Achilles Tendon Rupture Recovery

I can’t believe it’s already been 7 weeks since my surgery. The injury, the day of the surgery, and the day after the surgery are fresh on my mind as if it happened yesterday, but everything else is blended into a giant lump of clouded memory. The cloud of memory mostly consist of [...]

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Today hasn’t been a good day for my achilles as my impatience has gotten the best of me, and I am in a little pain. I feel tingling sensation around the region of my achilles where it was repaired, along with periodic pin-prick sensation that comes and goes. Sometimes it happens every few [...]

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My second post-op appointment was today. The nurse took my cast off, and it felt great to let my leg breathe.
I knew that my calf muscle had been atrophying, but I was still surprised to see it so puny. The skin was loose around the muscle! So it looks like I have [...]

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I am able to put a bit of weight on my cast leg when I am standing, but I can’t walk on it yet. The PA told me to limit the weight bearing to about 20-30 lbs.So I got the bathroom scale out, stood on it with the cast leg on the scale and [...]

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I went into see the doctor today, it’s been 2 weeks, 1 day since the surgery.
The nurse removed the cast, and I finally got to see my left heel, stitches and all. Here is a nice picture of it:

It was a relief to have the cast off since I was able to scratch [...]

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