’s here for the right one. Thanks for creating this site. What a great idea!
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